She posted a video on Twitter at the time in which she told fans that she was postponing the tour because "there's been a sudden change".
"I thought it was important that you be the first to know," she said, adding: "Please, if you can try and understand that it's important that I do this now."
As Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to make headlines--good and bad--his campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, is by his side through it all.
CBN's Jenna Browder recently spoke with Conway, who shared her thoughts on the state of the campaign, media bias, and most importantly, her faith.
"My faith journey started the day I was born… because I was born into a very religious family where God and faith in country and family were always most important to us," she told CBN News.
Conway, whose father left when she was a toddler, was raised by a single mother.
"And my mom was one of four girls. She was the youngest of four sisters and everything that we did we always evoked God," she shared. "We always said a blessing to those in need, bowed our heads and got on our knees to pray."
So how has this campaign tested Conway's faith?
"If my faith has been tested at all it's really been that he's (Trump) really treated very unfairly and I think that he is persecuted in a way that is incredibly unfair and out of proportion," she told CBN News.
"The media suffers from a lack of portion control when it comes to negative slop being thrown toward Donald Trump," she continued. "And that's unfortunate because I believe the voters deserve to have a free and open press and I believe the voters expect and indeed merit a real conversation on the issues."
Speaking of the media, Kate McKinnon recently portrayed Conway in an SNL skit.
"She's got Kellyanne Conway down pretty well!" Conway laughed. "I've had a bad hair life, not a bad hair day. It's not my greatest asset."
"That's okay," she added. "I've got other skills and gifts. So she does play that pretty well and I thought that 'Kellyanne's Day Off' was done pretty affectionately."
"I know it's supposed to be a zinger or two but it was done pretty affectionately and flatteringly," Conway said. "I would just invite Kate McKinnon to come visit our crazy household sometime so she could see for herself."
When she's not on the campaign trail, Conway and her husband are busy raising four kids – all under the age of 12.
So, given her own home life, what's it like dealing with the large Trump clan?
"The Trump family, they're just an amazing group of people," Conway told CBN News. "They're an amazing family - so cohesive, so supportive of each other and so very much the product of their father and certainly their mothers, but so much the product of their father."
"So come Nov. 9, no matter what happens with the election, what's next for you?" Browder asked Conway.
"Oh, well, we're going to win," she replied. "I will be honored if Donald J. Trump and Mike Pence ask me to help form their government, help form their administration, and I would feel called to serve in that capacity, of course."
For now, however, she has her hands full guiding Team Trump as best she can to win The White House.
In a Facebook post that included pictures, the singer, known simply as “Carman,” wrote, "With God's grace, coupled with your prayers and support, I won my war and today I'm 100 percent cancer-free. But the pictures you see are those in the thick of their battle. My campaign on GoFundMe is simply called 'A Night of Victory.' Backstage after every concert I personally give a special Prayer Bear to those in cancer treatment right now."
Carman also encouraged fans to help him support others who continue to battle cancer.
"Our concerts and tours have an added dimension of hope and healing that we've never had before. But I need your donations and support to keep going," he said. "People come to these concerts with their faith held high, believing for a miraculous touch from God. And they aren't disappointed. Please open your heart right now to help me bring this 'Night of Victory' to these precious people who need this event."
The singer stressed the importance and power of prayer, and wrote, "Please allow the Lord to guide you as to what you will do. Plant an awesome seed for God to bless the harvest your believing for today."
Outspoken Christian rap artist Lecrae wrote an open letter to Huffington Post where he expressed all his frustrations with humanity, being misunderstood, critics, and navigating through culture.
The piece, ”The Pains of Humanity Have Been Draining Me,” is a deep and honest revelation into Lecrae’s heart. The artist gets about personal about his feelings as he’s ever done before and tries to paint a picture of some of the noise going on his head.
“I navigate different cultures daily, and I understand how people can make false assumptions because of their lack of interaction with the cultures I find myself in,” he wrote about critical people online. “But if they don’t frequent these spaces much, how can they rush to judgment?”
This statement is no doubt in response to Lecrae’s convictions on speaking out about racial injustice, taking a social stance on many topics, and even weaving his way through Christian and mainstream media.
