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Science City renamed as it partners with firm

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Kansas City’s Science City will get a new name as it enters into a partnership with a well-known engineering firm. Burns & McDonnell is partnering with the center, but not without a ...

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Brazil elects its own popular outsider for president

Jair Bolsonaro swept to power in Brazil’s presidential election on Oct. 28, marking a historical pivot to the right that promises to abandon the country’s failed experiment with socialism by opening up ...

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Church of 30 people does amazing thing for homeless

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“Would anyone in the community even notice if our church closed?” That was the question Pastor Donald Foster asked his small congregation of just 30 members in Yakima, Washington. For the members of Terrace ...

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Facebook censor ads featuring preemie babies

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The social media giant Facebook removed and rejected a pro-life group’s election advertisements featuring the stories of two preemie babies who survived births. The Susan B. Anthony List, a national pro-life advocacy ...

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Migrants turn down offers of jobs, benefits in Mexico

A U.S.-bound caravan of Central American migrants pressed on through southern Mexico on Oct. 27, in spite of generous Mexican government offers of jobs, welfare benefits, healthcare and education for their children. ...

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Israeli leaders offer prayers after synagogue attack

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack on Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue Saturday. “I was heartbroken and appalled by the murderous attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue today,” Netanyahu said in ...

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NYC posters: Christian Trump supporters as ‘trash’

Christian supporters of President Trump are coming under attack in the self-described city of tolerance–New York City. Posters calling white, Christian supporters of President Donald Trump “trash” appeared across the Big Apple ...

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Troops approved for nation’s southern border

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has authorized the use of troops and other military resources at the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. officials said on Friday, bolstering President Donald Trump’s efforts to protect the nation ...

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Life lessons in the kitchen empower urban kids

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Andrew Meyers knows his way around a kitchen. That was pretty clear as he showed a teenager how to chop onions earlier this month inside a community kitchen off Worrall Road reports ...

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US economic growth beats all expectations

WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy expanded at a 3.5 percent annual rate in the third quarter, as consumer spending strengthened. The growth came in above the Wall Street expectation of 3.3 percent. According to the “advance” estimate ...

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European court rules criticism of Mohammed against the law

In another example of the erosion of freedoms across Europe, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that referring to Islam’s founder in way that hurts another’s feelings is not covered by ...

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Fueling safer roads in Missouri

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When the Missouri Department of Transportation conducted an extensive study of roads and bridges, including the Buck O’Neil bridge in Kansas City several years ago, the inspection revealed a laundry list of ...

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Singer Sinead O’Connor converts to Islam

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor, who has openly talked about her conflicted self-identity, has suddenly announced she has converted to Islam.  The artist also claims she’s changed her name to Shuhada’ Davitt. The ...

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Can art prepare you for suffering?

The problem of evil has long been a challenge to Christians. How could an all-loving, all-powerful God allow pain and suffering in his good creation? The question never remains theoretical, of course. ...

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Parents beware: New Facebook app encourages sex game for kids

Netflix and Facebook have stooped to a new low with game encouraging masturbation for children, a child advocacy organization is warning parents. To promote its crude, puberty-focused original cartoon series “Big Mouth,” ...

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Something amazing is happening in Iran

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More Muslims have come to faith in Christ in this generation than in the last fourteen centuries of Islam combined. The Church in Iran is now estimated to be between 1 million ...

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Is Kim Jong Un afraid of Jesus?

Open Doors USA has explored the reasons why North Korean leader Kim Jong Un remains “afraid” of Christianity. Their findings go to the heart of people’s beliefs about Jesus. Sunday, November 4 ...

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For Steven Curtis Chapman, it’s personal

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Most of our memories are connected in one way or another to music. Remember when you took your car out for your first solo ride, the radio blaring? Slow danced with someone ...

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Here’s your new bicentennial Missouri license plate

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Are you ready for your new Missouri bicentennial license plates?  You’ve may have already seen some as they started appearing on vehicles Oct. 15. Missouri drivers are supposed to receive the new ...

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Australia may move embassy to Jerusalem

Australia may be the next country to officially move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted about his meeting with Australia’s prime minister and his openness to ...

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Authorities investigate pipe bomb packages

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Just weeks after poison-laced packages were sent to President Trump and top Republican leaders, pipe bombs and other suspicious packages targeting Democrats were discovered yesterday. Receiving packages were former Secretary of State ...

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‘Blue wave’ disappears as GOP voters surge

Early voting turnout data from six key battleground states suggest a surge for the Republican party as President Donald Trump ramps up campaign rally appearances across the country ahead of the Nov. ...

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Singer Lauren Daigle sings on ‘The Ellen Show’ Wednesday

Tickets to her Kansas City concert are going for $400 but if you can’t afford to attend you can catch Lauren Daigle on the Ellen DeGeneres show. The Christian music artist gave ...

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What’s the truth about proposed new gender policy?

The Trump administration may soon spearhead efforts to define sex and gender according to biology. In a Department of Health and Human Services memo leaked to the New York Times, officials argue ...

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Media ignores Guatemala’s arrest of 100 people linked to terrorists

This week President Trump came under fire from the media for statements he made about Islamic terrorists being arrested by Central American countries. The news came as a group of migrants swelled ...

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