Today's Latest Headlines News: September 2018

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Automatic Coverage for 'Elective' Abortion Given to Students in This Ultra-Conservative State

Hundreds of international students have been automatically enrolled in insurance that covers "elective abortion" at a university located in a state that's been called the most conservative in the country.

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Megachurch Pastor in Hot Water Again: 'Christians Are Not Required to Obey Any of the Commandments' from the OT

Megachurch Pastor Andy Stanley is under fire once again for downplaying the Old Testament and appearing to reject key components of the Christian faith like the Ten Commandments.

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'She Was Shot Twice in the Back While She Slept': Moms of Slain Children Say Courts Can Do More to Save Them

We've all heard horror stories of one spouse killing another during a contentious divorce. But some mothers and their allies in Congress are trying to raise awareness that children of those feuding spouses often become the victims of violence.

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'God Brought Them Here for a Reason': The Friendship Group Touching the Lives of International Students

More than 1,000 international students have enrolled at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia this fall. One group is there to meet them with love, friendship, and the support they need to succeed in America.

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'A War that Will Have Worldwide Implications': Evangelist Dutch Sheets' Urgent Call to Prayer for US Judiciary

Internationally-known evangelist Dutch Sheets has released a video message encouraging Christians to pray for America.

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Evangelical Leaders: Refugee Cuts Conflict with Admin's Goal of Religious Freedom

A group of evangelical leaders is pressing back against the Trump administration's plan to cut refugee admissions to the US by 15,000, down to a historic low of 30,000 for the next fiscal year.

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Thousands of Christians Vow to Pray Around the Clock for Revival in America

Tens of thousands of Christians are set to gather for a time of endless prayer and praise across America.

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Noted Evangelical University Abolishes Ban on Public LGBTQ Relationships on Campus

Azuza Pacific University, (APU) the first Christian college on the West Coast, has reversed its policy on banning public LGBTQ relationships on campus after caving in to pressure from activists.

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Beth Moore Explains Why She Didn’t Report Sexual Abuse

When the tweet storm of #WhyIDidntReport hashtags began, Beth Moore, author, and evangelist, never being one to hold back, joined the masses in tweeting her #WhyIDidntReport moment.

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Atheist Group Forces School Officials to Prohibit Prayer for Sick Child

A well-known atheist lobby group, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), has convinced a Michigan high school to prohibit the prayerful activities of those supporting the sick child of a local football coach.

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'We Fell in Love': Donald Trump Describes Relationship With North Korea Dictator Kim Jong Un - Newsweek

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'We Fell in Love': Donald Trump Describes Relationship With North Korea Dictator Kim Jong Un
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President Donald Trump again described his warm relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un at a rally in Wheeling, West Virginia, Saturday, saying: “We fell in love.” Trump began by talking of the massive threat that North Korea posed before ...
North Korea says there's “no way” it will denuclearize if it can't “trust” USMic
'No Way' North Korea Will Denuclearize Without US ConcessionsNew York Times
Trump: Kim Jong Un And I 'Fell in Love' After 'He Wrote Me Beautiful Letters'Mediaite
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Thousands in Central Park panic after barrier collapse - San Francisco Chronicle

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Thousands in Central Park panic after barrier collapse
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1of 8Festival goers watch a performance during the 2018 Global Citizen Festival Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in New York.Photo: Craig Ruttle, AP. 2of 8Festival goers watch a performance during the 2018 Global Citizen Festival Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in ...

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Boy, 13, attacked by shark off Southern California coast - NBCNews.com

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Boy, 13, attacked by shark off Southern California coast
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A 13-year-old boy was critically injured and flown to a hospital by helicopter after being attacked Saturday by a shark off the coast of Encinitas, California, officials said. The boy, who was not identified, "sustained traumatic injuries to the upper ...
Shark attack injures boy, 13, at Southern California beachUSA TODAY
Encinitas Shark Attack: 13-Year-Old Boy Attacked At Beacon's Beach in San Diego County, CaliforniaNewsweek
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Report: Canada, US Make Progress on NAFTA; No Deal Yet - Voice of America

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Report: Canada, US Make Progress on NAFTA; No Deal Yet
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Canada and the United States on Saturday narrowed their differences in last-ditch talks to save NAFTA but there is no guarantee an agreement will be forged, two Ottawa sources said, a notion echoed by a top adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump. The ...
US and Canada Reportedly Close to Reaching NAFTA DealTIME
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Theodore McCarrick, Washington's disgraced ex-cardinal, moves to church housing in Kansas - Washington Post

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Theodore McCarrick, Washington's disgraced ex-cardinal, moves to church housing in Kansas
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Theodore McCarrick, the first cardinal in U.S. history to resign because of sexual abuse allegations, will remain in church housing. But he'll be a long way from Washington, where he served as archbishop and as a frequent friend of those in power from ...

