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Recently, the Pentagon announced that the Dec. 3 execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be livestreamed — the modern manifestation of a “public” execution. So the central question is simple: should Christians watch it? Some people will argue against watching because they…

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Former worship pastor and former “American Idol” contestant Caleb Flynn has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife, Ashley Flynn, as his two young daughters delivered emotional messages urging their father to confess and repent. Flynn was convicted of killing 37-year-old Ashley in their Tipp City, Ohio, home on Feb.…

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A California women’s sports advocate says an audience was forced to leave a school board candidate forum after organizers objected to her “Save Girls’ Sports” T-shirt, which they allegedly described as an “anti-trans hateful message.” Shannon Kessler, a Republican candidate for California’s 30th Assembly District and founder of Save Girls’ Sports Central Coast, says the…

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A satanic prayer at an Iowa city council meeting sparked outrage after a local pastor interrupted proceedings to denounce the invocation as a “curse” on the community. The controversy unfolded Tuesday during an Ottumwa City Council meeting when former council member and resident Matt Dalbey opened the session with a prayer associated with the Satanic…

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