“I hit a serious low on tour at one point; I was done with American Christian culture,” he admitted. “No voice of my own. No authenticity. I was a puppet. I’d seen so much fakeness from those who claimed to be my brothers and sisters that I didn’t even know how to talk to my Heavenly Father.”
He said while at that low point all of the widely publicized incidents concerning Eric Garner, Mike Brown, and others began to take a toll on him.
“As I shared my heart, my supporters turned on me even more—fans and friends. There was no empathy. Though some comments were just evil and hurtful, others were steeped in ignorance and lack of perspective.”
Lecrae then shared his experiences with law enforcement that his brought him to think there needs to be a fix in the “flawed” system. While he has great respect for the many men in uniform, he wants there to be change.
The emcee then spoke about why he says “Black Lives Matter” but doesn’t necessarily endorse the “organization.”
He went further and broke down some of the arguments people throw at him, such as “whining” about the past.
“If you enslave and torture a people for 400 years, tell them they are free but torture them another 100 years, and then kind of give them rights begrudgingly 50 years ago, how can you expect zero systemic effects?” he wrote.
“You can’t wipe away a 500-year trauma in 50 years.”
Lecrae said he’s not “mad at white people” but rather disparaged that these problems still exists.
He revealed that over the last year all of these situations have caused him to become depressed and question who he is. “That’s where I found myself. And that’s where God found me. I’m only one man. I stress MAN. Human. Fallible. Fallen. Susceptible. Vulnerable.”
He continued, “But I’m working on me. Well, God is. And as He is, I hope for grace and mercy and prayers from all those who really care.”
Singer Janet Jackson and her husband, Wissam al-Mana, are expecting their first child (Getty Image)
Singer Janet Jackson has officially confirmed she is expecting her first child, at the age of 50.
She told People magazine: "We thank God for our blessing", and posed for a picture with her growing baby bump.
Speculation about her pregnancy surfaced in April when she postponed her 'Unbreakable' tour, saying she wanted to focus on planning a family with her husband, Wissam al-Mana.
She was recently spotted in London shopping for baby essentials.
The People magazine quoted a source close to the Jackson family as saying: "She is super excited about her pregnancy and is doing extremely well. She actually feels very good about everything."
Janet Jackson announced in April she was delaying her world tour to plan a family (JANET JACKSON/@TWITTER)
In a video posted on Twitter in April, she told her fans that she was postponing her world tour because "there's been a sudden change".
"I thought it was important that you be the first to know. My husband and I are planning our family," she said, adding: "Please if you can try and understand that its important that I do this now."
She went on to say: "I have to rest up, doctor's orders."
Andy Mineo as of late released a music video for his song "Hear My Heart," which is devoted to his sister Grace and features sign language and visual music signs.
Recently, on Instagram he posted her reaction after she viewed the video for the first time.
Sam Hemming's parents were prepared to pull her off life support after she suffered from a deadly head injury. But a simple wiggle of the toe changed all of that.
Sam Hemmings was a normal 22-year old when a horrendous car accident left her fighting for her life. The impact of the crash broke four bones in her spine and took her left ear off.
The prognosis was dim. Doctors diagnosed her brain dead with no chance of survival.
Surgeons operated on Sam around the clock and put her in a medically induced coma for 19 days. When her condition did not improve, doctors said the only choice was to pull her off life support.
"They usually give a patient three attempts to see if they can breathe on their own before switching off," Sam's mom Carol told Unilad News.
The physicians got no response the first couple of tries but then a miracle happened.
"Before they switched it off for a final time her big toe wiggled." Mrs. Hemming said. "She had literally come back from the dead. If she hadn't wiggled her toe she wouldn't be here today."
Sam continues to defy medicine.
Eight weeks after wiggling her toe, she is now walking and talking.
"When I look at the pictures of me in the coma it seems unreal and when I hear that my toe saved me it's amazing," Sam said.
Six-year-old Jacob Hall, a boy who was critically wounded after a teenage gunman opened fire at a South Carolina elementary, died Saturday.
Jacob had been fighting for his life since late Thursday after a bullet struck him in a main artery in his leg, causing a major brain injury due to the loss of blood.
He was airlifted to Greenville Health System, where doctors worked around the clock to stabilize him.
