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How International Gang MS-13 Combines Satanism and Death Into New Religion

29 Jul 2018
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C Barnett

Violent Gang Is One Of Many Worshipping “Santa Muerte” President Trump uses the pan-South American gang, Mara Salvatrucha 13, as a favored boogeyman in his speeches about the dangers of illegal...

First Jewish Woman Elected Mayor of Mexico City

07 Jul 2018
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Nathan Glover

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo first held a political position in 2017. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo made history by setting two firsts: being both the first woman and the first Jew to hold the post. Mexico...

Is Gun Violence Caused By A Lack Of Prayer?

24 Apr 2018
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Derek Welch

An Examination Of The Causes And Historical Trends Of Violence The Waffle House shooting by Travis Reinking has everyone asking one question. Why do mass shootings keep happening? Reinking’s mother...

While Crime is Down, Anti-Semitism on Rise in New York City

13 Jan 2018
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Gary Nguyen

The rise correlates with Donald Trump becoming the President Incidences of hate crimes in the United States have risen during the last few months. The statistics from 2016 show 671 hate crimes being...

Man Kidnapped For Forced Wedding

05 Jan 2018
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Derek Welch

Over 3,000 kidnappings a year occur in India. A video is circulating on social media showing a 29-year-old engineer crying and being forced into a marriage ceremony in Bihar, India. The man was kidnapped...

Bizarre Murder-Suicide of Shinto Priestess

11 Dec 2017
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Derek Welch

Tragedy struck in Japan as Nagako Tomioka, chief priestess of the Tomioka Hachimangu shrine in Tokyo was killed. While homicide is generally rare in Japan, the strange nature of this murder has created...

Should Catholic Confessionals Be Confidential?

19 Nov 2017
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Kelly Frazier

Is This Allowing Crimes To Go Unpunished? The Catholic Church provides that it is the unconditional obligation of priests to keep whatever information is shared in a confessional totally confidential....

Gay Marriage Is Legalized in Germany

03 Jul 2017
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Elisa Meyer

Chancellor Merkel voted against the measure The vote was taken after 40 minutes of emotional debate spattered with heated arguments. The debates mirrored a wider and decades-long argument concerning...

These Countries Will Send You to Jail for Blasphemy

03 Aug 2016
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Gary Nguyen

Anti-Blasphemy laws around the world. The world is fast advancing to a modernized, more globalized lifestyle. However, even today, religious freedom is a matter of great concern as not all countries...

21 Jul 2016
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Alison Lesley

Saudi Arabia rejects 'deviant' Pokémon Go game. Pokémon Go the newly introduced game version of Pokémon has created a heated debate in Saudi Arabia. The game was prohibited back in 2001...