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First She Survived Her Husband Stabbing Her 42 Times. Then She Survived the Louisiana Floods.

First She Survived Her Husband Stabbing Her 42 Times. Then She Survived the Louisiana Floods.

Deborah Harris was just getting her life back on track when horror struck for a second time in one year.

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They Loved the Church. They Loved Each Other More.

They Loved the Church. They Loved Each Other More.

For two Mormon men in love in southern Utah, the Church of Latter-day Saints' anti-LGBT policy was devastatin…

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The Link Between Natural Disasters and Domestic Abuse

The Link Between Natural Disasters and Domestic Abuse

“There are women who have successfully been hiding from an abuser who are now in a very exposed situation,” s…

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The Man Trying to Make New Orleans More Like Amsterdam

The Man Trying to Make New Orleans More Like Amsterdam

Meet David Waggonner: the urban and environmental architect who wants New Orleans to come to terms with the f…

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Inside The Lives Of Syria's Disappeared Citizens

Inside The Lives Of Syria's Disappeared Citizens

Syrian dentist Rania al-Abbasi, 45, and her six children were taken from their home in a Damascus suburb by g…

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Telling Crimea's Story Through Children's Books

Telling Crimea's Story Through Children's Books

Lily Hyde's stories blending Eastern European history, myth and geopolitics are grabbing the attention of rea…

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Nolan Wells' grieving parents speak at his funeral

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Lorena O'Neil OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. – On Monday, the family and friends of Mississippi teen Nolan Xavier Wells said their goodbyes and paid their respects at his funeral, held at Center Pointe Church in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Hundreds gathered at the church Monday morning, many wearing sky blue at the request of Wells' mother. Wells played for his high school football team, which wore the color blue. "Nolan had such a gentle, calming spirit about him.
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A photo of Nolan Wells at a pool party went viral. It's not from July 4

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Lorena O'Neil This past Sunday, a week after Mississippi teen Nolan Wells was found dead following a July 4th boat trip, a photo of the teenager went viral. Social media users circulated a photo of Wells in the middle of a group of people at a pool party that had been posted to Instagram by another young man on July 5. People who found the photo online assumed it had been taken the night before, when Wells went missing.
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What really happened in the last known video of Nolan Wells

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Lorena O'Neil A moment that started out as a disagreement between Tracestin Shepherd and his girlfriend has been at the center of a swirl of questions about the tragic death of 18-year-old Mississippi football player Nolan Wells . The video posted to social media of a group of young people seemingly in a heated altercation has been believed to be the last time Wells was pictured or heard on video before his disappearance and death, which has made national news.
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