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  Jun 21, 2017

  Russell Moore, Ravi Zacharias, 100 Christian Leaders Sign Criminal Justice Declaration

  Leading Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore, apologist Ravi Zacharias and nearly 100 other Christian leaders have signed onto a declaration that calls for restorative criminal justice reform in the United States and urges Christians to unite in opposition to the nation's "misguided response to crime."

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  Jun 19, 2017

  22-Y-O American Otto Warmbier Dies After Spending 17 Months in North Korean Prison

  Otto Warmbier, the University of Virginia student who was imprisoned by North Korea for over 17 months and was released last week while in a coma, has died, his family announced Monday.

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  Jun 19, 2017

  Jeff Sessions Defends Sentencing Memo: Violent Crime Increased Under Obama's Policies

  Attorney Gen. Jeff Sessions has defended his controversial sentencing memorandum in an op-ed published Sunday that accuses Obama-era leniency on drug crimes of fostering an increase in drug abuse and violent crimes in the United States.

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  Jun 19, 2017

  Christian Dad Arrested for Blasphemy After Demanding Pay From Muslim for Repaired Bike

  A Pakistani Christian man has reportedly been arrested on charges of blasphemy after a Muslim man accused him of insulting the Muslim prophet when asking to be paid for a bicycle that he had repaired last week.

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  Jun 19, 2017

  LGBT Groups: Conservative Christians 'Have No Place in Government'

  LGBT activist groups are outraged that the Trump administration's Department of Education invited speakers from two prominent conservative Christian family organizations to participate in a panel discussion on fatherhood held in advance of Father's Day last week.

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  Jun 19, 2017

  MLB Team Defends Decision to Invite This Former All-Star for 'Christian Day'

  The St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team is sticking by its decision to invite former all-star Lance Berkman to share his faith at Busch Stadium's upcoming "Christian Day," a move that angered the LGBT community because of the slugger's opposition to a transgender bathroom ordinance defeated two years ago in Houston.

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  Jun 19, 2017

  Trump Admin. Says Schools Can Be Investigated for Wrong Pronoun Use for Transgender Students

  The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has issued an internal memo explaining that refusal by public schools or teachers to refer to a transgender student by his or her preferred pronoun or name could be grounds for an investigation.

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  Jun 18, 2017

  NFL Star Ben Watson: America Is 'Reaping the Consequences of Fatherlessness'

  As America celebrates Father's Day 2017, Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson has issued a reminder that the nation is currently suffering from the dire effects of "fatherlessness" and asserted that Satan would love nothing more than to keep dads from connecting with their children.

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  Jun 17, 2017

  Catholic Nun, Schoolgirls Arrested in India on False Conversion Complaint by Hindu Radicals

  A Catholic nun and four tribal girls were arrested in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh after authorities received a complaint of forced conversion from a local hardline Hindu activist.

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  Jun 16, 2017

  ISIS Used Mosul Church as Site to Rape and Imprison 200 Girls, Gov't Official Says

  Islamic State militants used one of northern Iraq's largest Christian sites to imprison and abuse as many as 200 Yazidi girls and women as sex slaves, an Iraqi military official has said.