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April 24th, 2018

Motive a mystery a van driver kills 10 on Toronto sidewalk

Amazon criticized for selling automobile hacking devices

Woman fined $500 for packing free Delta apple in luggage

Formosa selects St. James Parish for $9.4 billion plant, to employ 1,200 workers

Shock study: quarter of children six and under own smartphone

Paul backs Pompeo, ensuring confirmation as secretary of state

Archaeologists find bust of Roman emperor in Egypt

Comey book: Obama, Lynch ‘jeopardized Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation’

California’s redwoods facing new threat

Homebuilding not keeping up with pace of growth

Food stamp usage drops over half-million in single month

We are still here!

Fire destroys Camp Living Waters maintenance building

April 23rd, 2018

FUGE celebrates 40 years of ministry to students

Basketball players stop game, kneel during funeral procession

Franklin Graham: my commitment to evangelism

ESPN poll: Tim Tebow is ‘most popular active baseball player’

Evangelical support for Trump at ‘all-time high’

Professor who tweeted anti-Barbara Bush comment applauded at arts festival

US existing home sales rise more than expected in March

Southwest cancels 40 flights for engine inspections

Study: artificial sweeteners may to obesity, diabetes

Amazon may build home robots

Barbara Bush’s Secret Service agents guard her til burial

At least 20 attending Yemini wedding killed in air strike

Waffle House CEO calls man who disarmed shooter a hero

April 20th, 2018

Army chaplain fights charge of unlawful discrimination

The difficulty of following God

‘Sanctuary county’ declared for Illinois gun owners

Michigan couple welcomes 14th son into family

Petition asks Netflix to consider pulling show following girl’s suicide

Arizona teachers vote to strike, sparking statewide walkout

Israel celebrates 70th year as a nation

Hawaii residents airlifted from Kauai flooding following 30 inches of rain

General Electric shares jump as earnings top estimates

Volcano in southern Japan erupts for first time in 250 years

People are less religious when government is bigger, research says

Fresno State president: Professor’s tweet about Barbara Bush was ‘beyond free speech’

16,000 free sound effect samples available for download from BBC archive

April 19th, 2018

Report: Suspected 9/11 recruiter for Al Qaeda captured in Syria

Baptist army chaplain faces punishment for religious beliefs

Pennsylvania House bans selective abortions of Down syndrome babies

Colombia could use drones to fight cocaine production

STUDY: Americans waste 150,000 tons of food daily

Puerto Rico back in darkness after island-wide blackout

Lettuce-linked E. coli outbreak expands to 16 states

Cancer survivor crosses Boston Marathon finish line early Tuesday

California to vote on banning books about treating unwanted homosexual attraction

Domino’s to deliver pizzas to beaches, parks and other non-traditional addresses

Amazon Prime passes 100 million subscribers mark

April 18th, 2018

How to be all things to all people

Survey: Half of Californians support deportations, Muslim travel ban

San Diego County Board of Supervisors votes to support sanctuary state lawsuit against California

Diamond-encrusted meteorite could be from lost planet

Steven Spielberg to direct his first DC Comics movie

Parkland student David Hogg calls for additional boycotts

Saudi Arabia prepares for first public cinema opening in 35 years

Barbara Bush ‘wonderfully received in the arms of a loving God’

Southwest Airlines passengers: ‘God sent his angels to watch over us’

April 17th, 2018

A Second Open Letter by Lorine Spratt: To Leaders

Europe’s Jews facing highest levels of anti-semitism since Second World War

Missouri senator calls for reparations for slavery, criticizes McCaskill, Democrats

Share of American young adults living with parents highest in 75 years

New Orleans celebrates 300 years of survival from storms, floods, revolts and newcomers

Extra glass of wine a day ‘will shorten your life by 30 minutes’

April 16th, 2018

State DR teams answer needs, minister to victims following deadly weekend storms

TRUSTEES: NOBTS announces multi-ethic initiative

Autistic boy builds world’s largest Lego Titanic replica

The evidence of discipleship

Planned Parenthood using VR to promote youth abortions

U.S. pastor held in Turkey for his Christian faith, lawyer says

Former First Lady Barbara Bush in failing health

7 inmates die in South Carolina prison fight

New Yorker magazine bemoans Chick-fil-A’s ‘creepy infiltration’