"Jacob was a tremendous fighter but was unable to overcome the catastrophic blood loss and resulting cardiopulmonary arrest caused when the bullet hit his femoral artery," Dr. Keith Webb, Jacob's physician at Greenville Health System Children's Hospital said in a statement Saturday. "We grieve for the loss of this little boy and pray for his family as they work through this extraordinarily difficult time."
Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore announced that Jacob died this afternoon at 12:56 p.m.
Statement from Jacob's Family
Jacob's parents, Renae and Rodger Hall, released a statement Saturday after his death:
“Our son, Jacob Hall, who was shot at Townville Elementary School on Wednesday, died today surrounded by family at Greenville Health System Children’s Hospital. Jacob came into our lives six years and four months ago and changed it completely. He showed us how to love, laugh and smile even on days we did not want to. God gave him to us and he was taken away from us by a senseless act. We know that Jacob has already forgiven this child for what he did to him and his family because that's the kind of child he was. Jacob was sent to this earth for this short a period of time to show us that there is such a thing as pure love. Jacob is in heaven with God now and everyone who loves him. Words cannot express how much we will miss him.
We want to express our thanks and appreciation to the community for the outpouring of love and support. We also want to thank the doctors and nurses at GHS Children’s Hospital, who did everything in their power to try to save Jacob, and to Ms. Hollingsworth, who put her life on the line to try to protect and save Jacob. We also want to thank Preacher Blizzard and the staff of Oakdale Baptist Church, the Townville Rescue Squad, Townville Fire Department, Fire Chief Billy McAdams and all of the first responders. This is an extremely difficult time for our family, and we ask for privacy as we continue to grieve the loss of our beloved son. Funeral arrangements will be shared on Monday.”
#PrayersforJacob
Friends, family, and people all over social media have been praying for Jacob to recover from his injuries and using the hashtag #PrayersforJacob to raise awareness.
A GoFundMe page started by a family friend raised more than $125,000 in donations since it went up Wednesday night.
State Rep. Alan Clemmons, who earlier this week posted about Jacob's condition on social media, said "Thank you, America, for your prayers for Jacob during the past few days."
Jacob's parents, along with his seven siblings hadn't left his side since he was wounded.
"Jacob was going to do great things, and because of a senseless crime that nobody will probably ever really know why, that little life is cut short," his great-aunt Rebecca Hunnicutt told WYFF before his death. "Jacob is one of these kids that you'd swear was carved out of cream cheese. He is as beautiful on the inside as he is on the out."
The 14-year-old accused of the shooting was charged as a juvenile Friday with murder and three counts of attempted murder.
Authorities have not released a motive for the shooting.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte contrasted himself with Adolph Hitler Friday, tightening up his brutal talk against drug dealers and users and resisting worldwide criticism of his nation's bloody war on drugs.
Speaking in his hometown in southern Davao city, he said that he has been "portrayed or pictured to be a cousin of Hitler" and then announced "Hitler massacred 3 million Jews... there's 3 million drug addicts. There are, I'd be happy to slaughter them."
Historians say Nazis working under Hitler murdered 6 million Jews before and amid WWII. Duterte was alluding to a Philippine government assessment of drug addicts in the country.
Duterte attested that his objectives are "all criminals" and that killing them would "finish the (drug) problem of my country and save the next generation from perdition."
Duterte took office June 30 after a overwhelming victory in May's presidential race. Amid his campaign he guaranteed to end illegal drugs, corruption and crime.
Since the vote, Duterte has begun a crackdown that has killed more than 3,000 suspected drug dealers and users. Seven hundred thousand others have surrendered.
Duterte's supporters and many Filipinos frustrated with growing crime have welcomed his tough approach but international criticism is deepening.
Today, governments and human rights watch groups have been quick to condemn Duterte's comments. Germany's government called them unacceptable and called in the Philippine ambassador to the Foreign Ministry over the matter.
Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, called them "revolting" and demanded a retraction and an apology.
Phil Robertson, Asia deputy director for Human Rights Watch, said it was baffling why anyone would want to compare themselves to "one of the largest mass murderers in human history."
Amnesty International urged governments around the world to condemn Duterte's "extremely dangerous outburst."
