Leonardo Blair

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  Jan 1, 2021

  2 former Alabama Baptist Convention presidents die days apart from COVID-19, dementia

  The Alabama Baptist Convention recently lost two former presidents just days apart to complications from the new coronavirus and dementia.

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  Dec 31, 2020

  Missionary Sean Feucht faces opposition over LA New Year’s events

  Missionary and activist Sean Feucht, who has been at the center of several large health mandate defying Christian gatherings since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, is now at odds with religious and nonprofit leaders in Los Angeles who oppose his two-day New Year’s worship event that kicked off on Skid Row.

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  Dec 30, 2020

  Rickey Smiley Show cast member, comedian Pastor Fred Thomas dead from COVID-19

  Pastor Fred Thomas, a beloved comedian and cast member of the popular Rickey Smiley Morning Show, known for his "Church in 60 Seconds" segment, has died following a two-week battle with the new coronavirus, his family announced.

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  Dec 30, 2020

  New Dietary Guidelines say no to sweets for kids under 2 as overweight, obesity rates soar in US

  New Dietary Guidelines for 2020-2025 released by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services included recommendations for infants and toddlers for the first time since 1985, urging parents to avoid candy, cake and other added sugars for children under age 2 as obesity rates remain problematic.

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  Dec 30, 2020

  #DisruptTexts movement seeking to end racism, bias in teaching clarifies work

  There's a growing movement known as #DisruptTexts, led by educators who are seeking to promote “anti-racist/anti-bias teaching pedagogy and practices” in the classroom by creating a more inclusive language arts curriculum.

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  Dec 29, 2020

  Most never married US adults hope to get married someday, despite culture shift: poll

  Though they are less inclined now than in recent years to see marriage as critical for couples who have children together or plan to spend the rest of their lives together, most adults who have never been married still desire to legally tie the knot someday, results of a new Gallup poll has found.

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  Dec 29, 2020

  Pastor, sister and mother killed by COVID-19 in 1 week as virus sweeps rural America

  An Indiana pastor, his sister and elderly mother all recently died from the new coronavirus over the course of a week as new data shows the brunt of the devastation from the virus shifting toward rural and less densely populated parts of the United States.

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  Dec 28, 2020

  7-y-o saves toddler sister from burning home after mom says God woke her up

  A Tennessee mother is thanking God and her heroic 7-year-old son, who risked his life to save his toddler sister from their burning home earlier this month.

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  Dec 28, 2020

  Alabama pastor dies from COVID-19 despite following health protocols, church says

  An Alabama pastor, who urged his congregants to be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem as the coronavirus pandemic unfolded in March, is now being mourned by his family and church after he died from the virus Saturday.

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  Dec 28, 2020

  7 things to know about the newly signed stimulus package

  Days after calling a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending package and a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill a “disgrace,” and threatening not to sign it unless changes were made, President Donald Trump signed it into law Sunday.