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Did the CIA use psychics to locate the Ark of the Covenant, one of the world’s holiest objects, lost for thousands of years?

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NEW YORK – An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday.

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Drawing on extensive fieldwork, Lukasik explores how American evangelical narratives of global Christian persecution have ...

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