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Photos of Children That Have Changed History

In the fall of 2016, a single picture of a drowned Syrian boy fleeing the war-torn region took over the headlines, and even impacted the decision of key ...


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Journalist Defends Offering 'Thoughts and Prayers'

Journalist Kevin D. Williamson has worked for CNBC, MSNBC, NPR, and The National Review. Williamson visited Baton Rouge soon after the shooting of six ...


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Judge Challenges Lawyer to a Brawl

An unusual brawl broke out in a Florida courtroom as a judge and an assistant public defender came to blows. Video footage clearly shows the judge, John ...


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1968 Letter Decried too Much Violence on TV

On April 4th, 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Two months later (June 6th), Robert F. Kennedy was also shot and killed. That very ...


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Mother Forgives Daughter's Killer

In November 2012, Jordyn Howe, a 14-year-old student at South-Miami Dade High School, took his stepfather's pistol from its hiding place in the bedroom ...


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World War II Soldier Sees 'The Beast Within'

In his book Vanishing Grace, Philip Yancey shares a story about a World War II veteran, currently serving as a pastor, who had participated in the liberation ...


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Spider-Man and Elmo Arrested in New York City

Costumed street performers in New York City's Times Square have fallen on hard times. The ordinary folks dressed up as Spider-Man, Elmo, Cookie Monster, ...


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Oldest Human Corpse Was a Murder Victim

In 1991 two hikers in the Italian Alps stumbled upon a 5,300-year-old corpse that would later be dubbed "Ötzi the Iceman." Preserved for ...


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When 'the Beautiful Game' Turns Ugly

The Economist reports that over half of humanity will watch at least part of the World Cup. You might disagree with soccer's designation as "the ...


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Global Violence Against Women and Girls

In the developing world, gender discrimination takes on violent and lethal forms.

  • Globally, 5,000 women and girls are murdered every year in so-called "honor killings" by family members who feel disgraced because a sister or daughter has seemed to act immodestly, or because they have fallen in love with the wrong guy, or because (most cruelly) they have been "defiled" by rape.

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