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  Jun 21, 2018

  Wheaton College Football Players Plead Guilty, Avoid Felonies in Hazing Scandal

  Three former members of the evangelical Wheaton College football team in Illinois have pleaded guilty to hazing charges related to an incident where another member of the team was abducted from his dorm room and left half-naked in the middle of a nearby baseball field.

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  Jun 21, 2018

  Virginia Residents Protest Plans to Build Coptic 'Megachurch,' Say It's 'Incompatible' With Town

  Some Northern Virginia residents are fighting against the proposed construction of a 22,000 square-foot Coptic church, claiming that the church will set a troubling "precedent" for their area and that it's "incompatible" with the community.

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  Jun 21, 2018

  Hundreds Come to Christ at Scotland Crusade Hosted by Billy Graham's Grandson

  Hundreds of people in Scotland accepted an invitation to accept Christ at a revival event hosted by Billy Graham's grandson, Will Graham, last weekend.

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  Jun 21, 2018

  Trump Admin. May Use DNA Tests to Prove Parents, Not Traffickers, Are Crossing Border With Children

  Attorney General Jeff Sessions has indicated that the U.S. government is weighing the idea of testing DNA to prove parentage of children and parents detained at the southern border, a prominent evangelical leader with close ties to the administration has said.

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  Jun 20, 2018

  9 Abortionists Accused of Breaking Law, Failing to Report Possible Child Sex Crimes

  Nine Indiana abortion doctors and every abortion clinic in the state has been accused of breaking the law by failing to report abortions performed on girls younger than 16, some of whom were as young as 12.

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  Jun 20, 2018

  Only 10 Christian Refugees From Iraq and Syria Admitted to US in 2018; Evangelicals Respond

  As the Trump administration has promised to help Christians and other religious minorities who faced genocide at the hands of the Islamic State, the U.S. government has resettled only 10 Christian refugees from Iraq and Syria since the beginning of 2018.

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  Jun 19, 2018

  Democrat Strategist Said He Received Pushback for Urging Party to Welcome Biblical Values

  A black Democrat Christian strategist says that the party's donor class' push for secular progressivism is "out of tune" with the views of many black Christians in the Democratic Party, and recounted the pushback he personally received when he urged the party to be more welcoming to biblical values.

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  Jun 19, 2018

  Robert Jeffress Accuses Dallas Mayor of Religious 'Hostility' for Vilifying 'Christian Nation' Event

  Outspoken Pastor Robert Jeffress has shot back at Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, accusing him of being "hostile" toward his megachurch by speaking out against a billboard advertising an upcoming sermon on how "America is a Christian Nation."

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  Jun 19, 2018

  North Korean Defector Details Being Sold for $2,300 to Chinese Man, Raped in Regime Labor Camp

  A North Korean defector who at one point in her life was sold to a Chinese man for $2,300 and spent time in a North Korean prison has opened up about her life in squalor under one of the most brutal regimes in the world.

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  Jun 19, 2018

  Norway Took Baby From This American Mom; She Is Still Fighting for Her Son 5 Years Later

  It's been nearly four years since American citizen Amy Jakobsen Bjørnevåg has seen her son, Tyler, after he was taken away from her and put in foster care by Norway's child protection service because of a weight issue.