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October 16th, 2017

Woman gives birth aboard Navy’s floating hospital in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico sets goal of 95 percent power restoration by December

Trump’s bold HHS plan: ‘Life begins at conception’

October 13th, 2017

Metarie makes list of 50 best U.S. cities to live in

Bossier sheriff to boycott NFL sponsor Ford due to anthem protests

TV stocks tumble after AT&T cord-cutting disclosure

Peanuts creator Charles Schulz’s home destroyed in California wildfire

Facebook’s ‘Order Food’ feature officially launches across the U.S.

Trump signs health care order

Study finds Americans expected to spend $9 billion on Halloween

Video: Eagles wide receiver gets baptized at team’s hotel pool

More Americans are living alone after recession

Why the polls are still wrong

California secessionists closely watching Catalonia’s move for independence from Spain

Los Angeles close to approving pot

Little red pill Nuedexta highly prescribed in nursing homes despite research holes

Were vikings Muslim?

Thick ice in Antarctica causing penguin chicks to die

October 12th, 2017

Congress’ prayer tradition upheld by federal judge

Arby’s rolling out venison sandwich nationwide

Family held hostage by Taliban freed after five years

VIDEO: Trump touts tax plan as ‘middle class bill’

Coming soon to California: cars without a human behind the wheel

In historic shift, Boy Scouts to expand girls’ participation

Evacuations widened as Northern California wildfires spread to 170,000 acres with at least 23 dead

October 11th, 2017

Roger Goodell sends letter to NFL teams, wants players to stand during anthem

Obamacare premiums more than doubled in just a few years

DENISON: American churches turned into beer halls

Wisconsin federal judge appointed by Jimmy Carter strikes down pastors’ housing allowance

Atheists attempt to force Bossier schools to end national anthem policy on ‘religious grounds’

A few things to consider when calling a worship leader

October 9th, 2017

Cowboys’ Jones orders players to respect flag

ESPN suspends analyst for Cowboy boycott tweet, but no penalty for calling Trump ‘racist’

Late night anti-Trump ‘comedy’ shows continue ratings plummet

Death spiral in birth rates depopulating Europe

California makes ‘use of wrong pronoun’ a crime netting up to 1 year in jail

California drops penalty for ‘assault by HIV’ to just 6 months in jail

Flames of revival evident in stirring of baptismal waters

Lean budget ahead for Louisiana Baptists’ cooperative missions and ministries in ’18

GuideStone vows to continue advocating for minister’s housing allowance

Vice President Pence leaves NFL game after players kneel during National Anthem

Obama Administration twice approved ‘bump stocks’

(Archives) Before Islam, was Saudi Arabia a Jewish kingdom?

The list: American clergymen who defended slavery [Message: Includes prominent Southern Baptist Calvinists]

October 8th, 2017

Why don’t Democrats (and the media) care about the 59 killed by guns in Chicago?

POLL: NFL favorability drops 31 percent, no longer top U.S. sport

Wyoming teacher gives ‘shooting at Trump’ quiz

ACLU sues to make unsafe abortion pill available without doctor’s care

Antifa plans nationwide crime wave to ‘deface Columbus’

Trump Administration rolls back Obama birth control mandate

October 6th, 2017

First Liberty Institute praises new exemptions to contraceptive mandate, DOJ guidance on religious liberty

Ancient Canaanite treasure in Gaza leveled by Hamas

STUDY: Americans more divided than ever along party lines

Football’s decline has some schools disbanding teams

Pope denounces porn, demands children be protected from online corruption

Nate aims at New Orleans amid drainage concerns

Illinois money crunch may hinder construction of Obama presidential library

Children’s Home passes foster care milestone, even more needs exist

Louisiana Baptists focus on 2020 vision

Good news from LC, Foundation, Children’s Home, Baptist Message

David, Gideon offered as examples in messages to Executive Board

Louisiana Baptists continue to respond with disaster relief

Acadian Baptist Center to celebrate 100 years of ‘a God thing’ there

Louisiana Notables

LC enrollment continues to climb

Kennedy: We need to rebuild the middle class

October 5th, 2017

CBS exec fired for bigoted comments about Las Vegas shootings

(Archives) Vietnam POW defied torture, sewed flag back into shirt to honor country

(Archives) First African American MOH winner protected ‘Old Glory’ with his life

110 million STD infections in U.S.; syphilis, gonorrhea surge among homosexual men

CDC: 40 percent of cancers related to obesity, overweight

Catalonia moves for independence from Spain

Insult to injury, island’s incompetent politicians lead Puerto Rico to insolvency

