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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is expected to submit plans for its new ballroom to a planning commission this month, the presidentially appointed head of the panel said Thursday. “Once plans are submitted, that’s really when the role of this commission, and its professional staff, will begin,” Will Scharf, chair of the National Capital Planning Commission, said at its monthly meeting. The 90,000-square-foot ballroom will dwarf the main White […]

DETROIT (AP) — RoboCop has finally found a permanent home in Detroit. A statue looming 11 feet tall (3.3 meters) and weighing 3,500 pounds (1,587 kilograms) has been drawing fans since it began standing guard over the Motor City on Wednesday afternoon, after about 15 years in the making. Even in a snowstorm in the dark, people were driving by to see it, said Jim Toscano, co-owner of the FREE […]

(SRNN NEWS)-Jack Hibbs leads California’s Calvary Chapel Chino Hills and he says the surge in anti-Semitism seen around the world is a sign of the End Times.  Hibbs tells CBN “The Bible tells, both in Ezekiel and in Zechariah, that in the last days, the world will turn against Israel.”  He goes on to predict that President Trump’s peace plan for Gaza will fail as a preamble to the rise of the […]

(SRN NEWS)-According to a report by political analyst Ryan Burge of Washington University, 28% of U.S. military personnel go to church at least once a week and 17% go even more frequently.  Compare that to 16% and 7% for civilians.  That makes men and women in uniform about twice as religious as the general population.  Burge also points out that while the country is becoming more secular, the military is becoming MORE […]

(SRN NEWS)-The Pew Research Center poll reveals that most African-Americans are self-described Christians —  73%.  However, like so many other demographic groups, religious affiliation is on the decline.  The Pew study also finds that black people are more religious than all other races:  58% African-Americans say that faith is very important in their life, compared to 35% of White Americans and 40% of Hispanics. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter will sit out the game on Monday against the host Los Angeles Chargers after undergoing a procedure earlier this week to repair his shoulders, ESPN reported on Thursday. Per the report, Carter is considered week-to-week and wanted to get the procedure completed to enable him to be as close to 100 percent as possible for the playoff run for the Eagles (8-4). Carter, 24, […]

A strong quarter at Build-A-Bear Workshop in a bounce back year for the retailer was overshadowed by the growing weight of tariffs in an ongoing trade war waged by President Donald Trump. The mall staple was able to get ahead of tariff impacts during the first half of the year through preemptive actions, Chief Financial Officer Voin Todorovic said in a statement Thursday, but the levies caught up to the […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s government on Thursday retracted a terror designation for Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and Yemen’s Houthi rebels, just weeks after imposing the measure it now says was a mistake. The government’s retraction came hours after reports first circulated about the designation, which was an error made “before reviewing,” according to a statement. The initial decision, published in the official Iraqi gazette on Nov. 17, had placed the […]

ROME (AP) — Creative director Dario Vitale is leaving Italian fashion brand Versace only eight months after he was appointed, the company said in a statement Thursday. Vitale’s exit comes just two days after Prada Group finalized its $1.375 billion cash acquisition of Versace, starting a new era for the brand. “We would like to sincerely thank Dario for his outstanding contribution to the development of the brand’s creative strategy […]