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Beto O'Rourke promises to serve full 6-year term and no more than 2 terms - Austin American-Statesman

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Beto O'Rourke promises to serve full 6-year term and no more than 2 terms
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Beto O'Rourke promised to serve a full six-year term and no more than two terms if he is elected to the U.S. Senate, in the closing keynote of the Texas Tribune Festival at the Long Center Saturday. In an interview before an adoring capacity crowd, O ...
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Media scrutinizes Kavanaugh but gives Ted Cruz challenger a passFox News
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In extraordinary maneuver, Jeff Flake halts Brett Kavanaugh's march to Supreme Court

Sen. Flake said he wouldn't vote to confirm Kavanaugh unless the FBI investigated the sexual assault allegations against him.

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Parkland survivor Cameron Kasky sets a new political course

Cameron Kasky says one of the "biggest problems" is the lack of discussion among those who disagree, and he wants to change that.

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Memphis civic leader, former Pinnacle Airlines CEO shot dead

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A civic leader and former airline executive was alone when he was fatally shot in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, and authorities are investigating whether he was killed in a robbery or as part of a "personal vendetta," police said Friday.

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Airline Searching for Missing Man After Saying All 47 Passengers Survived Plane Crash

The airline said one man remains unaccounted for.

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Teenage Boy Attacked by Shark at Southern California Beach

The victim was reportedly lobster diving when the incident occurred

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Deadly South Carolina plane crash

A plane overshoots a runway and crashes into a fence, killing two. ABC News' Kendis Gibson reports.

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US wants death penalty for NY truck attack suspect

US federal prosecutors on Friday signaled their intention to seek the death penalty against the Uzbek immigrant accused of killing eight people in a New York truck rampage, should he be convicted at trial. Sayfullo Saipov, 30, allegedly drove a rented pickup truck down a mile-long stretch of bike path in Manhattan as children and their parents prepared to celebrate Halloween on October 31, 2017. It was the deadliest attack in New York since the September 11, 2001 Al-Qaeda hijackings brought down the Twin Towers.

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Russia begins missile system delivery to Syria, warns West on peace talks

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu had said on Monday the system would be delivered to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces in two weeks despite strong Israeli and United States objections. A week previously, Moscow had accused Israel of indirectly causing the downing of a Russian military jet in Syria. "The delivery started already and as President (Vladimir)Putin said, after that incident ... the measures that we will take will be devoted to ensuring 100 percent safety and security of our men," Lavrov told a news conference at the United Nations.

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'Radical vegans' strike fear into French butchers

When the stone slabs crashed into her butcher's shop window last week, Elisabeth Cure became the latest victim of "radical vegans" who are trying to force a change in eating habits in traditionally meat-loving France. The attack in a quiet town of Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of Paris, took place at 3:00 am, startling Cure as she slept above the store. As in other similar incidents around France over the last year, her tormentors left a tell-tale tag scrawled on the shopfront: "End the Repression".

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Mark Judge Went To His Lawyer’s Office Right When Senate Was Voting On Brett Kavanaugh

WASHINGTON ― Mark Judge, the man who was said to be present when Brett

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The go-between in the Trump Tower meeting offers clue to 'golden shower' claim in dossier

Rob Goldstone, who set up the 2016 meeting between a Kremlin-linked lawyer and Trump campaign officials, shares his theory.

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Accuser blasts pope silence, 'slander' over cover-up claims

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The former Vatican ambassador who accused three popes and their advisers of covering up for a disgraced American ex-cardinal has challenged the Vatican to say what it knows about the scandal and accused Pope Francis of mounting a campaign of "subtle slander" against him.

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Deadly earthquake and tsunami kill hundreds in Sulawesi, Indonesia

At least 384 people were killed and many swept away when a major earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, authorities said on Saturday.

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Airline now says 1 missing after Pacific lagoon plane crash

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The airline operating a flight that crashed into a Pacific lagoon in Micronesia on Friday now says one man is missing, after earlier saying all 47 passengers and crew had safely evacuated the sinking plane.

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Maddox Ritch's Father Grieves Death of 6-Year-Old: 'I Found Out I'm Not a Dad Anymore'

He took to Facebook to post about the tragedy.

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Iraq 'regrets' US closure of Basra consulate

Iraq's foreign ministry voiced "regret" on Saturday over a US decision to shut its consulate in the southern city of Basra which has been rocked by weeks of deadly protests. "The ministry regrets the American decision to pull its staff out of Basra," a statement said. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered all but emergency staff to leave Basra, with consular duties to be taken over by the embassy in Baghdad.

