Photos show subdued Christmas celebrations in the West Bank town of Bethlehem amid the Israel-Hamas war

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A worshiper prays next to grotto believed to be the spot where Jesus was born at Church of Nativity in Bethlehem
A worshiper prays next to grotto at the Church of Nativity on December 25 in Bethlehem, West Bank.

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Smashing a Satanic display in Iowa has turned into quite the payday for a former GOP candidate's legal defense

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A split image showing a Satanic Temple display inside the Iowa capitol and Michael Cassidy, a former Republican Congressional candidate in Mississippi
A Satanic Temple display inside the Iowa capitol was torn down and beheaded by Michael Cassidy, a former Republican Congressional candidate in Mississippi.

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Former Google engineer and Trump pardonee Anthony Levandowski relaunches his AI church

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Former Google and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski gives a statement to reporters after a court appearance at the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on September 24, 2019 in San Francisco, California.

I moved to Texas from California. I was nervous to live here, but the people are friendlier than I expected.

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I'm a 23-year-old gay man training to be a priest. Though I'm living on only $740 a month, I don't regret it one bit.

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Peter Banks before (left) and after (right) his new job.
Peter Banks at the Congress of the European Liberal Youth in Oslo, Norway, in 2022 and at his job as a pastoral assistant in 2023.

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A high school football coach fired 8 years ago for praying on the field is coaching again after the Supreme Court ruled in his favor

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Joe Kennedy, a former assistant football coach at Bremerton High School in Bremerton, Wash., poses for a photo March 9, 2022, at the school's football field.
Joe Kennedy, a former assistant football coach at Bremerton High School in Bremerton, Washington, poses for a photo at the school's football field.

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Rambling Donald Trump dodged answering a question about his Christian faith at campaign town hall

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US President Donald Trump holds a Bible while visiting St. John's Church across from the White House after the area was cleared of people protesting the death of George Floyd June 1, 2020, in Washington, DC.

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Russia is floating a plan to build a village for conservative Americans who want to move to a 'Christian country' and are tired of liberal ideology in the US

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Veterans salute during a military parade to mark the 78th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 9, 2023. St.

Texas lawmaker says the Supreme Court cleared the way to force schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom

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The man who may have leaked top-secret Pentagon documents was a fit and armed military guy who controlled a group of young gamers united by their worship of guns and God: WaPo

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The Pentagon leak is being traced to a man on Discord who sent around two dozen young gamers hundreds of secrets over months.

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