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Barbara Walters was that rarest of TV personalities: a cultural fixture. For more than a half-century, she was on the air, placing in front of her audience world figures, big shots and celebrities whose names and faces might have changed from year to year. But hers never did. She first found her way to prominence in a visually oriented business where, typically, women were adornments or otherwise secondary. Walters death at age 93 was announced Friday.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/6A5FOpu via

The United Methodist Church (UMC) in Georgia announced it will temporarily block member churches from leaving the denomination due to the spread of "intentionally deployed" misinformation about the United Methodist Church, its leaders, and its disaffiliation procedure. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/1e6s04n via

In the aftermath of the Christmas bomb cyclone storm, Americans are learning more about those who perished, and some of the heroes who helped their neighbors survive. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/ZldNJX0 via

Many air travelers who were trying to make it home for Christmas experienced a nightmare, especially those trying to fly on Southwest Airlines. Passengers who counted on Southwest suffered another wave of canceled flights Wednesday with more coming on Thursday.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/b26LATa via

Families hoping to catch a Southwest Airlines flight after days of cancellations, missing luggage and missed family connections are suffering through another wave of scrubbed flights. Another 2,500 flights are being pulled from arrival and departure boards Wednesday and more are expected throughout the day. Exhausted travelers are seeking alternative routes with other airlines, on the ground by rental car or train, or they’ve simply given up. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/bOaKY6W via

A Texas federal judge has granted relief to 10 military service members after the Army denied their religious accommodations from the COVID-19 shot mandate. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/cq4V5Sa via

Police officers in South Bend, Indiana, responded swiftly on the morning of Christmas Eve after a “true-life Grinch” broke into one family’s home and stole their food and gifts from under the tree. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/OFVBH3P via

More than 64 people are dead as a result of severe winter weather that's blanketed much of the country this week. New York state and military police arrived in Buffalo to enforce a driving ban. The nasty weather has also stranded thousands of holiday travelers. Still, some communities have been brought closer together. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/rSYFImn via

The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on immigration in place indefinitely, dashing hopes of immigration advocates who had been anticipating their end this week. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/4wRGaVC via

One high school senior received a truly life-changing Christmas gift last week. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/yODT62U via

The latest findings of Elon Musk's controversial "Twitter Files" confirms the U.S. government pressured former executives to censor information about COVID-19 that was "true but inconvenient." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/pc3xStz via

The massive winter storm that's left dozens dead still isn't over. Snow continues to fall in western New York, and canceled flights are holding up passengers still trying to get home after the holidays. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/ucdgMfh via

Vandalism at three power substations in western Washington early Sunday initially cut power to about 14,000 utility customers, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2zuZSwk via

The deep freeze from a deadly winter storm that walloped much of the United States will continue into the week as people in western New York deal with massive snow drifts that snarled emergency vehicles and travelers across the country see cancelled flights and dangerous roads. The massive storm has killed at least 34 people across the U.S. and is expected to claim more lives after trapping some residents inside houses and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/XzNVrg4 via

Thousands of flights were canceled and homeless shelters are overflowing amid one of the most treacherous holiday travel seasons the U.S. has seen in decades. Some places have experienced temperatures plummeting 50 degrees Fahrenheit within a matter of hours. Forecasters expect a bomb cyclone to develop late Thursday into Friday near the Great Lakes. That occurs when atmospheric pressure drops quickly in a strong storm. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/96FZLSv via

Social media influencer Oli London, who announced a few months ago that he would no longer be living his life as a transgender woman, said he was "horrified" after an LGBT activist told a congressional hearing last week that "detransitioning" is not "a real thing." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/nZfI4YE via

Fresh from the frontlines, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskky met with President Biden in the Oval Office Wednesday and then addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress. During his Washington visit, Zelenskyy stressed the need for ongoing U.S. support in Ukraine's war against Russia, and he is not returning home empty handed. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/OlKTsvp via

