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Maame Biney reacts after winning women’s 500-meter A final race during the U.S. Olympic short track speedskating trials Dec. 16, 2017, in Kearns, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer; caption amended by RNS)
Need to know: Thursday, February 15, 2018
First black female speedskater Maame Biney smiles because ‘God has blessed me’
After the Olympic trials, she posted on Instagram, “I want to start off by thanking God.”
‘A child of God is dead’: Ex-FBI agent breaks down on air over latest school shooting
"Cannot we acknowledge in this country that we cannot accept this?" he asked, choking back tears.
This Muslim artist is giving Valentine’s Day a subversive twist
One of the artist's cards reads, “I’d Never Muslim Ban You From My Heart."
Uber passenger allegedly pulled a gun on Sikh driver: ‘I hate turban people’
The driver, Gurjeet Singh, is a religious leader at a local Sikh temple and wears the traditional turban and long beard of men in the Sikh faith. (Subscription may be required)
Chile sex abuse victim’s credibility praised, challenged
“We’ve been giving this testimony for years and years, but finally it’s being heard,” Juan Carlos Cruz, the victim, said. “So when the pope says he needs evidence, he’s had it for a long time.”
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