The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The big red charity vending machines will be in more locations in more cities around the world for the ninth straight year. (See full list below.) The Giving Machines, part of the Light the World initiative meant to help people celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ by serving others, allows donors to purchase chickens, sports…

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Love has a way of shining brightest in life’s hardest moments. That truth was on full display at Katharine House Hospice in Stafford, where 52-year-old cancer patient Karl Marsh married the love of his life, Sarah, in an emotional bedside ceremony that moved everyone to tears. Karl, who was diagnosed with tongue cancer last May,…

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A bus carrying members of a Southern California church youth group overturned Sunday night on a narrow cliffside road in the San Bernardino Mountains, leaving more than two dozen people injured — but many are calling their survival nothing short of a miracle. According to officials, the bus was transporting 36 teens and adults from…

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Sometimes the sweetest blessings show up in the most unexpected ways — even in the form of a piping hot pizza box. For Jonny Dawson, owner of Jonny’s in Huntington Station, hitting one million pizzas sold wasn’t just a business milestone. It was a moment he wanted to turn into joy for someone else. Dawson…

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