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) isn’t mincing words in his repudiation of the proliferation of pornography. During Turning Point USA’s America Fest over the weekend, Hawley delivered a blunt but impactful message to guys spending time watching pornography. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/TJq6wA9 via

A Florida immigration judge has denied evangelist Torben Søndergaard's request for asylum.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/KErnow8 via

Celebrations of Jesus Christ's birth are scheduled at nativity scenes placed at 43 state capitols across the country this Christmas.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/xb5kFuH via

A defrocked priest whose story has dominated headlines this week has no plans of stepping away from his ministry and has expressed hope he could one day be reinstated. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/voSJPtH via

Concerns about illness or inflation aren’t stopping Americans from hitting the roads and airports this holiday season. But a massive winter storm might. Forecasters are predicting heavy snow, ice and even tornadoes between Thursday and Saturday across much of the country. Delta, United and other airlines say they are loosening their change fee policies so travelers can choose new flights and avoid the bad weather.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/FW1t0eh via

The grassroots movement Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn recently announced it has added the 62nd city to its roster of municipalities both large and small, including one county, that has outlawed abortion.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/zWsj98f via

A church in New Mexico recently provided nearly 2,500 at-risk children Christmas gifts this holiday season.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/0y7CUKc via

Numerous studies have shown that homeschooled students continue to academically outperform their private, charter, and public school counterparts. Now, a new study about homeschoolers taking the Classic Learning Test, a standardized college entrance exam, reveals they are scoring higher than their peers in other educational settings.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/CiQ5ABf via

The latest installment from Elon Musk's "Twitter Files" reveals new information confirming that the FBI not only pressured the social media site to suppress reports about Hunter Biden's laptop, but that it also paid Twitter employees millions of dollars to do so.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/gvOQ9yM via

A new report reveals that American churches have seen a steady rise in acts of hostility in recent years. Now the Department of Homeland Security is pushing to keep houses of worship safe, given deadly attacks already this year and warnings that more could come. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/8Qpq325 via

Christmas is less than a week away and The Christian Broadcasting Network recently spread a little cheer and blessings to neighbors in its community. From groceries and toys to hot meals and hugs, over the weekend CBN reached out to help more than 300 families in the Huntersville section of Norfolk, VA celebrate the true reason for the season. from CBNNews.com http://www.cbn.com/api/urlredirect.aspx?u=http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2022/december/showing-them-love-giving-them-hope-spreads-christmas-cheer-in-norfolk-neighborhood via

How America handles threats and relations with other countries will likely be under a microscope for the foreseeable future. War raging with Russia and Ukraine, threats from China and others, and ongoing issues at the southern border. Who's to blame and how can we fix it?  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/FZs0qHu via

The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that allowing doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses is not protected by the state constitution.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/JZYNi7k via

A federal appeals court has dismissed a challenge to Connecticut's policy of allowing transgender students to compete in girls' high school sports, rejecting arguments by four biological female runners who said they were unfairly forced to race against transgender athletes with male biology. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/fHnPXDl via

Millions of Twitter users asked Elon Musk to step down as head of Twitter after the billionaire posed the question directly in a poll on the platform, promising to comply with the outcome of the vote.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/fcrlBMp via

A well-known Catholic priest who has, for decades, been a prominent figure in the pro-life movement has been defrocked by the Vatican. Frank Pavone, the 63-year-old founder of Priests For Life, a high-profile, pro-life organization, was purportedly removed from the priesthood Nov. 9 with no chance for an appeal. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/s9RcAV0 via

Officials on the U.S. southern border are bracing for up to 15,000 crossings a day if Title 42 expires as scheduled on Wednesday.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/Cgafiso via

How America handles threats and relations with other countries will likely be under a microscope for the foreseeable future. War raging with Russia and Ukraine, threats from China and others, and ongoing issues at the southern border. Who's to blame and how can we fix it?  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/VkaCoqi via

A police officer in Gaston County, North Carolina helped a woman who was caught speeding after he learned the heartbreaking reason she was rushing. She had just received a phone call that her home was on fire. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/CYhMxme via

