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Bethany Christian Services has worked to place unaccompanied immigrant children with foster families for years. But since the news emerged in June about the government separating children from their parents at the border, inquiries into its foster care program have skyrocketed. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2NXFIEQ via IFTTT

When a California homeless man stood at a busy intersection holding a sign, he didn't ask for money. Instead, he handed out his resume. He never expected what he got in response.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KblMMf via IFTTT

This is the story of three children who have proved the doubters wrong about the younger generation.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2AshJvy via IFTTT

A Milwaukee police officer shot and killed in the line of duty last week is being remembered as a great man of faith. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2mWroky via IFTTT

Pastor James MacDonald of Harvest Church recently encouraged his audience on Facebook to support and pray for President Trump, in response, the ministry says iTunes mysteriously dropped MacDonald's podcast, Walk in the Word, from the Top 200 Chart. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2AqR4zk via IFTTT

What if several members of your family were killed by the negligence of another driver? Would your faith in God allow you to forgive the driver and even ask the judge to consider the utmost leniency?  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2mSsLk5 via IFTTT

The family and friends of Wynter Evans Pitts celebrated her life and legacy over the weekend after her sudden, unexpected death last week. Her family has been transparent about the real pain they're feeling after losing Wynter, but they've also offered an amazing testimony to the power of faith in Christ, even in the face of death. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2mUJUtz via IFTTT

The devastating wildfire sweeping Northern California has firefighters working nonstop and residents fleeing for safety – but a prominent Christian community there is remaining persistent in prayer.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2vfwlbV via IFTTT

So far, hundreds of homes have been destroyed and tens of thousands were forced to evacuate, with fires claiming six lives so far.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2mVqbtE via IFTTT

The store's literature has photos and technical details of the as yet unannounced Mavic 2 Pro drone. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2NRsSYD via IFTTT

London Spitfire scored a solid victory over its opponent, Philadelphia Fusion, in the e-sports final. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2v6qNBl via IFTTT

US military programs and agencies will be stopped from using code that could compromise their work from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2mUxHFb via IFTTT

The firm is understood to have lost the rights to broadcast NBA basketball and UFC ultimate fighting. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2OsrMUm via IFTTT

The scheme was discovered after the prisoners boosted their accounts with artificial credits. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2LU8CoK via IFTTT

North Korea possibly constructing new ICBM missiles: report North Korea is reportedly constructing new intercontinental ballistic missiles, despite reassurances from President Trump that the rogue nation is “no longer a nuclear threat.” via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2NVdiv2

Deadly month: Japan's weather-related deaths top 300 in July More than 300 people died in July from weather-related disasters in one of Japan's deadliest months in recent years. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2Kb7BHf

Powerful bomb in van kills at least 10 in south Philippines A Filipino soldier, five militiamen and four villagers were killed by a powerful bomb that exploded in a van the troops were inspecting Tuesday amid threats of bombings in a southern province, military officials said. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2vkNssI

Washington Post claims North Korea working on new missiles Satellite photos reportedly show that North Korea continues work on developing intercontinental missile technology. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2vhk8Di

Generals from Koreas discuss easing military confrontation Generals from the rival Koreas met Tuesday at their shared border for talks meant to ease a decades-long military standoff, Seoul officials said. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2v1AH7b

Rival Koreas' generals discuss easing military confrontation Generals from the rival Koreas met Tuesday at their shared border for talks meant to ease a decades-long military standoff, Seoul officials said. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2NX5EjE

Paraguay calls in UK envoy over tweet on freed peasants The Paraguayan government expressed "discomfort" Monday over a tweet by Britain's ambassador that reacted to the acquittal of peasants convicted in the killing of police officers in a land dispute. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2AsDf3i

Mexico had more homicides in 2017 than previously thought The number of homicides in Mexico last year was higher than originally thought, with national statistics institute INEGI reporting Monday that there were 31,174 slayings in 2017. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2LFfEBs

Prime Minister Conte on Trump, trade, immigration The Italian prime minister opens up about his U.S. visit on 'Special Report.' via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2NTbG4W

UN delays troop reduction in Somalia force The Security Council voted Monday to delay the reduction of troops in the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia from October to February and its target date for Somali forces to take the lead in the country's security to December 2021. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2vortRU

A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times, warned President Trump during a meeting at the White House that his anti-press rhetoric is “contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NUtOeZ via IFTTT

Investigators said Monday they still do not know why Malaysia's Flight MH370 vanished four years ago in aviation's greatest mystery, sparking anger and disappointment among relatives of those on board. In a long-awaited report the official investigation team pointed to failings by air traffic controllers, said the course of the Malaysia Airlines plane was changed manually, and refused to rule out that someone other than the pilots had diverted the jet. "The team is unable to determine the real cause for the disappearance of MH370," concluded the largely technical 400-page report, noting that investigators were hindered in their probe as neither the plane's wreckage nor its black boxes had been found. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LKU0uY via IFTTT

