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O. Alan Noble
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I wrote about gratitude for CT:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/how-...
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How To Practice Gratitude (Even When You Don't Feel It) - Christianity Today
Excitedly one Christmas I ripped off a presentās wrapping paper. I hoped to see one of those video games you could get at Blockbuster in the ā90s, like
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/how-to-practice-gratitude-even-when-you-dont-feel-it/
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The Washington Post
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Though it is the official music of the nationās capital, go-go is not exactly young people music. D.C. teenagers tend to gravitate more to rap and trap and hip-hop. But in the halls of some local schools, the genre is seeing a revival.
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These teens are trying to save go-go. Can the music save them, too?
A new generation of D.C. teens is discovering the power of go-go music, thanks to a revival effort in local schools.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/11/23/dc-youth-go-go-music/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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The New York Times
3 days ago
The author John Green found an audience of millions making YouTube videos with his brother, Hank. As more people aspire to become influencers, Green warns that internet fame may make it feel as if everyone knows and loves you, ābut in fact, no one knows you.ā
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The evangelical theologian who founded Regent College didn't halt ministry as he agedāhe just moved it into the nursing home.
@christianitytoday.com
profiles Jim Houston, who turns 103 today:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/jim-...
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What Do a 103-Year-Old Theologianās Prayers Sound Like? - Christianity Today
Jim Houstonās scholarship centered on communion with God. His life in a Canadian care home continues to reflect this pursuit.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/jim-houston-regent-college-books-spiritual-theology-profile/
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An AI-generated soul singer is now topping the Christian charts.
@christianitytoday.com
reports:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/solo...
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The Current No. 1 Christian Artist Has No Soul - Christianity Today
AI-generated musician Solomon Ray has stirred a debate among listeners, drawing pushback from popular human singer Forrest Frank.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/solomon-ray-ai-christian-music-soul-singer/
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Emily Belz
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Christian AI company IPOs, a rare religious addition to the stock market
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Christian tech platform Gloo valued at $586 million in Nasdaq debut
(Reuters) -Shares of Gloo opened 0.6% above its initial public offering price in their Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, valuing the Christian-focused tech platform at $585.9 million.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/christian-tech-platform-gloo-valued-161531973.html
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis
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Iāve been thinking a lot about how churches have been using hyper-polished contemporary music to attract people. What it what they actually want and need is radical anti-polish, and songs that are more like homemade casseroles?
@christianitytoday.com
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/god-...
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God Loves Our Middling Worship Music - Christianity Today
Songwriting might be the community-building project your church needs right now.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/god-loves-our-middling-worship-music-church-songwriting/?utm_medium=widgetsocial
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Jack Jenkins
5 days ago
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Jamie Raskin and 11 other Democrats ā including three senators ā have sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging him to abandon plans by the IRS to allow churches to endorse candidates during services.
religionnews.com/2025/11/20/e...
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Democrats urge Trump administration to keep banning churches from endorsing politicians
WASHINGTON (RNS) ā A letter from Democratic lawmakers warned that repealing the Johnson Amendment, set to be discussed in a hearing next week, would fracture a āfoundation stone in the nationās wall o...
https://religionnews.com/2025/11/20/exclusive-democrats-urge-trump-administration-to-keep-ban-on-letting-churches-endorse/
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āIt was one of the worst things ever.ā So many different traditions, the same haunting, horrifying storyline.
@propublica.org
looks at serial child sexual abuse by a member of the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church:
www.propublica.org/article/sexu...
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Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were āwashed away in the blood of reconciliation,ā they could never...
https://www.propublica.org/article/sexual-abuse-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-minnesota
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The Atlantic
6 days ago
āIt is my miserable fate to possess more miscellaneous information about U.S. one-cent coins than, possibly, any other person on this planet,ā
@caity.bsky.social
writes, in an investigation of what will happen to the penny now:
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What Are We Going to Do With 300 Billion Pennies?
The government has no plan.
https://bit.ly/3JLgbRT
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Christianity Today
6 days ago
The Christianity Today Board of Directors has unanimously elected Dr. Nicole Massie Martin as its next President and CEO. Read more:
chrst.today/3LLtTER
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"Across the country, the ancient tradition of Orthodox Christianity is attracting energetic new adherents, especially among conservative young men"
@ruthgraham.bsky.social
story:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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Orthodox Church Pews Are Overflowing With Converts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/orthodox-christianity.html
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The New York Times
7 days ago
Thousands of attorneys have left the Trump Justice Department this year. We talked to 60 about what alarmed them most.