A Christian doctor along with the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA) is suing the state of New Mexico for enacting a law that forces doctors to facilitate physician-assisted suicides in ways that violate their religious convictions and professional ethics. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/gczJEY5 via

When you're as well-traveled as Santa Claus, you can speak every language on Earth even sign language. This allows all children to have a memorable experience of meeting St. Nick and telling him exactly what they want for Christmas.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/Nho71pS via

Migrants at the southern border are being routed into a little-known program designed to help people with special circumstances. Technically it also reduces the numbers of illegal crossers, because they are pre-approved before reaching the border, then transported into the US at taxpayer expense. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/HGqUN3l via

A storm system that spawned dozens of reported tornadoes from east Texas to the Florida Panhandle was all but done with the South on Thursday after killing at least three people and uprooting families across Louisiana, where some homes were blown into pieces. Elsewhere, heavy snow and high winds meant more blizzards in the northern Midwest from the Dakotas through Michigan, with ice and snow causing trouble in places from the Appalachians through New England.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/dPhB27p via

When his coal mining shift is over, his day is far from over. John Liscano, a former Limestone County Deputy Sheriff, turns his attention to helping the hundreds of unwanted pets that are brought by people to his 12-acre rescue every year with nowhere else to turn.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/kh1UbAO via

An Ohio public school educator claims school district officials forced her to resign because she refused to follow a district policy and participate in the "social transition" of students by calling them by their preferred names and pronouns.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/RoqtYIM via

With high inflation still hitting Americans hard, so many are in need of a helping hand. One charity is going the extra mile to help out, paying off mortgages for some who are facing much more than economic hardship – the families of America's fallen heroes.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/HniwAmv via

After four straight three-quarter-point interest rate hikes, the Federal Reserve is set to announce a smaller half-point increase in its key rate Wednesday, a first step toward dialing back its efforts to combat inflation. At the same time, the Fed is expected to signal that it plans more hikes next year than it had previously forecast to try to conquer the worst inflation bout in four decades.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/LWAjZpK via

Has your church scheduled Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or New Year's Day services this year? If so, your congregation will join a number of other churches across the country that plan to welcome everyone who wants to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/g9cCnIA via

The University of Idaho will pay $90,000 to settle a lawsuit from members of a Christian law students' organization who contend the school illegally punished them for expressing their religious beliefs. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/MTJyQ4x via

A breakthrough in nuclear fusion science could ignite big advancements in national defense and the future of clean energy, but not for decades, according to scientists.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/ACX7uic via

Vice President Kamala Harris proclaims herself the Biden administration's 'point person' on abortion, and says you don't have to abandon your faith in order to support a woman's right to an abortion. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/zFfor5i via

A massive storm blowing across the country has spawned several tornadoes that wrecked buildings and injured a handful of people in Oklahoma and Texas. Tornados also left two people missing in Louisiana. Meanwhile, much of the central United States braced Tuesday for blizzard-like conditions, from the Rocky Mountains to the Midwest.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/MxNeLOS via

Cambridge Dictionary has been accused of giving in to “woke activists” by changing its definition of “woman” to be inclusive of those who identify as transgender. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/Yj4KULF via

A massive storm blowing across the country has spawned several tornadoes that wrecked buildings and injured a handful of people in Oklahoma and Texas. Tornados also left two people missing in Louisiana. Meanwhile, much of the central United States braced Tuesday for blizzard-like conditions, from the Rocky Mountains to the Midwest.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/BMcmeP0 via

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) often uses goalposts, baseball diamonds, hockey sticks, and soccer balls as tools to reach athletes and coaches with the gospel message. However, the group considers distributing the Bible as their most important evangelistic tool.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/k6DLZje via

A Christian author is putting his own books and digital public domain works to good use, selling them through Amazon and his own website in order to raise money to purchase Bibles for the persecuted church.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/lA4Buna via

