Stories tagged with: videos

• Viral adoption video garners ABC's Persons of the Week

  by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, August 08, 2017 (7 years ago)

  

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  ROWLETT, Texas (BP) -- ABC's Persons of the Week are only a handful in -- well -- 7.5 billion residents worldwide. Enter Shane Pruitt, his wife Kasi, and their daughters jubilant at the unexpected introduction to the family's newly adopted baby girl, just one month old.

  The Pruitts, now a family of seven with three adoptees, caught the eye of ABC Nightly News Aug. 4 after the internet video of their daughter entering the family's home in Kasi's arms went viral. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: It started with a baby & a puppy

  by Rhonda Rhea , posted Wednesday, June 21, 2017 (7 years ago)

  Rhonda Rhea reflects on cute videos and other distractions. "But we do only live once here, YOLO as they say," she notes. "I think if someone translated 'YOLO' into Latin, it would be, 'carpe diem.' Every day is one that's begging to be seized." Read More

• Violence in the city of peace

  by Mike Edens, posted Thursday, December 03, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

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  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Arab-on-Jewish violence has re-erupted in and around Jerusalem in recent weeks. Is this something new? No; but then again, yes.

  There is something different in these acts. Many of the attacks are inspired by viral social media images rather than calls from religious or political groups. The weapon of choice for these daytime acts has generally been a knife rather than a gun. Read More

• PPFA change shows its guilt, pro-lifers say

  by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, October 14, 2015 (8 years ago)

  "It is time for the United States government to hold this predatory corporation accountable." -- Russell Moore

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Planned Parenthood's decision to forego federal reimbursements for fetal tissue donation serves as an admission of its guilt and should not halt the congressional effort to defund the organization, its critics say.

  The Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) announced Tuesday (Oct. 13) that none of its centers will accept federal reimbursement in the future for expenses accrued in ... Read More

• Planned Parenthood videos divide House panel

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, September 10, 2015 (9 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Republicans and Democrats remained far apart not only on the abortion issue but on the evidence for the grisly, maybe illegal trafficking practices of the country's largest abortion provider during the first of a two-part House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday (Sept. 9).

  Republican leaders scheduled the hearing on whether Planned Parenthood clinics are violating federal laws in providing fetal tissue for research after the release of nine undercover videos since mid-July that have included discussions by Planned ... Read More

• Planned Parenthood protest includes seminary contingent

  by James A. Smith Sr. , posted Monday, August 24, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Photo by James A. Smith Sr.

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Students, faculty and staff from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary bolstered 500 pro-life protesters at Louisville's Planned Parenthood office Aug. 22, part of a nationwide effort in 320 cities to bring public attention to the nation's leading abortion provider in the wake of undercover videos released since July by the Center for Medical Progress.

  The protest was part of a nationwide effort in 320 cities to bring public attention to the nation's leading abortion provider in the wake of eight undercover videos ... Read More