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Religious schools like Annunciation face particular security challenges in the age of school shootings
Crossroads Today - Texas
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(CNN) — When evaluating how secure a location is, experts generally talk about “soft” targets like schools or “hard” targets like police stations. The deadly shooting in Minneapolis – at a combined church and school – was at the extreme end of...
Church to host free carnival this Saturday
Times Observer - Pennsylvania
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Pleasant Community Church inWarren, is pictured. The church will hold a free carnival on Saturday. The Pleasant Community Church will be hosting a free carnival, “Jumping Into Fall,” from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the church, 673 Pleasant Dr.,...
Investigators look for a motive in church shooting
Times Observer - Pennsylvania
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The shooter who killed two Catholic school students and wounded more than a dozen children sitting in the pews of a Minneapolis church once attended the same school and had been a member of the church, the city’s police chief...
Delaware County church services: Aug. 29, 2025, edition
Delaware County Daily Times - Pennsylvania
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August 29, 2025
Note: Emailed entries only to editor@delcotimes.com by Wednesday at noon. Weekly listing Trainer Trinity United Methodist Church: 3705 W. Ninth St., offers worship Sunday Aug. 31. Pastor Hilda Campbell will deliver the message at 10:15 a.m. Email:...
Food pantry distribution at Twenty-Eighth Street Church of the Brethren is Friday
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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Metro The food pantry at Twenty-eighth Street Church of the Brethren, 28th Street and Union Avenue, is available for those in need. Distribution will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 29, by appointment only. Call Deb at 814-207-8293....
Brooklyn church preserves legacy on film
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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Filmmaker Jahleel Hills, right, prepares to interview the Rev. Arlee Arkofa at Berean Baptist Church in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The Associated Press On the second Sunday of August, the congregation of Berean Baptist Church in Brooklyn...
State Museum of Pennsylvania closes Native American exhibit, returning objects
WHTM - Pennsylvania
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August 28, 2025
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The public can no longer access a Native American display at the State Museum of Pennsylvania. Located on the second floor of the museum, the exhibit explored Pennsylvania’s Native American culture and excavations by...
FBI swoops on Robin Westman mom’s home after she ‘refuses to cooperate with cops’ following son’s church shooting
The Sun
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August 29, 2025
FBI agents have swooped on the home of Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman's mother after it emerged she wasn't cooperating with cops. Cops are continuing their probe into Westman, 23, after he killed two children who were gathering to celebrate...
PSU Altoona women's volleyball voted second
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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The back-to-back defending Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference champion Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball team was voted second in the league’s 2025 Preseason Coaches’ Poll, which was released earlier this week. Penn State Behrend took...
Delaware County church-related events: Aug. 29, 2025
Delaware County Daily Times - Pennsylvania
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August 29, 2025
New entry Community Day: at Dermond Recreation Area Park, Old Lane and Dermond Avenue in Drexel Hill, on Saturday, Aug. 30 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., hosted by Word of Faith Christian Center, 1459 Baltimore Pike, Springfield. Come and meet former...
The Week in Women's Football: USL Super League preview and season tips
Tribal Football
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This week, we present our preview of the second year of the USL Super League, having retained all eight inaugural franchises (which in the history of soccer in America is a rarity) while adding a new expansion franchise in Sporting Club...
Kentucky among states ordered to strip gender ideology from sex ed materials
Murray Ledger & Times - Kentucky
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FRANKFORT – (KT) Kentucky is one of 46 states and territories ordered to remove all references to gender ideology from federally funded sex education programs within the next 60 days or risk losing millions in federal dollars. The directive comes...
Local trans teen meets with Gov. Shapiro; talks about UPMC ending gender-affirming care
WTAE 4 Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania
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August 29, 2025
VERY ISSUE. YEAH, MIKE. KRISTEN. THAT’S RIGHT. SEE, SOMBER WAS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE AND ACTUALLY THE ONLY ONE FROM ALLEGHENY COUNTY WHO WAS INVITED TO THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION TO TELL THEIR STORY. NOW SHE CALLS THE EXPERIENCE IMPORTANT,...
The political battle over higher education has reached a breaking point
Deseret News - Utah
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August 29, 2025
Bill Ackman has long been one of the Democratic Party’s most reliable donors. The billionaire hedge fund manager, who made his name with high-profile activist investments through his firm Pershing Square Capital Management, gave millions over the...
Faith Under Fire: Persecution of the Church — At Home and Abroad
The American Spectator - Virginia
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Measured by scale and severity, the 20th century stands as the darkest chapter of Christian persecution in history. Of the estimated 70 million Christians martyred across time, more than half lost their lives during the last century, driven by...
Opinion: Visibility over Value? Rise of promotional culture in higher education
Telengana Today
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August 28, 2025
Indian universities are spending heavily on promotion to boost visibility, often sidelining academic quality and faculty development By Dr Manas K Kanjilal, Dr Anudeep Gujjeti A timeless adage in the marketing world declares: “No promotion, no...
WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Multiple Criminal Illegal Aliens with Convictions for Sexual Offenses Against Children, Drug Traffickers, and Other Violent Thugs
Department of Homeland Security - Washington D.C.
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WASHINGTON — Yesterday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) law enforcement officers arrested more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens across the United States, including individuals convicted of child sex crimes, drug...
Pennsylvania governor speaks about deadly mass shooting in Minneapolis
WTAE 4 Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania
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August 28, 2025
COMMENTS TONIGHT IN CANONSBURG, WASHINGTON COUNTY GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO VOWING TO PUSH FORWARD LEGISLATION THAT ENHANCES STUDENT SAFETY IN SCHOOLS AND URGING LAWMAKERS IN HARRISBURG AND WASHINGTON TO DO THE SAME. NO COMMUNITY IS IMMUNE FROM THIS....
Schools eye tough choices ahead with no Pennsylvania budget
WGAL 8 - Pennsylvania
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August 29, 2025
With the new school year approaching, Harrisburg School District leaders are warning that a prolonged state budget impasse could force difficult decisions within months.Chief Financial Officer Dr. Marcia Stokes told lawmakers the district can...
Bipartisan Pennsylvania Lawmakers Argue Over Strategy To Pass Marijuana Legalization Bill
Marijuana Moment
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August 28, 2025
There’s more friction and finger-pointing in the Pennsylvania legislature over the push to legalize marijuana for adult use, with a GOP senator who’s sponsoring a reform bill insisting that the House must make the first move and a Democratic...