The United States has not yet responded to his comments Friday but its criticism over his government's widespread killings and human rights violations in recent months have increased tensions between the two longtime allies.
Six-year-old Jacob Lobby is a happy, God-fearing kid who might pray each night for others.
Presently, his friends and family are returning the favor
According to the Greenville News in South Carolina, they assembled to pray to God for him - as he stays in a coma in the emergency unit.
His family issued an announcement late Thursday saying that Jacob was "fighting for his life" and had sustained a "major brain injury due to the amount of blood he lost after being shot in the leg."
Authorities say Jacob, alongside another student and a teacher, were injured when an adolescent shooter opened fire at Townville Primary School on Wednesday.
Gerald Gambrell, one of Jacob's older brothers, said "we're waiting and hoping for a miracle." He added that "the power of prayer can uplift so many things.... We just ask everybody to keep praying."
A sign in a nearby diner resounded the feelings of the community: "Pray for Jacob. Pray for Townville."
His story has caught the attention of social media. #PrayersForJacob is trending on Twitter. A GoFundMe page started by a family friend is nearing $100,000 in gifts since it went up Wednesday night.
State Rep. Alan Clemmons, who is a friend of the family, said in a broadly shared Facebook post that a "bullet ripped through little Jacob's femoral artery... he died twice, and was revived during medical transport and again during surgery... Please join me in fervent prayer for little Jacob's recovery."
A 14-year-old South Carolina boy was charged as a juvenile on Friday with three counts of attempted murder. He is also accused of killing his father.
Authorities have not released a motive.
Full Statement from Jacob's family:
As you all know, our nephew Jacob Hall was one of the victims in the senseless shooting at Townville Elementary Wednesday afternoon. The support and love that has been shown by the entire state has been overwhelming and very much appreciated.
Jacob is a very sick little boy and is fighting for his life. Due to the massive blood loss, he has sustained a major brain injury. Jacob is in very critical condition, and we are hanging on every second.
Please continue to pray for Jacob and the other victims of this horrible, senseless act. Thank you all for respecting our family as we prepare for the days ahead.
We want to give special thanks to the doctors and nurses and to Travis Page for starting the GoFundMe page so Jacob's family can spend every moment they can with him. We also want to thank Pastor David Blizzard and Associate Pastor Tim Marcengill with Oakdale Baptist Church.
God Bless You All, The Bridges, Gambrell and Hall families
Mariam Usman finishes 8th in the Weightlifting at Rio Olympics
Even before she left the shores of Nigeria for Brazil, Mariam Usman knew that winning a medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics would be a tough call. She would not pretend to be a magician nor claim perfection where there is none. Usman believes one can only reap where one sows.
Commonwealth medallist in the +75kg in weightlifting says she has lost the urge to represent Nigeria at international events. Mariam was the only weightlifter that represented Nigeria here in Rio. She competed in the +75 category and amassed 265 kg. She finished 8th in her group.
“It is painful to come to the Olympics and see people who are your contemporaries perform better than you; not because you lack the ability but because you were not prepared like them,” she said, while speaking to reporters at the Games Village, here in Rio.
“For me, it is not just about jumping unto the plane every four years to go to the Olympics. Every athlete you see here wants to step on the podium. If you can’t aim to climb up there, you have no business coming to the Olympics. I can only consider going to another Olympics if things change for the better.
But if the status quo is maintained, I don’t think I will go to another Olympics again.” She said training for the Rio Olympics was non-existent while her counterparts from other countries who are competing here in Brazil have been training for three to four years. “Olympic gold medal doesn’t come cheap.
It is painful that one has to suffer and when competition comes they expect you to win a medal with your blood. “The people you have to compete with had everything they needed: training grants, competitions and are exposed to the most modern equipment.
I had nothing. You don’t expect such people who have invested so much to lose to one who don’t even train adequately.” The African champion said before the 2012 Olympics, she had better training than she did under the current dispensation. “Yes, I feel 2012 was better. I had better training and my result was better. This time nothing was done to better one’s performance.”
74-year General Overseer of the Redeemed Christen Church of God (RCCG) Pastor E A Adeboye has said that he meant every-word he said about marriage during the recently concluded RCCG 64th annual convention.
