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Fortis News with Jimmy Hicks
Fortis News with Jimmy Hicks
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Fortis News delivers daily updates on the most relevant headlines from a biblical perspective. Tune in for a thoughtful approach to current events, designed to keep you both informed and spiritually grounded.
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• Woman testifies social media harmed her childhood
• Young families increasingly relocating to red states
• California protester threatens anti-gender-surgery activist
• Repeat offender charged in Fairfax County murder
• Wyoming court strikes down two pro-life laws
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• Western nations now just 8% of global births
• BC trustee fined $750K for speech
• U.S. monitors threats after Iran strikes
• NYC mayor defends Iran, draws backlash
• Tennessee abortion bill alarms pro-lifers
• Nashville teacher denied religious accommodation
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• Iran confirmed Khamenei dead.
• Ohio’s First District Court of Appeals struck down the fetal cremation law.
• The 5th Circuit cleared Texas to fine venues for sexually oriented shows near minors.
• NYC landlords accuse Mamdani housing official of smearing property owners as “white supremacist.”
• Barna found 30% of adults say AI spiritual advice is as trustworthy as a pastor’s
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• Block cuts 4,000 workers; stock surges
• Judge blocks deportations to undisclosed countries
• Florida Democrat attacks Kirk during memorial
• Don Lemon sued for church disruption
• 60 Minutes segment highlights South African violence
• McDonald's pulls food from German Ramadan ads
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• Chloe Cole Act targets minor gender procedures
• Vanderbilt halts gender surgeries amid scrutiny
• Tennessee bill classifies abortion as murder
• Canada's Bill C-9 threatens faith communities
• Girl beaten over ICE career comment
• NYC promotes Pre-K enrollment for illegal immigrants
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• NYC hikes snow worker wages to $30
• Mississippi bill makes mailed abortion pills felony
• Louisiana challenges FDA's mail-order mifepristone rules
• Alabama leads 20 states pressuring AMA on gender medicine
• Canadian teachers fired for Christian beliefs fight back
• Berkeley prof tells Christians to repent Trump votes
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• California sues feds over gender notification
• Alberta father gets light stabbing sentence
• Uber permanently bans violent felon drivers
• Winnipeg shelves protest ban after challenge
• NYC mayor demands ID for snow volunteers
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• NYC mayor eyes 9.5% property tax hike
• Virginia raises minimum wage to $15
• FBI docs allege Virginia senator sold pardons
• NJ teacher sentenced 10 years for student assault
• CBO projects U.S. population peaks, then shrinks
• UK court upholds biological definition of woman
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• Australia fines crime victims for thief's traffic violation
• West Virginia bans NewsGuard-style media monitoring contracts
• Schumer pushes bill to federalize Pride flag status
• Wyoming pro-life amendment fails by single vote
• Minnesota geography teacher screens anti-ICE propaganda
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• SC bills target abortion from conception onward
• FDA mifepristone review yields no progress
• Georgetown paper demands pro-life conference canceled
• Australian judge calls convicted rapist "wonderful"
• ICE local agreements surge 950% under Trump
• U.S. troops deploy to aid Nigeria against Islamists
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• Transgender shooter kills two at Rhode Island rink
• U.S. births drop 24,000; all states below replacement
• DOT mandates merit-based airline pilot hiring
• Army paid $1.7M to Brotherhood-linked shell company
• School board targets parents of conservative students
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• Chinese spy sentenced for CCP local election interference
• Plastic surgeons recommend age 19 for gender surgeries
• Czech minister corrects Clinton on gender, live
• Utah bill protects students from ideological assignments
• San Francisco reparations fund hit with federal lawsuit
• Swiss voters weigh 10 million population cap
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• Trump removes pride flag from Stonewall Monument
• Don Lemon charged for church invasion
• Woke lawfare bypasses democratic process entirely
• Colorado introduces full prostitution legalization bill
• UK waters down gender-confused children protections
• Canadian bishops oppose euthanasia mental illness expansion
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• BC mass shooting kills ten, pronouns debated
• NYT admits marijuana legalization predictions failed
• Canada's hard drug experiment declared disaster
• AMA courses push equity over clinical training
• Abortion consortium secretly disposed of baby remains
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• DEI judge slashes unrepentant rapist's sentence
• Texas Democrat urges minority national takeover
• Oregon teen plotted ICE agent assassinations
• Minnesota woman jailed for SNAP fraud
• New Hampshire governor vetoes women's sports bill
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• Bad Bunny halftime show triggers Congressional probe
• Male athlete dominates California girls' track
• Swedish trans skier competes in women's event
• Wisconsin high school hosts student drag show
• Biological male wins Australian beauty pageant
• Canadian man euthanized despite not being terminal
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• Pentagon cuts Harvard military education partnership
• Notre Dame promotes abortion advocate leader
• Canada pushes bill criminalizing religious speech
• Judge blocks California anti-ICE mask law
• Musk offers Epstein survivors legal support
• Canada approves unlabeled genetically modified pork
• Ring ad reveals AI surveillance reach
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• UC Irvine finds climate reducing nitrous oxide
• Olympic athletes express mixed feelings representing America
• Minneapolis yoga studio pressured over ICE signage
• Teen arrested threatening school over ICE walkout
• Democrats oppose voter ID despite overwhelming support
• Corporations retreat from youth gender medical interventions
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• Florida church barred from using its property
• India records highest Christian persecution violence
• Somali converts flee under death threat
• Trump proclaims National School Choice Week
• Pakistani Christian burned by Muslim neighbor
• Notre Dame appoints pro-abortion professor
• Canadian Conservatives reject parental rights motion
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• HHS rescinds Biden-era pharmacy abortion mandate
• Planned Parenthood drops defunding challenge lawsuit
• Costa Rica elects pro-life president Fernández
• Canada seeks warrantless internet cutoff powers
• Canadian man euthanized for loneliness
• Clintons agree to Epstein investigation testimony
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