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By Alexandria Sage REDDING, Calif. (Reuters) - A 70-year-old woman and her two great-grandchildren were among six people killed when a wildfire engulfed entire communities in northern California, officials and family members said. Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko told a news conference near the city of Redding at the edge of the blaze on Sunday one more person had been killed in a residence consumed by fire, bringing the total to six, including two firefighters. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2M0h85v via IFTTT

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The Islamic State group kidnapped dozens of Druze women and children when it attacked their villages last week in Syria's southern province of Sweida, a monitor said Monday. More than 250 people were killed on Wednesday when IS carried out a string of suicide attacks and shootings in the provincial capital Sweida and villages to the north and east. "At least 36 Druze women and children were abducted after the attacks," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor with a network of sources inside Syria. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2M4J9ZV via IFTTT

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President Trump said many parents crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are using their children for “their own sinister purposes” and threatened to shut down the government if Congress doesn’t support his wall on the U.S. border with Mexico. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KdfFY4 via IFTTT

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Firefighters are rushing against uncertain weather forecasts to contain a multitude of wildfires in northern California that have already claimed the lives of at least six people and forced 50,000 to flee their homes. With hot, dry conditions and high winds fuelling the blazes, 12,000 firefighters have been drafted in to try to contain 17 wildfires that have destroyed buildings in its path – including the home of a fire chief. As those firefighters continued to fight the blaze, families of the dead on Sunday told their harrowing tales of loss. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LxgtMM via IFTTT

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Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi said Monday she was deeply changed by her eight-month sentence in an Israeli jail for slapping two soldiers, but does not regret any of her actions. Tamimi, who was 16 when she was arrested in December for hitting and kicking soldiers in front of her house in the occupied West Bank, was released Sunday and swarmed by media from across the globe. In one day you age 100 years," she said in the backyard of her home in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2mTg6gE via IFTTT

Triple-digit temperatures and parched land have left much of California's expansive forests vulnerable to any spark or flame. The Carr Fire, which started on July 23 after a vehicle caught fire, has spread to nearly 100,000 acres as of July 30. From hundreds of miles above, satellite images show a state besieged by an imposing plume of smoke, with a vast part of the region blanketed in a thick, brown haze.  SEE ALSO: Redding newspaper lost power amid extreme fire, but still found a way to print the news Vegetation in the drought-ridden terrain around the City of Redding, where the Carr Fire has prompted thousands to flee and has taken at least six lives, is now exceptionally dry.  NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of the California fire's smoke spreading to Utah.Image: NASAIn fact, it's likely approaching either near-record or record dryness levels in Northern California, said Brenda Belongie, lead meteorologist of the U.S. Forest Service's Predictive Servic

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By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican senator who was publicly undecided over whether to back U.S. President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh threw his support behind the judge on Monday, improving chances Kavanaugh would win Senate confirmation despite a pitched battle by leading Democrats to block him. U.S. Senator Rand Paul made his announcement as Kavanaugh continued visiting senators considering his nomination, including the first Democrat he has met, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Apq2Ir via IFTTT

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Three people were killed and seven injured when two men opened fire into a large crowd outside a New Orleans strip mall on Saturday. According to the city police chief, Michael Harrison, the pair stood over one person and fired multiple shots before fleeing. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NWFz4y via IFTTT

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Rudy Giuliani said Monday that President Donald Trump didn't collude with the from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LSNIcC via IFTTT

By Bob Strong REDDING, Calif. (Reuters) - California firefighters on Monday gained ground on a massive wildfire that has killed six people and destroyed hundreds of homes, while rescuers searched for at least seven missing people. The Carr Fire ignited a week ago outside Redding, about 150 miles (240 km) north of Sacramento, and doubled in size over the weekend, charring an area half the size of New York City and forcing 38,000 people to flee their homes. Two firefighters, a 70-year-old woman and her two young great-grandchildren were among the dead. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LP75U3 via IFTTT

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced on Monday he will support the nomination of from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NX1atC via IFTTT

A bomb exploded in a van and killed 11 people at a military checkpoint in the restive southern Philippines on Tuesday in an attack that officials blamed on militants with ties to the Islamic State group. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ArZDtA via IFTTT

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met survivors of a wildfire that killed at least 91 people during his first visit to the town of Mati on Monday, as rescue teams kept recovering bodies and families mourned their dead. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2K9ClZ0 via IFTTT

U.S. spy satellites have detected renewed activity at the North Korean factory that produced the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States, a senior U.S. official said on Monday, in the midst of talks to compel Pyongyang to give up its nuclear arms. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KcitV9 via IFTTT