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  Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse send chaplains, relief aid to support survivors of Los Angeles fires

  Trained chaplains from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) are visiting relief shelters to offer frontline support and prayers to those forced to flee their homes as fires ravage the Los Angeles region in Southern California.

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  YouVersion Bible App hits record 798K installations in single day

  The YouVersion Bible App saw 798,000 installations on Jan. 5, the largest single day of installs for the phone app in its history.

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  Biola University launches new media studio to reach the film industry for Christ

  Last November, The Spectator, a secular British news magazine, published an article titled “The Rise of Christian Cinema,” recognizing a “new wave of biblical movies catering to the Netflix generation – and audiences are flocking to them.” The article highlighted the success of productions like The Chosen, a historical drama series that quenches the faith-thirst of online audiences seeking representations of their Christian beliefs on screen.

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  Leading cause of death worldwide revealed in new report

  Abortion was the leading cause of death worldwide in 2024, according to new data published by Worldometer, which shows there were 45.1 million abortions globally last year. This surpassed deaths caused by cancer (8.2 million), smoking (5 million), HIV/AIDS (1.7 million), traffic fatalities (1.35 million) and suicide (1.1 million), Breitbart noted, adding that the combined total of all non-abortion deaths was estimated at 62.5 million, so the procedures accounted for just over 42% of all human de

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  Meta to remove 'biased' fact-checking with new user-based moderation system: 'once again prioritizing speech'

  On Tuesday (Jan. 7), Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media giant will shift away from using third-party fact-checkers and instead depend on users to contribute notes or corrections to posts on Facebook and Instagram. The change comes as the company admits mistakes and political bias that restricted free conversations on its platforms, a diversion from its core mission.

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  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces resignation

  Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada has announced that he will be resigning after a new leader is selected, following mounting calls over the past several weeks for him to step aside.

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  Surgeon General calls for cancer warning on alcoholic drinks

  U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has called for warning labels on alcoholic beverages to include the risk of cancer, citing data showing alcohol consumption leads to 20,000 cancer deaths annually and is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States.

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