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Why can\'t America stop the mass shootings?
Why can't America stop the mass shootings?

This is the 294th mass shooting in America in 2015 alone. Why must hundreds of families mourn innocent victims year after year?

Oregon bakery owners refuse court order to pay $135,000 damages to lesbian couple
Oregon bakery owners refuse court order to pay $135,000 damages to lesbian couple

After denying service to a same-sex couple, the owners of Portland's Sweet Cakes are reportedly refusing a court order to pay the couple $135, 000 in damages, according to Reuters.

Rick Santorum gets emotional as he shares \'great blessing\' given by Pope Francis
Rick Santorum gets emotional as he shares 'great blessing' given by Pope Francis

Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum reportedly became emotional during an interview on "The View'' while sharing how the Holy Father spent a brief time with his family and blessed his 7-year old daughter Bella, who suffers from a rare disability.

Israel gives world leaders a dose of their own \'deafening silence\' over Iran threat
Israel gives world leaders a dose of their own 'deafening silence' over Iran threat

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a dramatic address before the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, pausing in his speech for 45 seconds to denounce the world's "utter silence, deafening silence" on Iran's threats to destroy his nation.

Thousands join anti-Islam march as Merkel criticised for welcoming refugees
Thousands join anti-Islam march as Merkel criticised for welcoming refugees

About 20,000 people took part in an anti-Islamic march this week in Dresden, Germany.

\'Prayers are not enough,\' Obama says after Oregon gunman targeting Christians kills 9
'Prayers are not enough,' Obama says after Oregon gunman targeting Christians kills 9

An angry President Barack Obama appeared in the White House briefing room on Thursday to say that "prayers are not enough" in addressing another horrific mass murder in a US campus, this time in Oregon where a gunman specifically targeting Christians opened fire, killing nine people and wounding seven others before police shot him to death.

Coptic Christians remain in hiding from Muslim brotherhood
Coptic Christians remain in hiding from Muslim brotherhood

Coptic Christians in an Egyptian village have been under attack by Muslim neighbours since Sunday over a property row which first began in 2012, according to persecution charity International Christian Concern (ICC).

US, allies protest Russian raids as Iranian troops arrive in Syria to back up Assad
US, allies protest Russian raids as Iranian troops arrive in Syria to back up Assad

In a further escalation of the Syrian civil war, which is increasingly turning into a regional if not global conflict, hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria to join a major ground offensive backed up by Russian armour and air power in support of President Bashar al-Assad's government, sources said on Thursday.

Crematorium crosses: Why I believe they should all go
Crematorium crosses: Why I believe they should all go

Accrington council took down a five-foot high cross from the crematorium wall when the building was being refurbished and replaced it with a smaller portable one.

Israeli couple shot dead by Palestinian gunmen leaving four orphaned children
Israeli couple shot dead by Palestinian gunmen leaving four orphaned children

An Israeli couple have been shot by gunmen while travelling in the occupied Palestinian West Bank.

Human trafficking bill passed in Scotland in \'historic\' move
Human trafficking bill passed in Scotland in 'historic' move

Laws dedicated to fighting human trafficking have been accepted throughout the United Kingdom as last night Holyrood joined the other home nations in introducing anti-trafficking legislation.

Oregon Shooting: \'Are you a Christian?\' gunman asks students before opening fire
Oregon Shooting: 'Are you a Christian?' gunman asks students before opening fire

The gunman who opened fire at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon, on Thursday, asked students if they were Christian and then shot them.

Underwater worship: Divers start work on Orthodox church, 20 metres deep
Underwater worship: Divers start work on Orthodox church, 20 metres deep

Construction of the world's first underwater Orthodox church has begun off the coast of Crimea.

Nine dead in another US college shooting: \'Somehow this has become routine,\' says Obama
Nine dead in another US college shooting: 'Somehow this has become routine,' says Obama

The suspect fired dozens of shots into a classroom full of screaming students.

Russian airstrikes hit CIA- trained rebels as Iran moves troops to support Syrian regime
Russian airstrikes hit CIA- trained rebels as Iran moves troops to support Syrian regime

The civil war is turning still more regional and global in scope.

Russian scientist seeks immortality, injects himself with 3.5-million-year-old bacteria
Russian scientist seeks immortality, injects himself with 3.5-million-year-old bacteria

A Russian scientist believes that he can have eternal life through the power of science, more specifically through the power of a 3.5 million-year-old bacteria.