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  Nov 29, 2014

  Syria Says US-Led Airstrikes Not Weakening ISIS as 15 More Strikes Launched

  The foreign minister of Syria said Friday that airstrikes on ISIS positions by a U.S.-led coalition in the country haven't weakened the Sunni terror group, which faced 15 more attacks in Syria and Iraq over the last three days.

• Nov 24, 2014

  12-Year-Old Boy With Fake Pistol Dies After Shot by Ohio Officer

  Even as a Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury is expected to announce its decision on whether to indict a police officer who shot and killed black teenager Michael Brown in August, an officer in Ohio Sunday shot a 12-year-old African-American boy in a Cleveland park after he brandished a fake pistol without pointing at police.

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  Nov 24, 2014

  Study: Half of Americans, Majority of White Evangelicals Believe Natural Disasters Are Rising Due to 'End Times' Not Climate Change

  Nearly half of Americans now believe that the recent surge in natural disasters is the result of biblical "end times" than climate change, and more than two-thirds of white evangelical Protestants hold this belief, according to a new study.

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  Nov 24, 2014

  Mississippi Supreme Court Sets Date to Hear Its First Same-Sex Divorce Case

  The state Supreme Court in Mississippi, where same-sex marriage is not recognized, will hear arguments Jan. 21, 2015, from a woman who has asked the state to recognize her gay marriage so that she can be granted a divorce.

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  Nov 24, 2014

  Obama Admits: American Voters Want 'That New Car Smell' in 2016

  President Obama admitted on Sunday that he's taken some political "dings," and that the American people seem to want that "new car smell" in the 2016 presidential campaign, but added that he'd do his best to get a Democratic successor elected.

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  Nov 24, 2014

  ISIS, Iraqi Forces Engage in Fierce Fighting Near Gov't Complex in Ramadi

  At least 37 people have died as Islamic State militants and Iraqi and tribal forces have been involved in an intense battle near the main government complex in Anbar province's capital city of Ramadi since ISIS launched a massive offensive Friday.

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  Nov 23, 2014

  Kay Warren Remembering Her Son on 'Survivor Day': There's Hope as Suicide Is Preventable

  Sharing on International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day on Saturday, Kay Warren, co-founder of California's Saddleback Church, recalled that her late son, Matthew, was the funniest and most courageous person she has ever met in her life, and said that while the suicide rate is alarmingly high in the country, there is hope because suicide is preventable.

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  Nov 23, 2014

  Ferguson Grand Jury Decision Not Expected Until Monday

  A grand jury decision on whether or not to indict white police officer Darren Wilson for shooting to death 18-year-old African-American Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, is not likely until at least Monday, according to media reports, even as layers of emergency plans have been set up and President Obama has called for calm.

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  Nov 23, 2014

  ISIS Militant Who Sold Yazidi Girls as Sex Slaves Reportedly Killed in US Airstrike; Families Buying Back Girls

  A militant of the Islamic State terror group who sold kidnapped Yazidi girls in a slave market in Syria has reportedly been killed along with 34 other ISIS fighters in a U.S.-led airstrike in Mosul in northern Iraq.

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  Nov 22, 2014

  Thousands of Children Find Forever Families as Nation Celebrates 15th Annual Adoption Day

  Thousands of children in foster care waiting for permanent and loving families are hoping their dreams will come true as communities and churches across the country celebrate the annual National Adoption Day on Saturday.