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MMA-Trained Pastor Fends Off Axe-Wielding Burglar With Bare Hands In US
On Thanksgiving Day, Pastor Nick Neves, trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, confronted an axe-wielding burglar who broke into First Family Church in Antioch. Despite the weapon, Neves held the intruder down until police arrived.
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Church Leader Pleads Guilty To Sexually Abusing 3 Children In Mexico
The head of a Mexico-based evangelical megachurch that claims about 5 million followers worldwide pleaded guilty on Friday to felony counts of sexually abusing three children, California state prosecutors announced on Friday.
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In US Church, Man Shoots His Three Children, Then Dies By Suicide
A father shot dead three of his children on Monday before turning the gun on himself in a US church, police said. A fifth person also died in the incident near Sacramento, California.
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Nun, 80, In Jail For Stealing $800,000 From School Funds For Gambling
An ageing nun who stole over $800,000 to bankroll a gambling habit and fund lavish holidays was jailed for a year in California on Monday.
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US Church Sues Zoom After Hacker Streams Porn During Bible Study
A church in California is suing video chat company Zoom after a hacker infiltrated an online Bible study class to stream porn.
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California Thief Steals SUV With Corpse Inside
A thief in California got more than he bargained for after he stole an SUV outside a church with a dead body inside.
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Baby Jesus, Virgin Mary Caged, Separated To Mimic US Family Separation
A Southern California church flipped the lights on its outdoor manger scene Saturday evening to reveal Jesus, Mary and Joseph as border detainees, each figure isolated in its own chain-link cage with a barbed-wire top.
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Father Drowned His Daughter, 4, In Baptismal Waters At Catholic Church, California Police Say
When officers found Gerardo Mendoza Ordaz Sunday night, he was standing in the Healdsburg, California, police station parking lot, naked, holding his limp 4-year-old daughter. Her clothes were soaking wet.
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Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Urges All US Parties to Address Charleston Shooting
Hollywood action star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today urged all US politicians to tackle the problems exposed by the shooting massacre in a mainly black church in the American city of Charleston, South Carolina.
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Priest Killed, Another Injured in US Shooting
Police were hunting on Thursday a gunman or gunmen who killed one priest and injured another at a Catholic church in Arizona.
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Late Pope Paul VI to Move Closer to Sainthood
The late Pope Paul VI, who led the Roman Catholic Church during one of its most turbulent modern periods and enshrined its opposition to contraception, will move a step closer to sainthood in October, the Vatican said on Saturday.
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'Selfie' leads to burglary arrest at church
Authorities say it was a "selfie" that led detectives to a suspect in the burglary of a Southern California church.
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US Boy Scouts to allow gay youths, not leaders
The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organization that depends heavily on faith-based groups.
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Five dead in California Indian reservation shootings
The church bell that rings out to announce the deaths of tribal members on the Tule River Indian Reservation tolled repeatedly after a man went on a shooting rampage that left a daughter, his mother and her two brothers dead. The suspect also died in a shootout with police.
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Tom Cruise hires the same lawyer he used in Nicole Kidman split
Tom Cruise has hired the same lawyer to divorce Katie Holmes that he used when he split from Nicole Kidman in 2001.
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MMA-Trained Pastor Fends Off Axe-Wielding Burglar With Bare Hands In US
On Thanksgiving Day, Pastor Nick Neves, trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, confronted an axe-wielding burglar who broke into First Family Church in Antioch. Despite the weapon, Neves held the intruder down until police arrived.
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Church Leader Pleads Guilty To Sexually Abusing 3 Children In Mexico
The head of a Mexico-based evangelical megachurch that claims about 5 million followers worldwide pleaded guilty on Friday to felony counts of sexually abusing three children, California state prosecutors announced on Friday.
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In US Church, Man Shoots His Three Children, Then Dies By Suicide
A father shot dead three of his children on Monday before turning the gun on himself in a US church, police said. A fifth person also died in the incident near Sacramento, California.
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Nun, 80, In Jail For Stealing $800,000 From School Funds For Gambling
An ageing nun who stole over $800,000 to bankroll a gambling habit and fund lavish holidays was jailed for a year in California on Monday.
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US Church Sues Zoom After Hacker Streams Porn During Bible Study
A church in California is suing video chat company Zoom after a hacker infiltrated an online Bible study class to stream porn.
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California Thief Steals SUV With Corpse Inside
A thief in California got more than he bargained for after he stole an SUV outside a church with a dead body inside.
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Baby Jesus, Virgin Mary Caged, Separated To Mimic US Family Separation
A Southern California church flipped the lights on its outdoor manger scene Saturday evening to reveal Jesus, Mary and Joseph as border detainees, each figure isolated in its own chain-link cage with a barbed-wire top.
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Father Drowned His Daughter, 4, In Baptismal Waters At Catholic Church, California Police Say
When officers found Gerardo Mendoza Ordaz Sunday night, he was standing in the Healdsburg, California, police station parking lot, naked, holding his limp 4-year-old daughter. Her clothes were soaking wet.
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Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Urges All US Parties to Address Charleston Shooting
Hollywood action star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today urged all US politicians to tackle the problems exposed by the shooting massacre in a mainly black church in the American city of Charleston, South Carolina.
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Priest Killed, Another Injured in US Shooting
Police were hunting on Thursday a gunman or gunmen who killed one priest and injured another at a Catholic church in Arizona.
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Late Pope Paul VI to Move Closer to Sainthood
The late Pope Paul VI, who led the Roman Catholic Church during one of its most turbulent modern periods and enshrined its opposition to contraception, will move a step closer to sainthood in October, the Vatican said on Saturday.
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'Selfie' leads to burglary arrest at church
Authorities say it was a "selfie" that led detectives to a suspect in the burglary of a Southern California church.
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US Boy Scouts to allow gay youths, not leaders
The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organization that depends heavily on faith-based groups.
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Five dead in California Indian reservation shootings
The church bell that rings out to announce the deaths of tribal members on the Tule River Indian Reservation tolled repeatedly after a man went on a shooting rampage that left a daughter, his mother and her two brothers dead. The suspect also died in a shootout with police.
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Tom Cruise hires the same lawyer he used in Nicole Kidman split
Tom Cruise has hired the same lawyer to divorce Katie Holmes that he used when he split from Nicole Kidman in 2001.
