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Florida pastor Melvin Adams knows a few hours of church programming every week is no match for the more than 30 hours children spend at secular schools, absorbing lessons that he says run counter to their family’s Christian beliefs.
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Kamala Harris blasted Donald Trump as a threat to women's freedoms and their very lives, warning in a speech in the battleground state of Georgia on Friday that Republicans would continue to choke off access to abortion if he returns to the White House.

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'She should be alive today' — Harris spotlights woman's death to blast abortion bans and Trump
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ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris blasted Donald Trump as a threat to women's freedoms and their very lives, warning in a speech in the battleground state of Georgia on Friday that Republicans would continue to choke off access to abortion if he returns to the White House.
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The Nation's Weather
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,09/20/24-3:30AM , 114 Reads
The Nation's Weather for Saturday, September 21, 2024

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NATIONAL SUMMARY

Thunderstorms could cause damaging winds and hail from

southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas to eastern New

Mexico and the Texas Panhandle tomorrow. Flash flooding will
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Current Temp

84°F

Showers And Thunderstorms

Chance of Rain: 80%
Max Temp: 84°F
Min Temp: 69°F
Feels Like: 74°F
Dew Point: 71°F
Humidity: 97%
Sunrise: 6:01 AM
Sunset: 7:53 PM

Wind Speed: 5 to 10 mph
Wind Direction: SW
Wind Gust: 13 mph
Sky Cover: 70%
Visibility: 7 mi
Dew Point: 71°F
Moon Rise: 12:02 PM
Moon Set: NA

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny. High near 84, with temperatures falling to around 82 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

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