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Super Bowl Security Heightened in New Orleans After Terror Attack: What Chiefs Fans Need to Know

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The New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans may be on the minds of Kansas City fans who plan to attend Sunday’s Super Bowl game between the Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. ...

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NFL Removes Racism Message from Super Bowl Field

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Even the National Football League, long perceived as a bastion of political correctness and DEI, is adapting to the changing political climate. The league announced that it will remove the cliché “End ...

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National Marriage Week 2025: Virtual Seminars Offer Expert Marriage Education

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National Marriage Week, an annual celebration promoting the institution of marriage, is scheduled for February 7-14, which is Valentine’s Day. This year’s theme, Pursuing a Lasting Love, speaks to everyone’s core longing ...

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Faith-Based Prison Programs Transforming Inmate Culture

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Engaging 20 percent of a prison population in a holistic range of faith-inspired programming can begin to catalyze culture change in an entire prison, a new white paper from Prison Fellowship International ...

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The investigation of IHOP-KC founder finds decades of sexual misconduct

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A third-party investigation concluded this week that Mike Bickle, founder of International House of Prayer-Kansas City, committed sexual abuse or misconduct against 17 women over several decades. Firefly Independent Sexual Abuse Investigations, ...

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Trump and Netanyahu’s Bold Gaza Relocation Plan: A New Peace Strategy

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U.S. President Donald Trump, sitting alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, issued a geopolitical earthquake on Tuesday, doubling down on calls to resettle “1.7 or 1.8 million” Palestinians outside of the Gaza ...

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Family Research Council Joins Call for Decency in Super Bowl Halftime Show

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Super Bowl halftime shows have come a long way since they featured college marching bands – and not always in a good way. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council and ...

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Defending Religious Freedom: Ratio Christi’s First Amendment Victory on Campus

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Ratio Christi, a college campus evangelism and apologetics ministry, successfully defended its First Amendment rights with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom. In 2020, President Donald Trump’s first Department of Education enacted ...

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A Night With God: Kansas City’s First Citywide Prayer Gathering of 2025

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In the heart of Kansas City, something extraordinary is taking shape. On Friday evening, February 21st, Pray KC invites you to join the first Night with God of 2025—an evening designed to ...

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Postal Service Halts China Parcels After Trump Order

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The U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday it will temporarily suspend acceptance of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong until further notice, a move that could significantly impact Chinese e-commerce giants, like ...

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Traditional Church Makes Comeback as Congregations Seek Order

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As church attendance nationwide has plateaued following the pandemic, some are reconsidering traditional practices. Phil Cooke, a Christian media expert and pastor’s son, reflects on his mother’s strict church rules that now ...

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Kansas City Officials Respond to Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak Since 1950s

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Local health officials continue warning about what has become the largest documented tuberculosis outbreak in United States history since the 1950s. Health authorities last week announced two people in the Kansas City ...

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Historic Jewish-Christian Library To Hold Massive Book Sale This Week

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A rare opportunity for scholars, students, and anyone interested in Jewish-Christian relations presents itself this week as one of the nation’s most comprehensive private collections opens its doors for an unprecedented book ...

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Classical Education Surge: A New Era for Schools

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Classical education is experiencing a resurgence, with advocates hoping to expand its reach from private religious and charter schools to struggling public schools. “During COVID, parents saw what their kids were learning, ...

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Egypt’s Coptic Women Face Systematic Abduction and Forced Conversion

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The systematic targeting of Egypt’s indigenous Coptic Christian women has reached alarming levels, according to a recent investigation. Coptic Solidarity, an organization promoting equal citizenship rights for Egypt’s largest Christian minority, has ...

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Historic Local Institution Rebrands as Museum of Kansas City

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The Kansas City Museum has transformed into The Museum of Kansas City, marking a significant evolution in its 85-year legacy. The institution announced this pivotal rebranding initiative as it embarks on its ...

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Israel Facing Dry Winter With Cutting Edge Water Conservation

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The winter of 2024-2025 is shaping up to be one of Israel’s driest, yielding only 55% of the average national precipitation so far, the Government Water and Sewage Authority reported on Sunday. ...

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Hope for Children Provides School Supplies to Sri Lankan Students

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Life in Sri Lanka is a financial struggle for many families, with nearly 25% of the population living below the poverty line. The island nation in South Asia, formerly known as Ceylon, ...

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ChinaAid Rescues Persecuted Hong Kong Family to Freedom in Texas

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A Hong Kong family facing persecution has found new hope in Texas, thanks to ChinaAid, an international non-profit Christian human rights organization committed to religious freedom. The family’s struggles began in 2016 ...

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Crown Center district featuring special events for homeschoolers in February

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Homeschool students are invited to shake off cabin fever this month. Several attractions in Kansas City’s Crown Center district offer special educational experiences to get homeschoolers out of the house in February. ...

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Holocaust Ethics Webcast Explores Legal Professionals’ Role in Genocide

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The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education and UMKC Law School are presenting a crucial examination of professional ethics during humanity’s darkest hour. Following International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Jewish Federation of Greater ...

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Israeli Child Poverty Soars as War Strains Economic Resources

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More than one million Israeli children live in poverty and hunger amid the nation’s ongoing war against Iran-backed terrorism. According to recent data from Latet, nearly one in three Israeli children are ...

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Israel-Hamas Prisoner Exchange: Understanding the Unequal Swap

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The dangerous myth promoted by the mainstream media and accepted by most of the world is that Israel and Hamas are carrying out some sort of “prisoner swap,” albeit lopsided in numbers. ...

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MidAmerica Nazarene President Spittal Announces Retirement

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MidAmerica Nazarene University President Dr. David J. Spittal is retiring after more than 12 years leading the local college. “Serving this university community has been one of the greatest honors and joys ...

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Kansas and DC Faith Leaders Offer Comfort After Air Disaster

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As communities grapple with what officials are calling “one of the deadliest aviation disasters” in recent U.S. history, religious leaders in Kansas and the Washington DC region have stepped forward to provide ...

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