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Roland Sondia, 54, stands next to the statue of Saint John Paul II in Hagatna, Guam on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo said Friday he signed a bill that would lift the statute of limitations on child sex abuse charges for civil cases, a move that Catholic leaders say could bankrupt the church in the largely Catholic U.S. territory. Sondia, who earlier this year publicly accused Archbishop Anthony Apuron of molesting him when he was a 15-year-old altar boy, said he would now file a lawsuit. (AP Photo/Grace Garces Bordallo)
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Protesters gather in Charlotte, N.C. on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. The curfew has ended for Friday in Charlotte following a night of mostly peaceful protests of the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by an officer. Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts issued the curfew order Thursday night, to be in effect from midnight until 6 a.m. each day that the state of emergency continues. (Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
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Charlotte police encountering protesters earlier in the week. Associated Press photo
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Independent conservative candidate Evan McMullin declared his intent to run for the White House in August. (Image from Evan McMullin)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, file photo, Haitian national Carole Manigat, left, holds her daughter Hadassa Carole Albert as she waits for her turn to fill out temporary protective status papers at Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Church in the Little Haiti neighborhood in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers begin to move protesters down a street in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
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Protesters surround a police vehicle in Charlotte, N.C. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. Authorities used tear gas to disperse protesters in an overnight demonstration that broke out Tuesday after Keith Lamont Scott was fatally shot by an officer at an apartment complex. (Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
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A Victorinox Swiss Army knife. (Wikipedia)
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Protesters surround a police vehicle in Charlotte, N.C. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. Authorities used tear gas to disperse protesters in an overnight demonstration that broke out Tuesday after Keith Lamont Scott was fatally shot by an officer at an apartment complex. (Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
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Misty Plowright, a transgender woman running as a Democrat for Congress in Colorado, was the Secular Coalition for America's "candidate of the week." She said, "Freedom and equality for all belief are of the utmost importance to me." (Associated Press)
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Tunisian police are on constant alert for terrorism because of the number of young people who are lured in by the Islamic State and return to carry out jihad. Analysts say part of the problem is the economy, combined with a religious vacuum and sense of despair. (Associated Press)
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A man walks past the Salt Lake Temple, a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at Temple Square, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, in Salt Lake City. The Pew Research Center survey found that just under half of Mormon registered voters, 48 percent, describe themselves as Republican this year. That's down from 61 percent four years ago when Mitt Romney was the party's presidential nominee. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Illustration on the Papal view of materialism, religious ideology and violence by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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The Al Khalil mosque is just one of 24 centers of Muslim worship in Molenbeek, Belgium. Although most of the imams reject extremism and the lure of the Islamic State, local officials say jihadi recruiters linger on the periphery of several of the mosques. (Associated Press)
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Trade Bell Rings True Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Lahouaiej-Bouhlel drove a truck through a Bastille Day crowd, killing 86. Authorities say he had traded text messages with Islamic State followers during the planning. (Associated Press)
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Pro-Europe protesters take part in a March for Europe rally from Park Lane to Parliament Square, in London, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016. Thousands of protesters rallied in London and other British cities Saturday to oppose the country's plan to leave the European Union. The "March for Europe" protesters are demanding a "pause" in the Brexit process and a continuation of close cultural and economic ties with Europe. (Chris Radburn/PA via AP)
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Confusion remains amid sectarian, ethnic and religious rivalries as to who will take control of Mosul after Iraqi and American forces liberate the city from Islamic State. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on a Christian answer to the BSA by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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"The phrases 'religious liberty' and 'religious freedom' will stand for nothing except hypocrisy so long as they remain code words for discrimination, intolerance, racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, Christian supremacy or any form of intolerance," said Martin R. Castro, a Chicago Democrat named U.S. Commission on Civil Rights chairman by President Obama in 2011. (LinkedIn)
