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It seems that religious controversies surrounding the Paris Olympics started even before the opening ceremony. Brazilian surfer Joao Chianca found out when his surfboard, decorated with an image of Jesus, was deemed a religious symbol. According to the athlete, he had to remove it to avoid being disqualified from the competition. The story of the…

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Do you have an online secret that no one knows about? Nearly half of Gen Zers feel like they’re living a “double life” regarding their offline and online personas. A survey of 2,000 Americans, split evenly by generation, found that 46 percent of Gen Z respondents feel their personality online vastly differs from how they present themselves…

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Just days after CNN published a hotel surveillance video from 2016 that seemed to show music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs grabbing, shoving, kicking and dragging his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, megachurch pastors T.D. Jakes and Jamal Bryant spoke out against domestic violence in their recent sermons. Bryant, who leads New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest,…

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A new homeowner has taken to the internet for advice after deciding they want to remove a child’s death memorial on their property. Fearing they’d become the town outsider, the owner took to an anonymous forum on Reddit to get some opinions. The initial post was brief, but the responses not only revealed an overwhelming…

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