Jonah Hicap
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'In God We Trust' decals put on Missouri police patrol vehicles draw mixed views
A Missouri county police is drawing reactions after it put decals bearing the words "In God We Trust" on all of its patrol vehicles, sparking debate if this violates the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.
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Christian protesters denounce unveiling of huge goat-headed Satan statue in Detroit
Dozens of Christian protesters gathered in Detroit, Michigan, on Saturday to denounce the unveiling of a bronze nine-foot, one-ton goat-headed statue of Satan called the Baphomet monument.
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Decorated sheriff accuses President Obama of apathy in enforcing immigration laws
A Republican Arizona sheriff blamed the Obama administration for the problem of undocumented immigrants in the United States, citing the fatal shooting of a woman in San Francisco.
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Texas Supreme Court orders city to repeal or put to a vote its anti-discrimination act
The Texas Supreme Court has ordered the Houston City Council to repeal or put on a ballot in November its Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of 15 characteristics including sex, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity in areas including employment, housing and private accommodations.
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23 dead in 5 mass US killings: 2 teenage brothers' slay of own kin caps deadly week
The killing of five family members in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma became the fifth incident of mass killings in 10 days in the United States, becoming "one of the deadliest stretches of homicides that include at least four victims in several years," according to USA Today.
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2 wounded teachers hailed as heroes in Louisiana theatre shooting that killed 3
Two teachers are being hailed as heroes in the Lafayette, Louisiana shooting Thursday night that resulted in the death of three people including the gunman and injury of nine others.
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Obama administration plans to expand waiver policy on illegal immigrants
A new rule that is being proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will allow more undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States while their immigration papers are being processed rather than go to their home countries to apply.
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Bill allowing banks to service marijuana stores clears hurdle at US Senate panel
The US Senate Committee on Appropriations has approved a bill Thursday to establish regulated marijuana stores in Washington, D.C. and allow banks to provide financial services to recreational or medicinal marijuana manufacturers, producers or sellers in states where it the drug is legal.
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Little Sisters of the Poor takes Obamacare birth control ruling to Supreme Court
A group of nuns has asked the US Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a ruling let their employees get contraceptives from a third party under the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, saying it is against their religious conviction.
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Hillary Clinton endorses Equality Act bill that prohibits discrimination against gays
Leading Democratic presidential bet Hillary Clinton has endorsed a new bill that prohibits discrimination against LGBT in education, employment, housing, credit and Federal jury service.
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Pope Francis losing support from various religious, political sectors in US â poll
Pope Francis' favorable rating among Americans dropped considerably since last year, ahead of his visit to the United States in September, according to a Gallup poll.
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Speaker Boehner vows to do 'everything possible' to stop 'bad' nuke deal with Iran
US House Speaker John Boehner vowed to stop the Obama administration's Iran deal that aims to stop the country from acquiring a nuclear weapon.