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Dark Side of Super Bowl: 'Largest Human Trafficking Event in United States'
Whether one is a football fan or not, or if one's team makes it, the Super Bowl is recognized as the biggest sports event of the year and is watched by millions. Aside from football, everyone tunes in to see the million-dollar worth commercials produced by countless of businesses over a group of friends partying or eating delicious food. However, there is a dark, disturbing side to this time of year that many fail to recognize as a serious problem: human trafficking.
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'Dumplings and Green Onion': Jeremy Lin Prepares Favorite Chinese New Year Dish
As the Chinese New Year begins the last day of the first month of the year, Lin showed "NBA Inside Stuff" how to prepare a Chinese New Year custom: dumplings. A custom tradition for the Chinese culture in this holiday, dumplings (which are also known as Jiaozi) are one of the first meals eaten and are shaped like Chinese money.
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Iran's 'Clemency': Imprisoned American Pastor Saeed Abedini May be Freed from 8-Year Sentence
In the midst of the fight to free Pastor Abedini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has now shared new developments in the case which signaled possible good news. According to Zariff, many cases have been awarded clemency, or a merciful due for a punishment. This could be one factor to the ultimate release of Pastor Abedini, though Zariff said that the decision would be upon the Iran judiciary.
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'She Fell in God's Hands', Explains Father of Teen Who Survived 3,500 Foot Skydiving Free-Fall
A miracle saved 16-year-old Mackenzie Wethington from a near fatal 3,500 feet fall from a parachute ride gone wrong. Though her father watched in horror as his teen daughter was plummeting from the sky, he credits that Mackenzie survived because God was her ultimate protector.
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Glenn Beck Appalled by Katy Perry's Grammys Performance, Calls It 'Demonic' and Full of 'Witchcraft'
Pop singer Katy Perry has already caused plenty of eyebrow raising controversy following her performance at the Grammy Awards. Her rendition of her new number-one hit, "Dark Horse," was labeled as "demonic" and full of "witchcraft," from Conservative television and radio host Glenn Beck.
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A church in South Korea’s Guri City suffers fire damage, no injuries reported
A church in Guri City, near Seoul, South Korea, experienced a fire on July 3 that caused damage to parts of its main sanctuary building
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Bible scholar suggests ‘Mark of the Beast’ may not be 666 after all
Canadian Bible scholar Wes Huff is encouraging Christians to reexamine a widely held assumption about Revelation 13:18—that the number of the beast is definitively 666. According to Huff, some of the earliest and most respected manuscripts suggest a different number altogether: 616.
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‘Squid Game’ Season 3 raises spiritual questions about trust, despair, and redemption
In a recent column for Christianity Today, Michelle Park explores Squid Game: Season 3 through a biblical lens, arguing that the show’s narrative highlights not only societal decay but also a deeper, often unspoken, yearning for redemption and trust.
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“Sinners”: Gospel distorted by ethnicity and regionalism
In the latest installment of his Bricolage in the Movie series, Dr. Ukjoo Park offers a cultural-theological reading of Sinners, a supernatural drama directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in the racially segregated 1930s Mississippi Delta, the film follows two Black brothers who operate a juke joint while battling vampires—and racism.
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27 girls and 1 counselor missing after flash flood hits Texas Christian Camp
A sudden flash flood swept through a Christian summer camp in Texas early Friday morning, leaving 27 girls and one adult counselor initially unaccounted for, with 12 still missing as of Sunday.