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  Dec 6, 2019

  Texas CPS dismisses case after taking 4-year-old boy away from homeschool parents

  Child Protective Services in Texas has dropped its five-months long case against homeschooling parents who say their son was unfairly removed by the state on allegations of child medical abuse. 

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  Dec 5, 2019

  Hungary, Brazil and US talk declining birth rates, abortion at Capitol Hill conference

  Government officials from Hungary, Brazil, Poland, and the United States gathered with social conservatives on Capitol Hill Wednesday to discuss policies that promote the growth of nuclear families as fertility rates in the West flounder below replacement levels.

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  Dec 5, 2019

  House passes bipartisan prison reform bill on early release for older offenders

  The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill Tuesday that would enable prisoners age 60 and older to be released to home confinement if they meet certain qualifications.

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  Dec 4, 2019

  9 children killed by Turkish shelling in Kurdish-controlled Syrian town

  Nine children were among 10 people said to have been killed by Turkish shelling near a school in the Kurdish-controlled northern Syrian town of Tal Rifaat, according to a human rights watchdog. 

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  Dec 4, 2019

  Gay 2020 hopeful Pete Buttigieg quotes Matthew 25 in new campaign ad

  Openly gay Democrat presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg quoted the words of Matthew 25 in a new 30-second television commercial airing in South Carolina as he continues to invoke religion in an attempt to appeal to black voters and liberal Christians. 

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  Dec 3, 2019

  Amazon removes Auschwitz-themed Christmas ornaments after backlash

  The e-commerce companies Amazon and Wish faced backlash this week for allowing the sale of Holocaust-themed Christian ornaments on their websites.

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  Dec 3, 2019

  'Miracle baby:' Ohio State's star running back nearly aborted, but mom changed her mind

  During the telecast of Ohio State University’s rivalry football game against the University of Michigan on Saturday, it was revealed on national television that the school’s record-breaking running back was nearly aborted.  

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  Dec 3, 2019

  5 Christians wrongly imprisoned for over a decade released by India Supreme Court

  Five Christians who’ve been imprisoned for over a decade in India for a crime that they and advocates say they didn’t commit were granted bail last week by the country’s Supreme Court. 

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  Dec 2, 2019

  American pastors tear-gassed in Hong Kong as they supported pro-democracy protesters

  American pastors who traveled to Hong Kong to support the months-long pro-democracy demonstrations say they faced tear gas and water cannons as they stood in solidarity with student demonstrators during one of the most dynamic five-day stretches of the protests.

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  Dec 1, 2019

  Watermark megachurch buys middle school building in South Dallas

  The non-denominational Watermark Community Church in Texas has purchased a vacant former middle school building that it plans to turn into its newest campus in South Dallas. But some church leaders in the area are upset.