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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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Jinger Duggar Vuolo finally feels “free” after being raised to follow religious teachings that she says were “cult-like in nature.” The former “Counting On” star has written a book titled “Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear.” It explores her strict upbringing and what compelled her to walk away from the “false teachings” of…

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Five students killed in a crash by a wrong-way driver while on their way home to Arkansas from a Bible college in Wyoming have been remembered by their community for their strong faith and commitment to evangelism. According to KATV, Sylvan Hills High School seniors Susana “Suzy” Prime and Ava Luplow, both 18, and three recent…

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