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California Judge Backs Drought Regulators as State Extracts Water From Ocean: ‘We Will Still Need It’
A judge in California has cleared the way for drought regulators to go after people accused of illegally diverting water. To meet the shortfall, the state is relying on desalinization plants to extract potable water from the Pacific Ocean.
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Newborn Baby Rescued from Public Toilet by Policet: ‘I Am Probably The First One to Hold This Child’
A policeman in China rescued a newborn baby stuck in a toilet of public restroom face-down on Tuesday. He gently pulled out the infant by reaching his arm down into a pipe.
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Republican Presidential Candidates Prepare for First Debate on Fox News; ‘Big Issues’ Will be Focus
Presidential candidates from the Republican Party are preparing for the first televised debate, which is scheduled to air Thursday on Fox News Channel. Some of them engaged in a practice run on Monday.
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Senate Fails to Pass Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood; Group Stands By Videos, Release Another Online
The Senate voted and failed to pass a plan to defund Planned Parenthood of $500 million in federal funding on Monday. The group behind the videos that triggered the vote in the first place has released a fifth video online Tuesday.
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Russell Moore Says 'Islam Does Not Threaten Power of Gospel,' Focuses on Politics, Religious Freedom, Islam in New Book
Evangelist Russell Moore, the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, has written a new book that focuses on various topics, including politics, religious freedom, and Islam. He contended that Islam does not threaten the power of the gospel.
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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.
