Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Feb 18, 2020

  14 parents sue school district for affirming kids' transgender identity without consent

  A group of 14 parents from eight families have filed a lawsuit against a Wisconsin school district over its policy requiring teachers to call students by their preferred names and pronouns. 

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  Feb 18, 2020

  Pastor among 2 dozen killed after gunmen storm church service in Burkina Faso

  A pastor and at least 23 others were killed and 18 others injured after gunmen attacked a church in northeast Burkina Faso on Sunday. In a neighboring community, a deacon, a pastor, and the pastor’s family were killed by abductors over the weekend.

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  Feb 18, 2020

  Nigerian military accused of burning villages, displacing civilians in Boko Haram fight

  The Nigerian military has been accused by a leading human rights watchdog of razing villages and displacing hundreds of residents in its quest to defeat extremist groups Boko Haram and the Islamic State. The military, however, has contested those allegations.

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  Feb 17, 2020

  New Air Force dress code makes it easier for Muslim, Sikh airmen to live out their faith

  The U.S. Air Force has created a more efficient process to ensure that Sikh and Muslim Airmen are allowed to wear sacred garments and grow out hair in accordance with their faiths. 

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  Feb 16, 2020

  World Vision's $3.7 million coronavirus campaign to aid nearly 400,000 in China

  As over 1,600 people in China have died due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the international evangelical humanitarian agency World Vision is spending millions to provide assistance to nearly 400,000 people in the midst of the deadly health crisis. 

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  Feb 15, 2020

  From late-term abortions to NICU: Nurse shares her pro-life conversion story

  A Christian nurse recently spoke about the guilt she has felt for over three decades after working for well-known late-term abortionist Warren Hern, a founding member of the National Abortion Federation who has written a book on how to perform abortions. 

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  Feb 14, 2020

  Sudan to hand over ex-president responsible for Darfur genocide, war crimes

  The transitional government in Sudan has agreed to turn over former President Omar al-Bashir and two other ex-government officials responsible for the genocide in Darfur to face prosecution at the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands.

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  Feb 14, 2020

  Moody Bible Institute to sell 10 acres to Chicago high-rise developer

  Moody Bible Institute has entered into a preliminary agreement to sell off 10 acres north of the evangelical institution’s main campus in the Near North Side of Chicago to a prominent high-rise developer, according to The Chicago Tribune.

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  Feb 14, 2020

  13 Christian leaders criticize Trump policies they fear will increase poverty

  Thirteen Christian leaders have signed onto a letter speaking out against President Donald Trump’s budget proposal and other administration policies that they say will add to the nation’s poverty and hunger issues. 

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  Feb 13, 2020

  Amy Klobuchar says pro-lifers are part of the Democrat Party, wants to build 'big tent'

  Democrat 2020 hopeful Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota said on national television this week that there is room for pro-lifers in the Democrat Party.