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Court sides with Colorado Christian baker, allows lawsuit

Colorado cake artist and Christian baker Jack Phillips may proceed with his lawsuit against the state for its targeting of him over his Christian faith, a federal district court has ruled. Friday’s ...

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Missouri Capitol shrouded for $50 million renovation

The $50 million project to renovate the Missouri Capitol building in Jefferson City is on schedule to be completed in roughly two years. The task includes a full restoration of the structure’s ...

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Shen Yun celebrates ancient culture destroyed by Chinese Communism

Shen Yun Performing Arts will bring 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture to Kansas City and Lawrence in the next few weeks. The production returns to Kansas City Jan. 25-27 a the ...

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Trump may declare national emergency in address on TV tonight

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump could declare a national emergency when he addresses the nation in a broadcast at 9 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 8. It will be the President’s first such TV ...

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Christian Bale thanks Satan for Golden Globes win

Hollywood actor Christian Bale, who is known for playing dark figures, thanked an unusual source on Sunday for his Golden Globes win – Satan. Bale gave the shout-out to the ruler of ...

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Kansas City church becomes boxing gym

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Faith and boxing are said to have something in common: Defeat is not declared when you fall down; It is declared when you refuse to get up. With that in mind, a 128-year-old ...

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Australia to encourage kids to cross-dress, wear burkas

Australia is introducing a new program in a handful of their grade schools that will have boys and girls wearing clothing of the opposite gender and wearing religious clothing including Islamic Burkas. ...

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10 Commandments altered by Chinese Communist authorities

Chinese communist authorities forced a church in China’s Henan Province to take down the first of the Ten Commandments given to Moses, as it was deemed offensive. The move comes as China’s ...

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Latin American nations impose sanctions on Venezuela

BOGOTA, Colombia—Thirteen countries from across the Americas have slammed Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and introduced new economic and political sanctions in an effort to asphyxiate his regime. The measures were agreed as ...

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Egypt opens largest Coptic church in Middle East

CAIRO – Christians in Egypt are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.  Christmas 2019 is particularly special because it will be remembered for the dedication of the Middle East’s largest church for ...

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Libyans discover mass grave of Christians murdered by ISIS

Last month Libyan officials uncovered dozens of bodies from a mass grave used by the Islamic State, Catholic News Agency reported. The bodies of 34 Ethiopian Christians killed by the terrorist group in 2015 ...

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Iraq Christians face bias in school curriculum

After $1 trillion spent and thousands of lost American service members, is anything really changing in Iraq? Archbishop Louis Raphael Sako, leader of Iraq’s Chaldean ancient Christian community, has asked the Ministry ...

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Taco Bell employee fired for refusing deaf customer

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One employee has been fired and the rest are scheduled for retraining after a worker at an Ohio Taco Bell refused to serve a hearing-impaired customer. Brandon Washburn, who is hearing impaired, ...

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Conservative leader interested in seat as Sen. Pat Roberts retires

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Longtime Republican Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas will not seek re-election to a fifth term in 2020, setting up an intense political scramble to replace him. Roberts would have been 84 when ...

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NFL star and his wife find God’s ‘Divinely Perfect Purpose’

The New Orleans Saints are heading into the NFL playoffs after ending the regular season with an amazing 13 and 3 record, and their fans have high hopes of a Super Bowl ...

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Trump sends letter and copy of info that Democrats refused to read in White House meeting

This morning, President Donald J. Trump sent a letter to all members of Congress on the need to secure our borders. He attached a presentation that Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen was ...

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Has the real Mt. Sinai of Moses been discovered?

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A breakthrough documentary Finding the Mountain of Moses: The Real Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia reveals newly unearthed research about the location of Mount Sinai and the Exodus route to achieve a ...

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Some Missouri hospitals now grudgingly posting costs online

Hospitals across Missouri are ringing in the new year with more accountability to their patients.  New guidelines for disclosure of patient costs that started January 1st.  It’s the hospital price transparency rule and ...

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Mystery smoke blankets area today

Kansas City’s 2.1 million metro residents are waking up to a mystery smoke blanketing the skies this morning. The haze swept into Kansas City overnight and neither meteorologists, fire department officials or ...

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New Christian music rings in the year

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It’s a New Year and a new mindset. Each new year brings us all to take a look at the past year and reflect on all we did right and what could ...

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‘Series of Unfortunate Events’ leads January streaming

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January streaming options include many family films and a surprising series. My children aren’t allowed to watch horror movies. Or scary movies. Or anything that might possibly give them nightmares. I have ...

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Israel in environmental race to save the Jordan River and Dead Sea

Israel is racing to save the Jordan River from extinction. Experts say that the loss of water in rivers and lakes mentioned in the Bible, including the Dead Sea, the Sea of ...

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Is this the greatest hymn ever written about Jesus?

This week, in January of 1792, Edward Perronet died. His great hymn All hail the power of Jesus’ name is sung all over the English-speaking world. It is a wonderful hymn, steeped in biblical ...

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Democrats to expand abortion in first act of new Congress

Elections have consequences. In their first act of business today after Nancy Pelosi retakes the Speaker’s gavel from Republicans, House Democrats will make expansion of abortion a priority in their spending bill. ...

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In ironic victory, Trump secures China’s first purchase of American rice

In a move that would be funny if it weren’t such good news for American farmers, President Trump has sold the Communist nation of China of all things…rice. Supporters of the president ...

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