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A massive five alarm fire tore through the First Reformed Church of Astoria in Queens, New York on Thursday, April 24, 2026, leaving six firefighters injured and reducing one of the city's oldest churches to a hollowed out shell.
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The Trump administration delivered a series of major policy moves this week, targeting one of America's most prominent left wing advocacy groups, shifting federal drug policy, and extending critical ceasefires in the Middle East.
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More than 70 Christian clergy, leaders, and laypeople have signed a petition urging Angel Studios, the faith based entertainment company behind The Chosen and Sound of Freedom, to pull its advertising from the Tucker Carlson Network.
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Houston Texans All Pro defensive end Will Anderson Jr. has become the highest paid non quarterback in NFL history after signing a three year, $150 million contract extension with $134 million guaranteed. The 24 year old opened his press conference on April 21, 2026, with a prayer that...
Middle East
On April 19, 2026, a photograph surfaced on social media showing an Israeli Defense Forces soldier striking a statue of Jesus Christ with the blunt side of an axe in the Christian village of Debel in southern Lebanon. A second soldier photographed the act.
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Award winning Christian music artist Nicole C. Mullen has released a new book titled It's Never Wrong to Do the Right Thing, published by David C Cook, in which she details her harrowing experiences with domestic violence and marital infidelity while pointing readers toward the...
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Jonathan Edward Elwing, the former senior pastor of Palm View First Baptist Church in Palmetto, Florida, has been sentenced to 12 life sentences after a jury found him guilty of all charges related to the sexual abuse of children and possession of child sexual abuse material.
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Sierra McLeod was 9 weeks and 5 days pregnant when she drove to a Planned Parenthood facility and swallowed the first abortion pill, mifepristone. She was in the middle of a contentious divorce and custody battle, raising four children as a former stay at home mother, and drowning in fear...
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Pope Leo XIV made headlines last month when he declared before thousands at St. Peter's Basilica that Jesus "does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war." The statement, delivered during a prayer vigil for peace on April 11, came as the United States and Iran engaged in face to...
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A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 counts including wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. The Department of Justice alleges that from 2014 to 2023, the...
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Robert Albon, a U.S. born sperm donor who operates under the alias "Joe Donor," has lost his legal bid to be recognized as the father of a child conceived through his unregulated sperm donation business. Sir Andrew McFarlane, the top judge in England's Family Court, dismissed Albon's...
Middle East
Israel has appointed veteran diplomat George Deek as its first ever special envoy to the Christian world, marking a historic move to repair strained relations with Christian communities across the globe.