A Kentucky pastor is thanking God for sparing his life after he fell more than 30 feet off a roof, but returned to preaching only two days later. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/MZa3XeW via

A member of the Massachusetts-based Human Rights Commission has resigned after mocking God and cursing Christians in a Facebook post last week. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/ySVmlpK via

“Jesus has healed me.” Those are the words of Naomi Bogale, an Ethiopian runner who moved by herself to Colorado filled with visions of athletic renown. That, though, was before everything changed. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/7FMEpBt via

From coast to coast, millions of Americans in more than a dozen states are under some sort of winter weather alert as a massive storm system moves eastward. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/Qt8SCEv via

Millions of people in the central United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Midwest are bracing for blizzard-like conditions from a massive storm blowing across the country. States farther to the south including Texas and Louisiana are being warned of the risk of flash flooding and tornadoes from the same weather system. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/qsExKnJ via

The former CEO of failed cryptocurrency firm FTX Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas at the request of U.S. authorities. That's according U.S. and Bahamian authorities Monday. Bankman-Fried has been under criminal investigation by U.S. and Bahamian authorities following the collapse last month of FTX. The firm filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11, when it ran out of money after the cryptocurrency equivalent of a bank run. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/Lc1tyRQ via

An Alabama man who fell off a cruise ship says he is lucky to be alive after surviving more than 20 hours at sea. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/g6h94ml via

CBN News White House Correspondent Abigail Robertson recently sat down with Virginia's Governor, Glenn Youngkin, and First Lady Suzanne Youngkin, to discuss how they're leaning on faith in their new roles. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/RZJd1GM via

College campuses were once considered to be safe places for free speech, but many institutions have bowed to policies that limit free expression in recent years. Now, two universities are joining the ranks of a small coalition of schools that are resisting the anti-free speech movement. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/oDT8Fmy via

Famines, earthquakes, wars, and rumors of wars are just some of the signs Jesus attributed to the “beginning of birth pains” (Matthew 24) set to precede the end of days. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/wG4q2Oo via

An 18-year-old California girl is taking on one of the nation's largest medical groups. Chloe Cole alleges that Kaiser Permanente coerced her into transgender medical treatment that she says was grossly negligent and resulted in permanent mutilation and damage to her body. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/aA7zGkN via

As parts 3 and 4 of the Twitter Files were posted over the weekend, the company's CEO Elon Musk called his organization "both a social media platform and a crime scene." More revelations emerged concerning the shadow-banning of conservatives as well as the decision to permanently suspend former President Donald Trump's account in January, 2021. Incoming Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer, says "We will roll out the red carpet" for Musk to testify the committee attempts to investigate the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/ReM34lS via

The release of the controversial "Twitter Files" continues, confirming the previous left-wing agenda of the social media giant. The latest evidence reveals how conservatives were shadow-banned from the site despite not violating any rules or policies.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/dIHvAjR via

After two years, Calvary Chapel San Jose has overcome another hurdle in its ongoing legal battle against Santa Clara County's enforcement of Gov. Gavin Newsom's COVID lockdowns. But there are still a few left to go.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/G6S3Q8B via

A federal court has ordered Southwest Airlines and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) to give former flight attendant Charlene Carter her job back after she was allegedly fired over her stance on abortion.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/m7Z6lWn via

A former Navy SEAL who spent almost a decade living as a transgender woman is warning Americans of the dangers of the transgender movement after recently announcing he is detransitioning back to a man.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/SZU6vdo via

Should robots be used by police to kill dangerous suspects? from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/R1jElsB via

Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the White House said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price - and left behind an American jailed for nearly four years in Russia. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/zPaWXd8 via

Kirk Cameron is no stranger to speaking out about his faith, but the actor, director, and author is addressing another issue this week: a purported silencing. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/YGH1r4l via

Over the weekend, two of the four United Methodist Church (UMC) regional conferences in Texas approved the requests of 439 congregations who had asked to leave the denomination after disagreeing with the UMC over same-sex marriage and the ordination of openly gay pastors.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/0xFs9ga via