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Brexit challenger Gina Miller: UK's battle over EU membership must end

More than two years since the 2016 EU referendum, the United Kingdom, its politicians and its business leaders remain deeply divided over Brexit while Prime Minister Theresa May has yet to clinch a divorce deal with the EU. Opponents of Brexit are exploring ways to stop what they say is Britain's biggest mistake since World War Two. Miller is leading a campaign to have another referendum, but she said if the government manages to successfully navigate an exit deal then politicians must be allowed to focus on domestic issues without the distractions of a debate about Britain's relationship with Europe.

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Abused Hong Kong maid Erwiana 'rises again'

She was once the face of abused maids in Hong Kong -- imprisoned, starved and beaten so badly she lost control of her bodily functions. Erwiana completed a degree in economics this month -- the culmination of a dream that brought her to Hong Kong in 2013 before her life was turned upside down. "Before I went to Hong Kong, I had been dreaming I could make enough money to study," the 27-year-old told AFP from her home in Indonesia's cultural capital Yogyakarta.

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The New Yorker's Latest Cover Is A Nod To Brett Kavanaugh, Women Not Being Heard

Next week's cover of The New Yorker is an homage to the testimony given by

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Thousands in Central Park panic after barrier collapse

NEW YORK (AP) — Fearing possible gunshots, it took only the collapse of a police barrier at a politically charged New York celebrity music show Saturday to send thousands of spectators fleeing in panic.

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Erdogan demands Germany seize 'terrorists' as state visit gets off to icy start amid street protests

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, was greeted with protests and controversy in Germany on Friday as a state visit that was supposed to repair relations between the two Nato allies appeared only to highlight their stark divisions. Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Berlin under a banner of “Erdogan not welcome”, while a Kurdish activist burnt himself to death in an apparent suicide protest. Angela Merkel appeared to throw Mr Erdogan a lifeline by offering him a full state visit at a time when Turkey is struggling under the weight of US economic sanctions. But there was little sign of common ground after the two held face-to-face talks. “It is important to continue the dialogue with Turkey, because we can only work out our differences by talking,” Mrs Merkel told a joint press conference. "There is much that unites us: Nato membership, the migrant issue, and the fight against terror." But she added: “There are still profound differences between us over press freedom and the rule of law.” As if to underline the point, Mr Erdogan used the press conference to demand the extradition of a prominent Turkish journalist living in self-imposed exile in Germany. A woman shows Kurdish symbols and a sticker with a portrait of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party Credit: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber And Mrs Merkel’s words were undercut when another journalist was thrown out of the press conference for wearing a T-shirt that called for “Freedom for journalists in Turkey”. Ties between the allies have been strained by the crackdown on opponents of the regime in Turkey, and Mrs Merkel urged Mr Erdogan to free five German citizens who are being held in Turkey on what Germany maintains are “political charges”. But Mr Erdogan rebuffed the request and responded by demanding Germany do more to help Turkey in its crackdown on opponents of his regime. "I can not interfere in the German justice system or criticise them, nor can you interfere with the Turkish judiciary or criticize them,” he said. “Germany must be more determined in the fight against terror.” He claimed supporters of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Fethullah Gülen, the cleric Turkey alleges was behind a failed coup in 2016, are living in Germany. The Turkish foreign ministry reportedly handed over a list of 69 people it wants Germany to extradite as he arrived. Profile | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Earlier, there were frosty scenes as Mr Erdogan was received with full military honours. The German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, appeared at pains to show he was only welcoming his Turkish counterpart on sufferance, and remained stony-faced throughout. More than 200 guests refused invitations to a state banquet in Mr Erdogan’s honour, among them prominent figures from across the German political spectrum. An estimated 4,000 protestors marched through central Berlin to the Bellevue palace where the official banquet was held. The march was led by a homemade cardboard tank. One man held aloft a banner that read "No deals with the devil". But the protestors' numbers were smaller than expected, and the march was peaceful under a heavy police presence. Nevertheless, the visit was fraught from the start. The German press published pictures of Mr Erdogan appearing to give the four-fingered salute of the Muslim Brotherhood as he arrived on Thursday. Bild, Germany’s biggest-selling newspaper, described it as a “provocation against Western values and democracy”. The charred body of a 26-year-old Kurdish activist was found in Bavaria after he set himself alight. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrive for a state dinner at Bellevue presidential palace Credit: ADAM BERRY/AFP/Getty Images In a video message left behind, Umit Acar reportedly said his death was a protest against Turkish military operations against Kurds in Turkey and Syria. “I chose today especially, because Erdogan is coming here,” he said. “In all the massacres that the Turks have committed against the Kurds, the Germans delivered them weapons.” The joint press conference with Mrs Merkel almost didn’t take place after Mr Erdogan threatened to boycott it if Can Dündar , a prominent former Turkish newspaper editor living in Germany, was allowed to attend. He later used the press conference to demand Mr Dündar’s extradition to Turkey. “This is our natural right,” he said, claiming Mr Dündar was a “spy” who had published “state secrets” over a report which alleged Turkish intelligence armed Islamist factions in Syria. There was no question of Germany agreeing to extradite Mr Dundar, Heiko Maas, the foreign minister, said. "I look forward to seeing more of Mr Dündar in Germany in future," he added. The only real progress appeared to be when Mrs Merkel announced a joint summit over Syria next month with Mr Erdogan, France’s Emmanel Macron and Vladimir Putin of Russia. Mr Erdogan has been pushing for such a meeting, but one name conspicupous by its absence was that of Donald Trump. The US president has taken a different approach to freeing prisoners held in Turkey, imposing economic sanctions over Mr Erdogan’s refusal to release an American pastor. Mrs Merkel made clear in the run-up to yesterday’s talks that her priority was to preserve relations between Turkey and the West amid fears the US sanctions are pushing Mr Erdogan into Russia’s embrace.

