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Texas public schools will be required to show the Ten Commandments in every classroom starting next school year under a bill that the Texas Senate recently approved. Senate Bill 1515 legislation will now head to the state House for consideration. During a committee hearing, Texas Republican Sen. Phil King said that he wanted Texas to…

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A military helicopter crash in Kentucky took the lives of nine service members, including the 25-year-old son of a North Carolina pastor. Pastor Tim Gore, the grieving father, told the media, “He is my hero, and I am proud that God let him call me dad.” WKRN reported that Caleb Gore, Pastor Gore’s son, was…

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Melissa Joan Hart, known for playing “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” was going to a parent-teacher conference when news of the shooting at The Covenant School broke out in Nashville, Tennessee. Hart and her husband, Mark Wilkerson, were in their car when they saw a group of kindergarteners running out of the woods near the private…

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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with parades didn’t come from Ireland. Instead, they started and became popular in North American colonies many years ago. What began as a Catholic feast day and gained more appreciation with colonial celebrations is now one of America’s most significant cultural holidays. Over 31 million people in the United States claim…

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