Three months after he announced he had “fallen short of the glory of God,” The Village Church’s Matt Chandler returned to the pulpit Sunday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/sVzrwhC via

A Virginia restaurant refused to serve a conservative Christian organization because of the group's stance on traditional marriage and protecting the sanctity of life.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/eP6c1Zz via

More than two decades after a tiny Greek Orthodox church in lower Manhattan was destroyed by the falling south tower of the World Trade Center, that church's far grander replacement opened to the public this week in an elevated park overlooking the rebuilt trade center's memorial plaza. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/PQzMAkE via

An After-School Satan Club that was planning to begin its program at a Virginia primary school next week has canceled its meetings–for now.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/UPD8cZI via

The hunt is on for the suspect who shot up two energy substations in Moore County, NC last Saturday.  Charges could range from conspiracy to possibly murder after one person died in a house with no power. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/n1soNGR via

A nativity scene that has been part of a decades-old tradition in a local Eureka Springs, Arkansas park will remain on display during this Christmas season. But whether or not it will be allowed to continue in the future remains to be seen.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/NQP4iRz via

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a pivotal case with broader implications for religious liberty and free speech. It hinges on whether Colorado's public accommodations law can have any exceptions to allow business owners to keep their conscience rights.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/mkfnruq via

A former Navy SEAL who spent almost a decade living as a transgender woman is warning Americans of the dangers of the transgender movement after recently announcing he is detransitioning back to a man.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/fPMcE1O via

A pro-abortion activism group has threatened to "shoot up" a Nebraska pro-life organization if a sanctuary city initiative is passed and their "right" to abort babies is taken away. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/sDuFJIA via

A Christian website designer is challenging a Colorado anti-discrimination law that prevents her from serving couples based on faith. The Supreme Court hears arguments in the case Monday, a case that includes high stakes for religious liberty and free speech. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/XxI9kdg via

A Christian website designer is challenging a Colorado anti-discrimination law that prevents her from serving couples based on faith. The Supreme Court hears arguments in the case Monday, a case that includes high stakes for religious liberty and free speech. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/g8OYTH3 via

Two power substations in a North Carolina county were damaged by gunfire in what is being investigated as a criminal act. A spokesman for Duke Energy said at a news conference with local officials on Sunday that the damage caused the night before could take days to repair. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/ZbmjOPx via

A faith leader who runs crisis pregnancy centers in Upstate New York is alleging he had a “surreal” experience with Federal Bureau of Investigation officials after his pro-life clinic was firebombed, claiming agents screamed at him on the phone and waited months to put out a most wanted poster. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/eOoX8K9 via

High-profile institutions like Disney have been under fire by family groups for years for pro-LGBT policies and activism. But there's another powerful force that's now on the radar for many conservative critics – the Walton family and their Walmart Foundation are suddenly getting lots of attention. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/eH6E3tl via

With Drag Queen Story Hour continuing to pop up in locations across the U.S., two pastors are on a mission to push back with their own effort to instill a biblical worldview in children. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/snudCbL via

Parents in one Virginia community are outraged after a flyer advertising a new After-School Satan Club was sent home with students. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3gUw4z0 via

Parents in the small towns of Vermont will no longer be excluded from a state tuition benefit if they decide to send their children to faith-based schools.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/CwqjI5K via

Christian pollster George Barna recently found that only four percent of American millennials hold a biblical worldview. So, why are so many young American adults abandoning the Judeo-Christian faith? from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/zbtmJH5 via

An atheist activist group is “insisting” a Georgia police department “immediately remove” a large cross outside its office. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/YQ4gqtz via

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra recently confirmed that the Biden administration supports using taxpayer dollars to cover gender transition procedures for minors and adults that healthcare providers have determined are "medically necessary."   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/XM2aZDd via

Congress is using its powers in a last-ditch effort to avoid the nation's first railroad strike in almost 30-years.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/nBZOD8P via