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US court opens new legal 'Stairway,' overturns Zeppelin case

The court in San Francisco overturned a 2016 judgment by a jury which found no proof the classic 1971 Zeppelin song breached the copyright of "Taurus," written by Randy Wolfe of a Los Angeles band called Spirit. Wolfe's trustee, Michael Skidmore, filed the case in 2015 on behalf of his late friend who long maintained he deserved credit for "Stairway" but drowned in 1997 having never taken legal action over the song. The case is "remanded for a new trial," the higher court panel ruled Friday in a 37-page decision supporting Skidmore's appeal.

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What to know about the deadly drug fentanyl

Fentanyl was first developed in 1959 and introduced in the 1960s as an intravenous anesthetic.

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Sex abuse scandal: Pope seeks prayers to fight 'devil'

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis asked Saturday for daily prayers to protect the Catholic Church from what he says are "attacks by the devil," in his latest response to the clerical sex abuse and cover-up scandal roiling his papacy.

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Plane ditches into Pacific lagoon

The Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 was attempting to land at Weno airport in Micronesia but ended up half submerged in Chuuk lagoon after the accident on Friday morning. The airline said the plane, which was involved in a collision with another aircraft earlier this year, had "landed short of the runway". Remarkably, it reported no serious injuries among those on the plane, which was making a scheduled stop on its way from the Micronesian capital Pohnpei to Port Moresby.

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'Turbulence' in ties threatens U.S.-China security meeting

Beijing and Washington are locked in a spiraling trade war that has seen them level increasingly severe rounds of tariffs on each other's imports. Friction between the world's top two economies is now moving beyond trade, with U.S. President Donald Trump accusing Beijing this week of seeking to interfere in congressional elections, marking what U.S. officials told Reuters was a new phase in an escalating campaign by Washington to put pressure on China. On the military front, China has been infuriated by the United States putting sanctions on the People's Liberation Army (PLA) for buying weapons from Russia, and by what Beijing sees as stepped up U.S. support for self-ruled Taiwan, claimed by China as its sacred territory.

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The F-35B Just Went to War for the Very First Time

And settled an old grudge in Afghanistan.

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'Boofing' and 'ralphing' and other doubts about Kavanaugh's testimony

Kavanaugh veered from the truth, offering explanations that conflicted with evidence or definitions that were unverifiable.

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Search team finds body of skydiving instructor lost in jump

LEBANON, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine on Friday found the body of a skydiving instructor who became separated from his student during a tandem jump.

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UN rights council renews Yemen war crimes probe

The United Nations Human Rights Council voted to extend an international probe of alleged war crimes committed in Yemen despite strong opposition from Saudi Arabia and several of its allies. Last month, investigators detailed evidence of possible war crimes committed in Yemen by both the Saudi-led coalition and the Huthi rebels supported by Iran. The coalition and the Yemeni government, which together are battling the Huthis, strongly criticised the probe's initial report, arguing that it underplayed rebel violations and Iran's role.

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Brazil indigenous group bets on 'golden fruit'

A rare variety of cocoa growing on its land is a ray of hope for an indigenous community in Brazil.

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Why Hollywood writer Ubah Mohamed hated her name

Ubah Mohamed used aliases to get work before breaking into Hollywood.

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India airports: Has PM Modi built more than others?

The Indian prime minister says he's built more airports than previous governments - has he?

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Racism and stereotypes in colonial India’s 'Instagram’

A recent exhibition of postcards from colonial India explores how Indians were portrayed.

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Sex Abuse Scandal: Pope Seeks Prayers to Fight ‘Devil’

Pope Francis asked Saturday for daily prayers to protect the Catholic Church from what he says are “attacks by the devil,” in his latest response to the clerical sex abuse and cover-up scandal roiling his papacy.

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