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Mother Emanuel and the power of prayer
BBC News – On Sunday, hundreds of people returned to Mother Emanuel church in Charleston, South Carolina, four days after after a shooting there killed nine African-Americans. The BBC’s Rajini
Hidden cameras reveal airport workers stealing from luggage
Miami (CNN) Inside a plane at Miami International Airport, baggage handlers are going on a shopping spree with passengers’ bags. What they don’t know is that they are being recorded on
Indiana governor says he wants to ‘fix’ religion law
BBC News – The governor of Indiana has said that he wants state lawmakers to “fix” a religious freedom law that has created a national outcry. Critics of the law
Presbyterian group changes marriage definition to include same-sex couples
CNN -The country’s largest Presbyterian denomination has changed its definition of marriage to include gay couples — though not explicitly. Presbyterian Church (USA) approved an amendment to its constitution after
Obama: 50 Years After ‘Bloody Sunday,’ March Is Not Yet Over
NPR – President Obama, speaking in Selma, Ala., at an event marking the 50th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” civil rights march that witnessed hundreds of demonstrators attacked and beaten
King’s vision embraced by Ala. church
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Baptist Press) — An Alabama church whose pastor was criticized 52 years ago by Martin Luther King Jr. for contributing to the “silent — and often vocal —
Obama Announces Historic Revamp of US-Cuba Relations
VOA News – U.S. President Barack Obama announced a major shift in U.S. relations with Cuba on Wednesday, after the country’s communist leaders released Alan Gross, an American who had
Obama: The executive order on immigration is legally justified
Washington Examiner – President Obama on Sunday said Congress’ failure to approve immigration legislation served as legal justification for his executive order legalizing 4.1 million undocumented immigrants. Indeed, Obama suggested
Ebola-stricken doctor dies two days after arriving in Nebraska
Dr Martin Salia, 44, has died after receiving treatment for Ebola at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha He arrived in the country Saturday from Sierra Leone in
Marysville shooting: Second girl dies in Washington state
BBC News – A second girl has died of wounds she suffered in a US school shooting in Washington state which ended when a boy aged 14 fatally shot himself
