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  Oct 13, 2020

  Smithsonian 'Girlhood' exhibit features Margaret Sanger, transgender star Jazz Jennings

  The Smithsonian Institute has unveiled a new “Girlhood” exhibit at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., stating that Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s legacy is “complicated” and that sometimes gender is not revealed at birth. 

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  Oct 12, 2020

  62% say judicial nominees shouldn't be questioned about religious beliefs: poll

  On the eve of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing, a new survey was released showing that about two-thirds of Americans believe that judicial nominees should not be questioned about their religious beliefs during confirmation hearings. 

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  Oct 10, 2020

  Wildfire victims find hope in Christ during record-setting 2020; millions of acres burned

  Dan and Rochelle Kelly thought they would only be gone from their Boulder Creek, California, home for a day when they received the reverse 911 call on Aug. 18 advising them to evacuate because of an approaching wildfire.

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  Oct 9, 2020

  Azerbaijan accused of shelling Armenian cathedral, denies targeting religious sites

  Azerbaijan was accused Thursday of shelling a historic Armenian cathedral while civilians were inside as fighting over the Armenian-controlled Nagorno-Karabakh region continues after reigniting last month. 

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  Oct 9, 2020

  US charges ISIS terrorists for brutal beheadings of Americans in Syria

  Two Islamic State militants aligned with the group’s most infamous executioner have been charged with the killing of four Americans in Syria, including Christian aid worker Kayla Mueller, by the U.S. Department of Justice.

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  Oct 8, 2020

  5 highlights from VP debate: Court packing, White House 'super spreader' and 'fine people' claim

  Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris, the 2020 Democrat vice presidential nominee, squared off Wednesday in the much-anticipated vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City. 

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  Oct 3, 2020

  USCIRF report examines role religion plays in Fulani attacks on Christians

  The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has released a new report examining the claims of religious persecution involving Fulani herding communities in Africa, amid increasing calls for the violence, in Nigeria specifically, to be called “genocide.”  

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  Oct 2, 2020

  Turkey sends ISIS commander, Syrian rebels to aid Azerbaijan in Armenia conflict: reports

  Reports say that hundreds of Syrian Islamic rebel fighters, including a high-ranking Islamic State commander, have been sent to help prop up Muslim-majority Azerbaijan in its recently re-sparked border conflict over a region populated predominantly by Armenian Christians. 

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  Oct 2, 2020

  Civil rights attorney: Trump has done more for blacks in 3 years than Obama did in 8

  Lifelong Democrat and civil rights attorney Leo Terrell said Thursday that he thinks President Donald Trump has done more in three years for the black community than the Obama-Biden administration accomplished in eight. 

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  Oct 1, 2020

  Arkansas pastor exorcized 1-year-old child, took meth with churchgoers: police

  An Arkansas evangelical church pastor was arrested last week and has admitted to doing meth with congregants and exorcizing a toddler, according to police.