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A U.S. healthcare worker who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus while treating patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo arrived in the United States on Saturday and was put in quarantine in Nebraska. from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2LFvby5

A progressive writer was frustrated last week after she discovered a simple search for “abortion” on YouTube yielded a series of pro-life video results. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2LEeIKu

Last week, a group of activists called for a police department to retract a Facebook post after it was deemed overly religious. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2Q7cyUd

Christian parents concerned over the recent moral downward spiral of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are now shunning the organization in favor of a faith-based alternative... from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2RrSJfm

A man suspected of gunning down a California policeman was in the U.S. illegally and was captured while planning to flee to his native Mexico, a sheriff announced as he all but blamed the state's sanctuary law for the officer's death. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2SplJBB

A free app developed by Texas-based Living Hope Ministries has been pulled from Apple following accusations that it falsely characterized LGBT lifestyles as an "addiction, sickness, and sin." from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2LGaVMA

Outrage over the way things are being handled at the US-Mexico border has sparked yet again due to the death of another young immigrant child. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2LCt8Lg

A severe winter blast is hitting the country right now, dropping more than a foot of snow in some areas of the Midwest. The storm stretches from Georgia to the New England states. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2LEFJNY

The festival, which dates back almost seven centuries, symbolizes Christ's triumph over sin. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2QSh26n

The partial governement shutdown, which began at midnight Friday, has left about 25 percent of the federal government closed, affecting an estimated 800,000 workers.  Since the shutdown fell over the weekend, and Monday and Tuesday were federal holidays, most government employees haven't felt the effects yet. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2rXKg4Q

A federal judge ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2LCGgzK

A South Carolina man says he used the $70 he gets each month in food stamps to cook a Christmas meal for his community. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2CyrPdk

Bahrain's high court upheld a five-year jail sentence against activist Nabeel Rajab on Monday for criticizing Saudi Arabia’s air strikes in Yemen and accusing Bahrain’s prison authorities of torture, his lawyer said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LGIVsj

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday he did not see any danger to the government in the coming months as it turns its efforts to new reforms after closing the budget for next year. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2SsesRl

Rescue services in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk scrambled to find survivors after a suspected gas blast in the early hours of Monday caused the partial collapse of a high rise apartment building, killing at least two people, news agencies reported. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LHqd3U

The main opposition camps in Congo's presidential election on Sunday complained of widespread irregularities after a chaotic vote disrupted by long queues, broken voting machines and torrential rain. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LH8JVk

Residents of an Ebola hotspot in eastern Congo staged a mock presidential election on Sunday to show the authorities a decision to postpone the vote there due to health fears was unfounded. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GZSpR1

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's alliance won Bangladesh's election with a thumping majority, the country's Election Commission said on Monday, giving her a third straight term following a vote that the opposition rejected as rigged. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EXeduH

China will kick off a year of sensitive anniversaries with a major speech on Wednesday by President Xi Jinping on Taiwan, China's most sensitive issue. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EXIysU

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a "conciliatory message" to U.S. President Donald Trump amid stalled nuclear negotiations, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on Monday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2RrPlAM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro told him that it was a matter of "when, not if" he moves his country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Q7V7mF

A senior Republican U.S. senator said he emerged from a White House meeting with President Donald Trump on Sunday reassured that Trump is committed to defeating Islamic State even as he plans to withdraw American troops from Syria. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EUsrLX

The number of British citizens applying for Irish passports rose by 22 percent in 2018, Ireland's foreign office said on Monday, more than doubling the total of annual applications since Britain voted to leave the European Union. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LETHPW

Acknowledging that her government disappointed many Germans in 2018, Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to pull the country together for 2019 with a call for solidarity and cooperation to overcome deep political divisions. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GMgV7V