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  Dec 27, 2023

  IHOPKC cuts ties with Mike Bickle after new information confirms inappropriate behavior

  The International House of Prayer in Kansas City has cut ties with its founder, Mike Bickle, after receiving new information related to allegations of clergy abuse against him.

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  Jul 4, 2023

  Nashville mourns 49-year-old pastor who led at-risk youth away from life of crime

  City leaders in Nashville, Tennessee, are mourning the death of a 49-year-old Nashville pastor who is widely known for helping lead at-risk teenagers and former gang members away from a life of crime.

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  May 30, 2023

  California megachurch wants to keep historic Evangelical church alive as a satellite campus

  The northern California Pentecostal megachurch Destiny Christian Church has preliminarily agreed to assume leadership of Sacramento’s Capital Christian Center, which is suffering from the “destabilization of its financial foundation” and faces allegations of abuse cover-up against its founder. 

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  May 29, 2023

  95 Louisiana churches leave UMC amid denominational schism over homosexuality

  Nearly 100 United Methodist Church congregations in Louisiana had their disaffiliation votes ratified by the regional conference last weekend, joining hundreds of others nationwide that have left the mainline Protestant denomination in the last year amid a schism over homosexuality. 

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  Apr 8, 2023

  Judge suspends FDA approval of abortion pill, blames 'political pressure' for lack of restrictions

  A federal judge in Texas suspended the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of the chemical abortion pill nationwide Friday. Not long after, a federal judge in Washington state issued an opposite ruling that could force the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in. 

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  Feb 7, 2023

  GOP rebuttal: Sarah Sanders claims radical left forcing Americans to worship 'false idols'

  Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders didn't mince words in her rebuttal Tuesday night to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, claiming that the political Left is forcing Americans to worship "false idols" as it wages a culture war she says Americans didn't ask for.

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  Dec 20, 2022

  No constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide, Massachusetts' top court rules

  The top court in Massachusetts has ruled that doctors have no right to prescribe lethal drugs for patients with terminal illnesses under the state’s constitution, dealing a blow to advocates who hoped the state would be the first in the nation to guarantee such a constitutional right.

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  Dec 10, 2022

  ‘Twitter Files’ 3 highlights internal dialogue on banning Donald Trump: ‘Moral imperative’

  The third installment of Elon Musk's "Twitter Files" was released Friday night, shining a light on the social media giant's internal discussions leading to former President Donald Trump's ban from the platform in January 2021 while he was still in office.

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  Nov 13, 2022

  Democrats maintain Senate control after victories in Nevada, Arizona

  Democrats will maintain control of the U.S. Senate as Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is projected to defeat her Republican challenger, Adam Laxalt, in a tightly contested midterm race in The Silver State. 

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  Nov 12, 2022

  Over 32K sign petition urging Biden to reinstate Nigeria on religious freedom violators list

  A petition signed by over 32,000 people was delivered to the White House Friday, calling on the United States government to reinstate Nigeria to its list of countries where religious freedom conditions are most concerning after the Biden administration removed Nigeria from the list last year.