(Ghana Web) — A video of members of a so-called church drinking their church leader’s bathwater has angered the Ghanaian public. The video, which became an instant internet sensation for the wrong reasons, had the so-called “man of God” directing his church members to drink water he had soaked his body in. … Unfortunately, […]
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(Fox News) — A participant in a Georgia 10K run who was caught slapping a female reporter’s behind while she was on air has been arrested. Thomas Callaway, a 43-year-old youth minister from Statesboro, was charged Friday with sexual battery, a misdemeanor, in Chatham County, records show. The video clip of Callaway smacking the rear […]
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(Bitter Winter) — As the CCP is stepping up its efforts to suppress Christianity, multiple house church venues across the country have been crushed for refusing to join the state-run Three-Self Church. One such venue was destroyed in late October in Gaoqiang village in Lin’an county, administered by Hangzhou city in the eastern province […]
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(The Coloradoan) — One February evening in 2003, a couple knocked on a fire station door in Westminster, Colorado. With them was a newborn baby. They surrendered the two-day-old girl, leaving her with a lieutenant and paramedic on duty — no questions asked, no names taken. Since 2000, Colorado’s Safe Haven law has allowed […]
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(Church in Chains) — Dec. 9 marked the first anniversary of the raid on Early Rain Covenant Church and the arrest of Pastor Wang Yi, who is in jail awaiting trial, and his wife Jiang Rong, who was released on bail in June and is under house arrest. In the week following the raid at […]
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(New York Post) — A polyamorous woman in Florida with four partners is pregnant, and says despite sharing her bed with her many lovers, she’s certain of who the father is. Tory Ojeda, 20, lives with three of her four partners in their Jacksonville, Fla., home. Marc, Travis, Ethan and Christopher take turns spending time […]
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(Fox News) — A federal court in Canada has ruled that the self-titled “Church of Atheism” isn’t a religion and can’t be treated like one for tax purposes. The Court of Appeal upheld the refusal by the minister of national revenue to register the Church of Atheism of Central Canada as a charity, even though […]
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(New Scientist) — Although it has been revealed in recent years that plants are capable of seeing, hearing and smelling, they are still usually thought of as silent. But now, for the first time, they have been recorded making airborne sounds when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture […]
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(CNN) — For the first time, Muhammad is one of the top 10 most popular baby names for boys in the United States, according to data from the parenting website BabyCenter. Muhammad ranks at No. 10, up four spots from last year. The name has been climbing steadily on BabyCenter’s rankings over the years and first entered […]
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(UNILAD) — Footage of a little boy with Down syndrome comforting his autistic classmate has gone viral for all the right reasons, warming the hearts of millions in the process. Filmed by a teacher at a school in Mexico, the caring youngster can be seen attempting to soothe his distressed classmate, putting his arms […]
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