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Hoping to avoid another attendance meltdown, NFL owners announce new anthem policy

NEW YORK—National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday announced a new policy that will fine teams an undetermined amount if players on the field fail to stand during the national anthem ...

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Americans very optimistic about economy, future

The economy has broken several records over the past months, like the most job openings in one month—6.55 million in March. That means there were almost as many job openings as people counted as ...

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At pro-life gala Trump says ‘every life has meaning’

Pro-life leaders have called President Trump the most pro-life president in history. But it has been a moniker he has earned through his policies, not just his talk. He was roundly applauded ...

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Twenty Nazarene pastors and wives killed in plane crash

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Christians in Eastern Cuba are mourning the loss of almost every Nazarene church pastor in their region after a passenger plane crashed Friday outside Havana, killing more than 100 people. The dead ...

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Greitens launches TV ad in bid to keep job

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Governor Eric Greitens’ campaign has launched a television ad across Missouri by touting the dismissal of the governor’s felony invasion of privacy case. The commercial goes on to call St. Louis Circuit ...

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Who are Evangelicals? The NAE tries to explain them with new description

Who are Evangelicals? It’s a term little understood by the public in general and the media in particular. It’s a label given to paint broad stroke of a large swath of American ...

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Work hard, be humble is best advice for graduates

This week it was suggested I write an article for graduates. My initial thought was to decline. I said to myself, “I’m the last person who should write such an article. Too ...

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CBS TV show is like ‘Touched by an Angel’ for millennials

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You’ve read that 80s and 90s TV hits like “Murphy Brown” and “Roseanne” are making comebacks to TV. Void of social media and the 24-hour news cycle, those decades are now seen ...

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Kansas City-developed ‘toolkit’ educating African men and boys about HIV

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In sub-Saharan Africa, “more than half of the men under the age of 35 do not know their [HIV] status and are not on treatment,” said Dr. Sean Cavanaugh of the Office of ...

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Kansas Board of Regents wants to again up tuition

Tuition at Kansas universities has been raised 55 percent since 2009 and the Kansas Board of Regents wants more. The Board acknowledges they’re raising about $730 million from tuition under the current ...

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Video proves pastor lied about traffic stop incident

Some civil rights leaders in South Carolina are upset after a respected pastor and NAACP leader accused the local police of racial profiling during a traffic stop. This time, however, it is ...

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Only 1000 Christians remain in extremist controlled Gaza

In the past six years the number of Christians in the Gaza Strip has plummeted from 4,500 to just 1,000. Governed by Hamas, the internationally recognized terrorist organization, Christians have long been the ...

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Faith, health, community leaders stand against payday loans

Countless working poor and unemployed find themselves choosing between necessities of life and getting a “payday” loan. “Our families are hurting”, said Dr. Seft Hunter, Executive Director of Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO) ...

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China enacting a ‘purge against Christians’

A purge against Christians is taking place in Eastern China according to watchdog groups. All religious meetings, gatherings and worship has been banned in Zhejiang province and parents are being told to ...

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Higher fuel tax to fund improved highways, bridges

Missouri drivers, tired of having some of the nation’s worst roads, have been less resistant recently to increased taxes to improve them. Part of the lack of resistance could be the booming ...

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After crash takes life of parents, son must care for six siblings

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After his devout Christian parents were killed in a horrific car crash, a 23-year-old Texas man is now raising his six very young siblings who survived. Ethan Owen says he is still ...

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Christian rocker goes undercover to rescue child sex slaves

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“No way!” said the wife of Christian musician and singer David Zach of the band Remedy Drive when he told her he wanted to help an organization rescue women and children from ...

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Show Dogs about as clean as movies get

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Max is a dedicated NYPD police dog. But if that makes you think of TV dogs sniffing boxes at the airport, you’re barking up the wrong tree. The movie Show Dogs, which ...

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‘Mother of the Bride’ author shares timely wisdom for weddings

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Spring brings thoughts of sunshine, flowers, warm days…and weddings! June is the month that sees the most weddings in the United States, with May as third on the list. For the bride, ...

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Hillsong Fall tour includes Kansas City

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The Spring tour of There Is More with Hillsong Worship and Hillsong pastor Brian Houston sold-out arenas from Texas to D.C. More than 40,000 people received inspirational messages and participated in heart-felt worship ...

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Dick’s Sporting Goods loses largest firearm manufacturer

Dick’s, Inc., the parent company of Dick’s Sporting Goods and owner of Field and Stream magazine, has hired a lobbying firm to specifically advocate for more gun control, ostensibly above and beyond just the ...

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‘Stop tweeting so much!’ Pope tells cloistered nuns

The Pope has scolded nuns who live monastic lifestyles for their social media behavior–in particular how much they’ve taken to tweeting. The Holy See has told the Catholic Church’s 38,000 cloistered nuns ...

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Serial church burglar caught yet again while on parole

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After serving only four years for multiple burglaries in 2010, an area man has again been arrested for breaking in and stealing from area religious organizations. The burglar was out on parole ...

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Oops. Hamas leader admits most killed were terrorists

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If the public’s distrust of mainstream media reporting couldn’t get any worse, it just did after reports about Hamas in Gaza. Monday’s coverage of Israel’s 70th birthday as a nation and the ...

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Policy of allowing male inmates in women’s prisons reversed

A gender policy instituted by the Obama administration that allowed male inmates who “identify” as the opposite sex to be placed women’s prisons has been dismantled by the Trump administration. The new ...

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