Nearly 400 people cheered, hugged and cried Friday as dirt and confetti flew through the air to mark the groundbreaking of Mercy Culture Church’s 100-bed human trafficking victim shelter. The shelter, ...

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Mercy Culture, the church last seen building a controversial shelter to help survivors of sex trafficking, is known for literally demonizing its critics, referring to its opponents on what was ...

North Texas house District 93 Rep. Nate Schatzline voted against a bill closing a loophole that allows 16-year-olds in Texas to get married if they are legally emancipated from their parents. Noah ...