Adeboye, who evidently was reacting to reactions that trailed his warnings to the youths of the church at RCCG 64th annual convention also said that his words are not for everyone. Adeboye wrote on his face book page on Wednesday ”Everything I said about marriage I meant it.
That is for everybody. Just like living holy and making sure you make heaven.” Adeboye, worried about various reports of arranged marriages among brethren at 64th annual convention of the church which took place between 1st — 7th of August warned that ”no RCCG pastor should be seen to be involved in arranging marriages among brethren in the church.
Pastor Adeboye who had earlier counselled the youths of the church on marriage, further warned saying “don’t ever marry outside the church and you have no reason to marry outside RCCG. “Don’t marry a girl simply because she can sing! “In the choir there are some people that can sing but they are fallen angels! Marry a prayer warrior! If a girl cannot pray for one hour, don’t marry her.
“Don’t marry a girl who is lazy! Don’t marry a girl who cannot cook, she needs to know how to do chores and cook because you cannot afford to be eating out all the time. “Don’t marry a girl who is worldly! If you do, you have carried what you’ll worship for the rest of your life!”
"When I was 13, I looked like I was 21 or 22." (Youtube)
“My childhood from as early as I can remember was abuse. If I could sum it up, mental, emotional, spiritual, sexual abuse.”
Anneshia Freeman had an absent father and a mother with paranoid schizophrenia.
“I started developing a belief system that, compared to other people, there was something wrong with me,” she tells The 700 Club.
Because of her mental illness, Anneshia’s mother forced her children to read the Bible and pray on their knees for hours on end.
“I had a personal relationship with God, but it was distorted. I had asked God to come into my heart when I was seven or eight. I told my mom and I was so happy, but she was a religious fanatic. She operated out of a legalistic concept of God. It was a conditional relationship, and I had to be perfect. By the time I became an adolescent, I was like, ‘Why even try?’”
By high school, Anneshia found solace in drugs and alcohol. Her grades dropped as she looked for way to pay for her addictions.
“When I was 13, I looked like I was 21 or 22. I resembled an adult woman. I didn’t really think I was prostituting then, but it was. I was exchanging sexual favors for drugs and alcohol.”
Anneshia ran from her home life after her high school graduation.
“I was living in Chicago when my addiction kicked into high gear. I had been smoking marijuana, drinking alcohol, and occasionally snorting cocaine. I stopped paying bills. All of my money started going towards cocaine. Eventually my job sent me to rehab. I had to admit I had a problem, but I came home and got high the day after rehab,” she says. “The addiction got so bad, and I went back to Detroit. That’s when I got introduced to the crack cocaine subculture, and I started hanging out in the crack houses.”
She stayed on the streets for 12 years, the victim of physical beatings and rapes.
“I could see evil. I met evil there. I knew evil existed, but in those crack dens, I saw evil in an entirely different light. There were so many times when I had pistols to my head literally -- pistols to my head of somebody who had their hands around my throat choking me. That goes along with prostituting, living and being in crack houses, and owing ‘dope boys’ money.”
She continues, “I felt convicted. I knew that some of the things that I was engaging in were an abomination to God. I knew that but I had to have the drugs.”
Anneshia could not handle her life of addiction anymore. She went outside to the nearest bus stop.
“I had no plans to get on that bus. I was going to commit suicide. I had a made up mind, and I was timing my leap into the street. A gentleman walked up behind me and stopped and said, ‘Don’t you dare give up.’ I believe that man was an angel. I don’t know if he was or if he was just somebody used right then in that point, because I was getting ready to leave here.
“I was like, wow! You mean, there’s a God out there that cared whether or not a prostitute and crack addict is getting ready to take her life and He would speak to me through somebody who didn’t know me and didn’t know what I was about to do?”
Shortly after that day at the bus stop, Anneshia made the decision to let God change her life.
“I was walking away from a crack motel, and I heard God say in my spirit, ‘Choose you this day who you will serve.’ It was like not only had God shown me Himself, but He had shown me Satan’s kingdom uncut and raw. I knew right then in my spirit if I didn’t leave at that particular moment, I would die there. That was August 7, 2000, and I have not used another drug, any type of mood-altering substance, including alcohol. I haven’t used anything since that day.”
Anneshia started going to church and completed several addiction programs.