Poll: Trump approval rating reaches 51 percent

Salmonella fears recall more than 200 million eggs

LC’s Preview Day features Lowery and Jenkins

April 13th, 2018

Louisiana College’s Preview Day breaks all attendance records

Richard Blackaby: “Sermons alone will not transform a broken nation into a blessed one”

J.D. GREEAR: In his own words

Youth movement stirs growth at Northside

Baptism service ignites revival at New Hope

ERLC’s MLK50 offered laments, calls to repent to mark King’s death

You can live forever

Symposium at Highland Baptist first step in addressing mental illness

LBC pastors help defeat alcohol permit for local movie theater

Miami Marlins outdrawn by AA affiliate

Cuba’s ‘lost generation’ prepares to take power

Cyclists’ ‘1,000 Miles for a Mission’ a ride of a lifetime

Hundreds of students participate in school walkout to protest abortion

University students freak out over proposed campus Chick-fil-A

LBCH’s Hancock: WMU WorldCrafts initiative to make significant impact

Britain joins U.S., France in planning Syria strike

14 killed during crime spree in Cancun

STUDY: 4 in 10 millennials don’t know 6 million Jews were killed in Holocaust

Wells Fargo faces $1 billion fine to settle loan abuses

Vieux Carre volunteers feel at home among homeless

Louisiana Notables

April 12th, 2018

IMB presidential nominations accepted through May 15

SURVEY: More Americans spending time camping

House featured in ‘A Christmas Story’ to expand

Democrat presidential candidate proposes giving all Americans $1,000 a month

Anchorage voters reject bathroom protection referendum

Trump signs bill cracking down on websites that allegedly help sex traffickers

Less than 1,000 show up for MLB game

U.S. jobless claims at lowest rate since early 1970s

April 11th, 2018

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy to keynote LC’s 163rd Commencement

Man in hospital after eating world’s hottest pepper

Facebook shouldn’t ban pro-life views, Zuckerberg tells Congress

VIDEO: Angry woman attacks pro-life protester

Alabama football team prays with Trump during White House visit

Facebook employs dozens of ex-Obama, ex-Hillary staffers in senior positions

School district arms teachers with baseball bats

257 dead in Algerian military plane crash

REPORT: House Speaker Paul Ryan will not seek re-election

A few thoughts about heaven

April 10th, 2018

SBC presidential candidate video interviews available

Snow-out delays Cubs home opener

Alabama exploring ways faith groups can help fight crime, drugs

1,600 Nat’l Guard members start arriving at U.S.-Mexico border

PEW: Many links to popular sites on Twitter come from bots

Biggest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook is fake

NFL legend on anthem protests: ‘A lot of people sacrificed for that flag’

Arizona Supreme Court blocks colleges from offering in-state tuition to ‘Dreamers’

U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, evangelist Rick Gage encourage CENLA pastors, politically, spiritually

April 9th, 2018

State shouldn’t subsidize pornography

OPEN LETTER: Russell Moore does not represent me, a Black Christian

Three things that keep us from hearing God

Americans face highest pump prices in years

New luxury hotel will cost $792,000 a night – and be 200 miles up

North Korea tells U.S. that Kim Jong-un will discuss denuclearization

San Diego lawmaker says California has become rogue state

Nebraska governor strips Planned Parenthood funding in new budget

China bans selling Bibles online

April 5th, 2018

Memphis honors Martin Luther King 50 years after he was assassinated

Parkland shooting student injured after shielding classmates released from hospital

Family reunites with long-lost daughter after 24-year search

Video shows 9-year-old boy lighting LED bulb with his bare hands

Mom deployed Taser on son to wake him up for church, court docs say

Family reveals son, 2, miraculously woke up from coma day after being taken off life support

April 4th, 2018

VIDEO: Geo. Wash. Univ. event to combat ‘Christian privilege’

Buyers overspend budgets in hot U.S. housing market

Generation Z ‘bored’ by Internet

VIDEO: Chick fil-A on pace to become nation’s third largest fast food restaurant

Another municipality joins lawsuit against California sanctuary law

A reminder to pray for our leaders

April 3rd, 2018

$7 million ‘I Can Only Imagine’ grosses $55.6 million, so far

Illinois officials issue health warning about synthetic weed

Shreveport financial planner, President G.W. Bush’s pastor indicted for defrauding investors

Secretary of the Air Force restores career of decorated Colonel punished for religious beliefs