Louisiana research facility helps scientists win Nobel Prize

Santa Claus dead? Tomb of St. Nicholas may be found

Germ warfare island abandoned by Soviets

Democrats, Republicans call for ban on ‘bump’ stocks for rifles

Las Vegas hero reunited with police officer who saved his life

U.S. Green Berets and Niger soldiers killed in ambush

October 4th, 2017

Leading Louisiana’s congressional delegation, Johnson, Abraham vote to protect the Sanctity of Life

‘Pro-life’ congressman urged mistress to abort baby

World’s most powerful nuclear attack submarine enters U.S. fleet

Navy returns to ‘old fashion’ charting techniques to avoid collisions

October 3rd, 2017

NOBTS celebrates 20 years of women’s ministry, honors Rhonda Kelley

Why Did God Allow This To Happen?

Entire Georgia high school football team enters field carrying flags

Two Texas teens kicked off high school football team for kneeling during anthem

Supreme Court to hear cases on Trump agenda, union dues (amid Kennedy retirement speculations)

Sex change regrets – reverse surgeries on rise

Connecticut teeters with budget crisis

Soaring California home prices priming an exodus

Fed-up Illinois homeowners consider moving over high taxes

October 2nd, 2017

Judge throws out Kentucky pro-life ultrasound law; governor vows appeal

ACLU goes after Oklahoma Bible-quoting police chief

Supreme Court set for historic new term

Sunday Night Football ratings down from last week

Starbucks closes online store to focus on in-person experience

TV remote could disappear as scientists invent technology to change channel using gestures

DC resorts to fat cats to combat dirty rats invading city

Louisiana Baptist congressman voices support for tax reform

50 dead in mass shooting in Las Vegas

September 30th, 2017

DEA tightens restrictions on pot extracts like cannabidiol (CBD)

President Trump continues to make good on judiciary promise: Names three conservative Louisianans to 5th Circuit, including Hobby Lobby lawyer

California lawmaker to propose 2040 ban on gas cars

NFL favorability drops to half after anthem protests

Packers fans reject anthem protest, chant ‘U-S-A’ instead

Louisiana’s Scalise returns to D.C. saying ‘It starts with God’ and ‘I just started praying’

Military effort to help Puerto Rico hampered by immensely destroyed infrastructure

More slippery slope: Polygamists push Arkansas for same marriage rights as LGBT

September 29th, 2017

Langley once again assumes a DOM role

September 28th, 2017

Chicago high school uses U.S. flag as doormat

Trump tax proposal eliminates big perk for high-tax states like New York and California

West Point grad investigated for claiming communism ties

‘Faith-based’ movies to feature f-bombs?!

STDs surge in U.S., especially among homosexual men (syphilis, gonorrhea)

Record $135 billion-a-year costs for illegal immigration

President Trump says protests put NFL in a “very bad box’

FBI stings snags college basketball coaches; Louisville’s Pitino placed on unpaid leave

September 27th, 2017

Roy Moore defeats Luther Strange in Alabama Senate runoff

NASA preparing to launch spacecraft into sun’s atmosphere

Peyton Manning might be preparing for Senate run in Tennessee

Anthem to leave ACA health insurance exchange over market uncertainty

Twitter testing a 280-character limit for tweets

The latest free perk on U.S. airlines: Mobile messaging

September 25th, 2017

LC faculty study third evangelical book

Louisiana students to hold prayer times during See You At The Pole

Genesis Church offers family new beginning

Isolated by Harvey, but never alone

NOBTS Adrian Rogers center lifts expository preaching

Louisiana College conference has religious liberty focus

E4 Conference emphasizes expositional preaching

Gambling: A moral wager and a spiritual risk

Judgement House: 20 years of leading the lost to the Lord

At 50, FBC Dupont gets a second wind

Louisiana Notables

Violent crime rises for second straight year, led by murders in Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas lead

Platt approved to serve on church staff while also IMB president

IMB appoints 51 new missionaries, approves budget

After anthem protests, Louisiana lawmaker says cut Saints’, NFL’s estimated $392 million state tax benefits

NFL ratings dropping

Patriots fans boo players for kneeling during anthem

Nashville church shooter identified as 25 year old from Sudan

September 21st, 2017

President Trump stands for truth

Former abortion workers amass donations for pregnant moms, hurricane victims

Eating nuts can help reduce weight, lower obesity risk

49ers-Rams tickets reselling for the price of two stadium pretzels

Abraham: Senate should pass Bill Cassidy’s health care plan

Louisiana fourth poorest state in country, report says

Chick-fil-A to open its largest and narrowest restaurant ever in New York City

Food stamp usage has dropped every month under Trump