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Missouri legislature continues to debate sports wagering

Companies that stand to gain the most from legal sports wagering in Missouri testified before the state legislature in Jefferson City last week. Sports betting only at land-based facilities such as casinos ...

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Missouri representative hopes to make it easier to become foster parents by speeding up training

Nearly 14,000 children currently are in the Missouri foster care system. Finding and training foster parents willing to give them loving homes seems to be a never-ending challenge. State Rep. Hannah Kelly, ...

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Hawley sponsors bi-partisan bill giving the public control over their Facebook, other social media data

In a bi-partisan move, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley has been joined by Democrat Senators Mark Warner and Richard Blumenthal in developing legislation designed to protect user privacy, their data and increase competition ...

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Planned Parenthood opens Illinois abortion clinic to attract women from St. Louis

Missouri has a pro-life governor and legislature, while Illinois has one of the most liberal climates for abortion in the nation. As abortion options dwindle in the Show-Me state, Planned Parenthood has ...

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California Senate sexuality bill targets pastors

Pastors who affirm traditional biblical views on sexuality are under attack in California. The state Senate recently passed a resolution telling Christian clergy to accept and support LGBTQ ideology, even if doing ...

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Citizens in Northern Ireland spontaneously gather to protest liberalizing abortion law

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Tens of thousands of Irish citizens have spontaneously protested at the center of Irish government over a recently proposed change to the nation’s abortion laws. The “silent protest” was in response to British ...

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Australia considers legislation to protect religious speech

Australia, one of the more secular countries in the Western world, is considering legislation designed to protect people who express their faith outside of the workplace. Including the religious speech of famous ...

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Details about ‘red flag’ laws slow rush for more legislation

As Americans learn more about the much talked about federal “red flag” gun confiscation bill, support for it among Republicans, gun-owning Democrats and President Donald Trump is dropping. Trump initially offered his ...

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News Briefs: Robocalls, Afghan wedding massacre, Hong Kong and trade, China and drugs

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Here’s today’s news briefs: US authorities struggle in dealing with robocalls The billions of illegal robocalls inundating Americans are being facilitated largely by small telecom carriers that transmit calls over the internet, but authorities ...

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Google researcher: Make search index a public utility

A psychologist who has spent years researching Google’s massive influence has suggested a way for the tech giant to avoid potentially crippling government intervention. The solution, a significant sacrifice for Google, would be ...

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President signs Hawley bill addressing police suicides

Legislation to help stop police officer suicides, and written by Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, has been signed into law by President Donald Trump. The bipartisan measure restores and expands grant funding ...

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Governor douses Viking funeral bill with veto

Those looking for a Viking funeral as a form of cremation may be burning with anger after a bill allowing it was vetoed. Legislation that would have made legal outdoor funeral pyres ...

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Hawley to YouTube: stop catering to pedophiles

YouTube refuses to stop automatically recommending footage of kids to pedophiles. U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, says the video-hosting website YouTube must stop the practice. Dallas-based AT&T Corp. and several other major companies ...

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Gillibrand promotes bill backed by discredited Southern Poverty Law Center

Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand is throwing her weight behind legislation that would have the government catalog hate crimes, something the FBI already does. But waste and redundancy are nothing new in ...

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Elizabeth Warren wants ‘reparations’ paid to gay couples

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wants to give tax refund reparations to same-sex couples who had to file as individuals before their marriages were recognized by the federal government. Her ...

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Chemical castration planned for Alabama child molesters

Child sex offenders convicted in Alabama will receive chemical castration with drugs to suppress their sexual urges before being released from prison. The move is part of legislation sent to the governor ...

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Missouri Gov. signs bill that protects babies after 8 weeks

Governor Mike Parson has signed the “Missouri Stands For the Unborn Act,” bill. Pro-life organizations say this is groundbreaking legislation that will save lives and set the standard for pro-life legislation nationwide. ...

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Sen. Josh Hawley takes on big tech with privacy bill

As Attorney General of Missouri, Josh Hawley took on big tech and social media companies and Google over privacy issues. He investigated Google for potential violations of the state’s consumer-protection and antitrust ...

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Studies show most rape survivors choose life for their babies

Many people assume that pregnant rape victims want abortions, and that if they aren’t able to get them, their lives are ruined, and their babies become a constant reminder of the rape. ...

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Rape, Incest and Abortion: searching beyond the myths 

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“How can you deny an abortion to a twelve-year-old girl who is the victim of incest?” complains an indignant supporter of abortion. “And how can you call yourself a loving Christian if ...

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I was conceived in rape; I’m the 1% they exploit to justify 100% of abortions

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Missouri. Iowa. Kentucky. Mississippi. Ohio. Georgia. Alabama. What do these states have in common? Courage and compassion. They’ve passed Heartbeat bills (Missouri and Louisiana are on their way), banning the brutal act ...

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Missouri House passes fetal heartbeat bill

Missouri’s pro-life Heartbeat Bill is headed to the Governor’s desk after it was approved in the Missouri House today. The House vote was 110-44, and happened after about two hours of emotional ...

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Alabama votes to protect babies from most abortions

The Alabama Senate voted 25-6 Tuesday that would make the state one of the most pro-life in the country. The bill would save babies at any stage of pregnancy.  It includes a ...

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Alexa spying on users worse than ‘East German Police’

Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings? For most people, the answer is, “Are you crazy?” Yet that’s essentially what Amazon has been doing to millions ...

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Thousands fill Times Square for live ultrasound

The live ultrasound was seen by thousands as Focus on the Family presented what had been billed as the largest pro-life event ever held in New York City’s Times Square. As Metro Voice reported, earlier ...

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