Leonardo Blair

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  Oct 3, 2017

  Las Vegas Gunman Stephen Paddock Was a Millionaire Whose Father Was a 'Psychopathic' Criminal

  Before Sunday's inexplicable massacre in Las Vegas, Stephen Paddock's only connection to crime was his "psychopathic" father who was rarely around when he was a boy. Now his family and law enforcement officials are trying to understand how and why he suddenly became a mass murderer.

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  Oct 3, 2017

  Bill O'Reilly Says Mass Murders Are the 'Price of Freedom' as Nation Reels From Las Vegas Attack

  Popular political commentator Bill O'Reilly staunchly defended the Second Amendment and the right of everyone, including "loons," to bear arms Monday, calling mass murder "the price of freedom" as America reeled from the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.

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  Oct 3, 2017

  Trump Supports HR 36 Bill Seeking to Criminalize Abortion After 20 Weeks

  The House is expected to vote Tuesday on a controversial bill backed by the Trump administration that would make it a crime for anyone to perform or attempt to perform an abortion of a baby that is 20 weeks or older.

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  Oct 3, 2017

  Mormon Leader Robert D Hales Dies at 85, Remembered as 'Model of Servant Leadership'

  After years of battling health issues, elder Robert D. Hales, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has died. He was 85.

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  Oct 2, 2017

  Tennessee Church Shooter Motivated by Revenge for Dylann Roof's Massacre at Black Church

  Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, the ex-member of Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, Tennessee, who shot eight people including one fatally at his old church, was motivated by revenge for the nine churchgoers who were killed by Dylann Roof in 2015.

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  Oct 2, 2017

  Tearful Hope Carpenter Begs for Forgiveness From Multiracial Megachurch, Says She's 'Ignorant' About Discrimination

  A tearful Hope Carpenter, who co-founded the 21,000-member Redemption Church in Greenville, South Carolina, with her husband Ron Carpenter Jr., apologized to their multiracial congregation Sunday for slamming NFL players protesting social injustice during the national anthem as wrong.

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  Sep 29, 2017

  Pentecostal Preacher's Daughter Sues Restaurant for Rescinding Job Offer Because She Asked to Wear Skirt

  A Pentecostal preacher's daughter has filed a lawsuit against Mississippi restaurant chain Georgia Blue for rescinding a job offer after she asked to wear a skirt instead of jeans due to her religion.

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  Sep 29, 2017

  Thousands Want Ray Lewis' Statue Gone for Kneeling During NFL Protests as He Insists He Was Praying

  Nearly 68,000 NFL fans have signed a petition to remove a statue of former Baltimore Ravens linebacker and born-again Christian Ray Lewis from M&T Bank Stadium after he apparently joined current players in kneeling during the national anthem Sunday.

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  Sep 29, 2017

  Prominent Evangelicals Urge Trump to Condemn the Alt-Right as 'Evil'

  A coalition of prominent evangelical leaders, including Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines, SBC's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Russell Moore and Bishop T. D. Jakes are urging President Donald Trump to further condemn the alt-right movement as "racist, evil, and antithetical to a well-ordered, peaceful society."

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  Sep 28, 2017

  Christian Rookie Texans Quarterback Deshaun Watson Donates First Paycheck to Stadium Workers

  Deshaun Watson, the 22-year-old Christian rookie quarterback for the Houston Texans whose family once received a house built by Habitat for Humanity, paid it forward this week when he donated his first paycheck of $27,353 to three workers in the NRG Stadium cafeteria who were affected by Hurricane Harvey.