Friday, May 31, 2019

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Balloon Face

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By NATALIE PROULX from NYT The Learning Network https://nyti.ms/2QDmZ...

Louisiana Lawmakers Send New Abortion Ban to Governor's Desk

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Louisiana lawmakers on Wednesday passed a strict new abortion ban that would prohibit the procedure before some women even know they are pregnant, joining a half-dozen conservative states with similar measures. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2Wy8y...

Stephen Lentz Shares Why Churches Fail: Pastors Are Often Ill-Equipped to Handle the 'Business' of Running a Church

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Author, pastor, and lawyer Stephen Lentz explains why many churches fail. He says it's because most pastors are ill-equipped to handle the "business" of running a church. Lentz tells them how to turn things around in a new book, The Business of Church. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2Mdny...

Satanic Temple Rejects Supreme Court Ruling on Aborted Baby Bodies, Claims Religious Freedom

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The Satanic Temple (TST) has issued a defiant response to Tuesday's US Supreme Court ruling that upheld the Indiana law (HEA 1337) requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains.  The Satanists say their members are immune from the law due to freedom of religion and will argue a federal law passed in 1993 will uphold their claim.  from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2WA2m...

The 'Perversion Files': Boy Scouts of America Facing Further Accusations of Abuse

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The Boy Scouts of America are facing more lawsuits out of New York as victims of sexual abuse continue to speak out. The organization has already faced numerous lawsuits for sexual abuse. Hundreds more are expected after several states passed laws adjusting restrictive statute-of-limitations laws. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2Mh8T...

Are Babies Humans? As Illinois 'Denies Human Dignity', Supreme Court Says Babies Aren't 'Medical Waste'

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Lawmakers in Illinois have advanced what could be the nation's most liberal abortion law. Meanwhile, the US Supreme Court is upholding an Indiana law that requires abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetuses in the same way as human remains.   from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2MgNb...

D-Day’s 75th Anniversary Renews Interest in Some Classrooms

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Kasey Turcol has just 75 minutes to explain to her high school students the importance of D-Day — and if this wasn’t the 75th anniversary of the turning point in World War II, she wouldn’t devote that much time to it. D-Day is not part of the required curriculum in North Carolina — or in many other states. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2W0em...

Baseball player distraught after child hit

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A child is taken to hospital after she was hit by a foul ball off the bat of Chicago Cubs outfielder Albert Almora Jr at the Houston Astros' stadium, leaving the player in tears. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2YSHb...

Thousands pay respects to Niki Lauda

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Formula 1 stars including Lewis Hamilton and other celebrities in Vienna as Lauda's body lay in state at St Stephen's Cathedral. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2HK4s...

How the Tiananmen Square protests changed my life

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Dan Wang was a student leader at the Tiananmen Square protests in China in 1989. After the violent crackdown by the security services he was at the top of the 'most wanted' list. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2W2UH...

Wednesday, May 29, 2019