She says, “The cross means so much to me. It means that I have access now. When He died, He let me know, ‘I love you even though you sin. I don’t love your sin, but I love you’ and He saved me. He’s given me a life that is beyond anything I could have imagined.”
In the last ten years, Anneshia has completed three degrees, including an MBA. Today, she is a certified addictions counselor and has developed a city-wide program to help prostitutes get off the streets.
“God has given me this gift,” she says. “He has set me free, and he’s using me to help other women. So it’s amazing. I would say that if you think you’re too far gone. That is a lie straight from the put of hell. No matter what you have done. God can turn your life around, and He’s not going to just turn it around a little bit. He can turn it all around until you don’t even recognize your life.”
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Former Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu was Nigeria's hero with two late goals in the semi-final win over Brazil
On 3 August 1996, Nigeria made history as the first African nation to become Olympic football champions at the Atlanta Games.
For Taribo West, the former Auxerre, AC Milan and Inter Milan defender, that 3-2 triumph over Argentina in the final is still fresh in his memory.
"The Olympics in 1996 is one of the most fantastic periods in my career," West reminisces to BBC Sport.
"We had a team that could match any in the world."
Nigeria's results at 1996 Olmypics:
Grp D: 1-0 Hungary
Quarter-final: 2-0 Mexico
Grp D: 2-0 Japan
Semi-final: 4-3 Brazil (aet)
Grp D: 0-1 Brazil
Final: 3-2 Argentina
West says the build-up to the Games, under the guidance of Dutch coach Jo Bonfrere, was ideal despite being beaten by Togo, in Lagos, in their final pre-Olympic friendly before travelling to the USA.
"Before the Olympics, we were well prepared in the USA. We were not distracted by the usual things we encounter back home in Nigeria, where family and friends can come and visit us in camp," he remembers.
"We were in a very remote place and we were very focused on the task at hand. Jo Bonfrere's preparation of the team was excellent."
After their opening 1-0 win over Hungary and a subsequent 2-0 victory over Japan, the West Africans lost 1-0 to Brazil in their final Group D match in Orlando, Florida.
With a 2-0 win over Mexico in the quarter-finals, the "Dream Team", as the Nigerians were nicknamed back home, collided with the Brazilians once again, in what was an epic semi-final.
The 31 July encounter is one that West, renowned for his dreadlocks and robust defending, will never forget.
Since wining gold at the 1996 Olympics Nigeria claimed silver at the 2008 Games in Beijing
After going 3-1 down in the first half, with Brazil's Flavio Conceicao scoring in the game's very first minute, the Nigerians were in a particularly tough spot.
"We knew that in the first half of that game, we had played very poorly," West admitted.
"But the key to our comeback in the second half was our extraordinary determination.
"The voice of the leaders came up in the dressing room. We won that match in the dressing room.
"Fortunately, we had Daniel Amokachi, Sunday Oliseh and Uche Okechukwu. It was a big advantage for us."
Victor Ikpeba, the AS Monaco striker who was voted as Africa's top player a year later, reduced the tally in the 78th minute.
But when Jay-Jay Okocha blew the opportunity to draw level, fluffing a penalty with just minutes left on the clock, the match seemed well and truly over for Nigeria.
Former Nigeria defender Taribo West without the trademark dreadlocks of his playing days
That feeling, however, was not in the mind of Nwankwo Kanu, the two-time African Footballer of the Year.
The former Ajax, Inter and Arsenal striker scored the equaliser in the 90th minute and displayed uncanny presence, agility and finesse to score the winner four minutes into extra-time, sending the Eagles' bench into delirium.
After such a dramatic victory against the team of Bebeto, Roberto Carlos and Ronaldo, which had won the World Cup only two years before, West says the Nigerians were certain they had a golden date with destiny, in the final against Argentina, at the Sanford stadium in Athens, Georgia.
"There was something in our spirit that made us realise that we going to win, although we didn't know how," West recalls.
"As soon as Argentina got the first goal, we were not discouraged. Amunike was able to give us the winning strike.
"When [Italian referee Pierluigi] Collina blew that whistle, I just collapsed on the field and knew my dream had come true.
"My [gold] medal is in the bank overseas. It is something to show to my children."
