California City Mayor Resigns over China Influence Charges
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Mississippi removes Confederate symbol from flag | Baptist Press
Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War.
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Conservative Abortion Foes Criticize Supreme Court Ruling
Conservative abortion opponents vented their disappointment and fury on Monday after the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision to strike down a Louisiana law that would have curbed abortion access.
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Missouri’s last abortion clinic receives license
The Missouri health department issued a license to the state's only abortion clinic Thursday. Its license had been revoked a year ago over regulators' concerns about health and safety problems at the clinic.
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Protests Spark Move to Rename Iconic Kansas City Fountain
Decades after influential developer J.C. Nichols kept Blacks, Jews, and other minorities out of subdivisions he built that transformed the Kansas City region, protests over the death of George Floyd might lead to his name being removed from one of the city’s most iconic sites.
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With release of sex abuse report, National Review Board cautions against complacency
The head of the National Review Board has called for increased action to fight sex abuse and avoid complacency, following the release this week of a report on sex abuse in the U.S. Catholic Church.
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COVID-19 shifts, doesn’t stop Navajo Nation mission | Baptist Press
River Bluff Fellowship in Ozark, Mo., normally takes 30-50 people to work at the Navajo Nation in Kayenta, Ariz., for one week each summer. This summer, the ministry looked a bit different.
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Survey: Most Americans not comfortable going back to church | Baptist Press
A new study examining Americans' response to COVID-19 shows that with the exception of white evangelicals, a majority of Americans are not comfortable returning to in-person religious services.
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Cross and graves vandalized at Catholic university cemetery
A man has been arrested and charged with vandalism and assault after swastikas were painted on the graves of several Dominican friars at Catholic college on Monday evening.
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FROM THE STATES: Alabama churches baptize during pandemic; Shutdown leads to salvations in Kentucky | Baptist Press
Alabama churches find ways to baptize during a global pandemic; If not for West Kentucky churches' shutdown, souls might "never been saved."
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FIRST-PERSON: 7 ways for next gen ministries to approach this unique summer | Baptist Press
This summer will not be as busy as usual, Shane Pruitt says. But that doesn't mean it can't be very effective for ministry. He lists seven ways for leaders to make the most of it.
