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The latest on President Trump’s border wall (Fox News)
Congressman Walden holds town hall meeting (East Oregonian)
State audit proves Portland school’s failing low-income students (Oregon Live)
Salem-Keizer schools may change boundaries (Statesman Journal)
86-year-old man bought 14 years of Christmas presents for his two-year-old neighbor
Christmas kindness and bliss immersed from 86-year-old Ken Watson. Watson bought 14 years worth of Christmas presents for his two-year-old neighbor Cadi Williams. Watson connected with the Williams family after they moved into their first home three years ago. The...
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2nd Grader wins a $30,000 scholarship
2nd grader Sarah Gomez-Lane dreams of becoming a paleontologist. Recently she won a $30,000 scholarship for a simple dinosaur doodle this week. Gomez-Lane is the winner of the 2018 Doodle for Google contest. This is the 10th annual contest and this year the tech...
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Oklahoma senator seeks in-state protection for all unborn babies
Oklahoma senator Joseph Silk (R-Broken Bow) is working to stop all abortions in the state by classifying abortion as a felony homicide, reports ABC affiliate WGNO. "It's gonna be classified as a homicide because, essentially, a fertilized egg is a human life just like...
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Kentucky lawmaker proposes heartbeat bill
A Kentucky legislator introduced a bill to ban doctors from aborting babies with detectable heartbeats, according to The Hill. Physicians who violate the proposed ban could be charged with a Class D felony and face up to five years in prison. The measure would require...
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US abortion rate sinks to record low, new study finds
More American women are choosing life for their children than ever before, according to the latest government data on abortion. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the US abortion rate fell 26% between 2006 and 2015 to reach an all-time...
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Pro-life advocates celebrated dozens of legal victories in 2018
Pro-life activists and public officials made significant legislative gains in 2018, reports the Huffington Post. Lawmakers passed nearly two dozen new protections for unborn children last year, including an unprecedented number of comprehensive abortion restrictions....
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More pro-life doctors choosing to defend the unborn in Italy
Italy has experienced a steady decline in abortion rates, even though the country legalized abortion four decades ago, reports PRI. The reason? Doctors have become increasingly pro-life, and refuse to perform even legal abortions. Under Italy's abortion law,...
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86-year-old man bought 14 years of Christmas presents for his two-year-old neighbor
Christmas kindness and bliss immersed from 86-year-old Ken Watson. Watson bought 14 years worth of Christmas presents for his two-year-old neighbor Cadi Williams. Watson connected with the Williams family after they moved into their first home three years ago. The...
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Florida Man Saves his 93-year-old neighbor from home fire
Not not all heroes wear capes. One man wore a cast. 27-year-old Altavious Powell rescued his 93-year-old neighbor Maria Cabral by using a cast on his broken arm to shatter a window. Each night Cabral lights a candle in the corner of her home, however, this past Monday...
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88-year-old mother Finally Reunited with her long-lost daughter
88-year-old Genevieve Purinton thought she had no family left in the world until she reunited with her biological daughter on December 3. Purinton resides in a retirement home in North Tampa. Her eight siblings died recently and had no other children after she gave...
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Stuck in airport for 8 months, Syrian refugee is finally given a home
A Syrian Refugee spent more than eight months living in the transit zone of a Malaysian airport. 37-year-old Hassan Al Kontar is one of many Syrians who fled the country after war in Syria broke out in 2011. Previously Kontar worked as an insurance marketing manager...
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Boy’s letter to dad in heaven recieves a heartwarming reply from Royal Mail
A little boy’s heart became glad after he mailed a birthday card to his dad in heaven; astonished to have gotten a response. 7-year-old Jade Hyndman from West Lothian, Scotland mailed this card as a way to say happy birthday to his father who died four years ago....
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Company Founder surprises employees with $20 million
There wasn’t a dry eye in sight when a company founder gave his employees the surprise of a lifetime this week. Mark Baiada, the chairman and founder of Bayada Home Health Care, a $1.4 billion private housing company in Philadelphia, announced his grand surprise over...
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