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A wild raccoon dog has been terrorizing a U.K. village, terrifying locals and attacking pets. SWNS reports that police were called to Clarborough in Nottinghamshire this week after some residents were subjected to a two-hour standoff with the strange-looking animal. Villager Mandy Marsh was woken by a “blood-curdling scream” early on Tuesday morning and her husband Dale ran outside to see a raccoon dog confronting the couple’s pet goat and pony. "He came back and he said to me 'you are going to have to come and see this, there is something in the field attacking the pony and I...

“‘“And do not lead us into temptation”’” (Matthew 6:13). By itself, the word rendered “temptation” here has a neutral connotation, unlike the English that usually indicates an inducement to sin. But in this context, with its parallel to the term “evil” at the end of the verse, Jesus likely used the word to mean an enticement to sin. Yet elsewhere Scripture tells us that God does not tempt believers to evil, while at the same time we should be thankful for various trials (James 1:2–3, 13). So why did Jesus give us this expression as a pattern for prayer? The...

I’m not a fan of music with homophobic lyrics. I’m not a fan of music in which white performers toss around the N-word. I’m not a fan of music in which cheaply interpreted biblical references objectify intimacy between gay men as if the references were anything other than smack talk masquerading as biting social commentary.

Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary. There are faculty advisers on El’s theater crew who balk at using “they” for one person; classmates at El’s public school on the outskirts of Boston who insist El can’t be “multiple people”; and commenters on El’s social media feeds who dismiss nonbinary gender identities like androgyne (a combination of masculine and feminine), agender (the absence of gender) and...

Paris City Hall wants to name a small plaza after Princess Diana, at the site of the 1997 car crash that killed the cherished British royal. The site already holds a golden flame-shaped monument in her honor, adjacent to the Alma Tunnel where the accident occurred. The plaza is currently named after opera singer Maria Callas. …

Attorney General Barr’s office and Special Counsel clarify on OLC guidance re: charging a sitting president. Both say no discrepancy. So Mueller has now clarified that the policy of not indicting a sitting President had no effect on his decisions vis-a-vis obstruction.

In a bizarre analogy, MSNBC "Republican" Elise Jordan has compared Robert Mueller's indication that he would not testify before Congress to a book author refusing to go on a promotional tour. [snip] "I quite frankly think it’s sanctimonious of Robert Mueller to basically say I’m not going to testify . . . that’s like a book author, can you imagine how publishers would respond if you say like, 'oh, I’m not going to go promote my book, just read the book and you'll learn what it’s all about.'" Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

“Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar” (Proverbs 30:5-6).

DALLAS, Texas — Throughout his decades in public life, Joe Biden has operated with the simple credo that all politics are personal. And since launching his third White House campaign, he’s spent nearly as much time greeting voters one-on-one as he has addressing them from a stage. The constant whirl of selfies, handshakes and “God love ya" greetings doled out with abandon by the former vice president has been a staple of his initial tour through early voting states. But there’s also a new, more meaningful, dynamic to those up-close encounters that has emerged.

President Donald Trump has been sailing into the wind, against the tide, dragging an anchor, for the first two years of his presidency. And despite these hindrances, he is presiding over a booming economy and record low unemployment, circumstances that were said to be unattainable without a magic wand, according to the last president. Yet look at the forces arrayed against Trump. Not only as president, but ever since that fateful day when he descended the escalator at Trump Tower in June 2015 announcing his candidacy. And perhaps before that. The wind against him has been the virtually nonstop negative...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A bill that would require instruction on climate change at Connecticut schools has cleared the House of Representatives.

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Is it the Arrow or the Indian? - When testing a rifle for accuracy with a new load, its ideal to have multiple shooters to test it out. For the serious long range shooter working on a load for a new rifle can be overwhelming with all the possible variables that can come up. Such as charge weight, seating depth, neck tension and so on. When you think you got all the variables tackled in the load. The results on target can be a let down. You can quickly jump to the conclusion that the load needs to be changed....

At first glance, the beginning of Matthew is a less-than-exciting literary starting point of the New Testament. It is a list of “begats” tracing Jesus’ lineage back to Abraham. What this beginning lacks in literary punch it makes up for in theological significance. Among other things, the genealogical tables of the New Testament place the gospel squarely on the plane of history. Jesus was born “in the fullness of time”—His ministry is defined and interpreted against the background of Old Testament history. The New Testament provides two genealogical tables for Jesus, one by Matthew and one by Luke. These tables...

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s American justice! And the wheels are coming off!"Under long-standing department policy, a present president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. That is unconstitutional. Even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view, that too is prohibited," he said. "Charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider." At least he finally admitted it: the sole intent of the Mueller investigation from the start was to create a road map to impeachment. If...

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The real bombshell takeaway from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s self-serving press conference on Wednesday is that he just threw Attorney General William Barr, a long-time Justice Department colleague and friend, under the bus by insinuating he lied regarding POTUS Donald Trump’s “guilt” in Russian collusion hoax. And in doing so, Mueller chose his loyalty to the deep state over he loyalty to a lifelong friend. That’s how serious this “battle royale” between all the president’s men and the Deep State really is. First, for context, a little history. As noted by The Atlantic, both Barr and Mueller served together...

WARREN, Mich. (FOX 2) - Saturday, the manager of Sagano Japanese Steak House & Bistro contacted Fox 2 to say that a friend of 10 people seen leaving without paying, took care of the group’s $530 bill. The payment came after Fox 2 ran a story Friday, depicting the group walking out of the restaurant before their tab was settled. (Original story below): Party of 10 orders food. Party of 10 eats food. Party of 10 leaves. Another dine and dash in metro Detroit has left a Japanese steakhouse and bistro out more than $500 after a large group decided...

The man who set himself on fire near the White House has died of his injuries, authorities confirmed Thursday. Arnav Gupta, of Bethesda, Md., erupted into a bright orange fireball at the Ellipse, a tourist-filled 52-acre public park that sits north of the Washington Monument, around 12:20 p.m. Wednesday. Once the flames were extinguished, Gupta was rushed to a local hospital for treatment. But by the evening, he had succumbed to his injuries, the US Park Police said in an early-morning statement

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