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RNS
7 days ago
It will remain behind humidity-controlled plate glass during its Roman sojourn, but visitors can āreadā it digitally via touch screen displays featuring ultra-high-resolution images.
religionnews.com/2025/11/14/b...
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Bible described as the āMona Lisa of illuminated manuscriptsā goes on display in Rome
A 15th-century Bible which is considered one of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts went on display in Rome on Thursday as part of the Vaticanās Holy Yearā¦
https://religionnews.com/2025/11/14/bible-described-as-the-mona-lisa-of-illuminated-manuscripts-goes-on-display-in-rome/
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More than 18 million Bibles have been sold so far this yearāset to surpass last year's 20-year-high in Bible sales.
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The Washington Post
8 days ago
The archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, who is facing allegations of sexual misconduct against two women, was suspended from his duties leading the 16-year-old denomination.
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American Anglican archbishop suspended after sexual misconduct allegations
Stephen Wood, 62, leader of the 16-year-old denomination, faces allegations of sexual misconduct, plagiarizing sermons and bullying staffers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/11/17/investigations-archbishop-anglican-suspended/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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An angular, concrete Catholic church complex in Spain was named the World Architecture Festival's building of the year
newatlas.com/architecture...
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Heavenly design: Concrete church hailed world's best new building
The 2025 winner of the prestigious World Building of the Year prize has been revealed. The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas, by Fernando Menis, got the nod for its rugged con...
https://newatlas.com/architecture/world-building-of-the-year-2025/
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Jack Jenkins
9 days ago
Via
@charlotteobserver.com
: Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship āInside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.ā
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
Witnesses say one man was detained while doing yard work while his wife and child were inside.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article312932422.html#storylink=cpy
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NPR
10 days ago
Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants.
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As funding falters, young brain scientists rethink careers in research
Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants.
https://n.pr/4pgmAna
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Getting to really sleep in for the first time in months is going to heal me.
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Emily Belz
10 days ago
A huge loss for CT. Daniel knows more about the institution than anybody, I bet. An expert on the many denominations out there. A solver of editorial problems. A safe person for abuse victims to talk to. A great colleague. Going to miss working alongside him every day.
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The Atlantic
11 days ago
Hank Green has made a living riding the algorithmic waves of the social web. He joins
@cwarzel.bsky.social
to discuss the early promise of the internetāand what went wrong. Listen to the inaugural episode of āGalaxy Brainā:
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Galaxy Brain: The Internet Is a Misery Machine
Hank Green on outrage, creativity, and what, exactly, went wrong with the internet.
https://bit.ly/4nSjNiN
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I couldn't ask for a better person to cover the highs and lows of the evangelical news landscape alongside than Daniel. He has contributed so much to CT as a caring editor, careful investigator, creative collaborator, and our in-house historian. Grateful for all his work and gutted at this news.
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How does a couple live and serve and lead in the US for 35 years, only to be suddenly sent back to a country that no longer feels like home? In-depth, complicated, and heartfelt reporting by
@andyrolsen.bsky.social
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@christianitytoday.com
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www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/ice-...
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They Led at Saddleback Church. ICE Said They Were Safe. - Christianity Today
A Colombian couple prayed with neighbors and raised their children in one of Americaās most influential churches. What did we gain from their deportation?
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/ice-deportation-saddleback-hispanic-ministry-leaders/
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Forbes
13 days ago
These Companies Are Helping Veterans Transition To Corporate Work
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These Companies Are Helping Veterans Transition To Corporate Work
Plus, Tesla's engineering exodus, what the October labor market looked like and the email phrases to avoid in this week's Careers newsletter.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2025/11/11/these-companies-are-helping-veterans-transition-to-corporate-work/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=forbes
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Meant to share this on Veterans Day. One of my favorite family artifacts: My grandfather wasn't happy with the quality of the bacon he was served when fighting in WWII.
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One of the most disgusting and terrifying things I've ever seen
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Jack Jenkins
15 days ago
Religion note: among those listed in Trumpās pardon list here is Rev. Stephen Cliffgard Lee, a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod pastor who was charged with attempting to influence witnesses and conspiring to solicit false statements and writings in Georgia.
religionnews.com/2023/08/15/p...
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More Catholic parishes are closing ... and handing the keys over to evangelical buyers.
@christianitytoday.com
reports:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/evan...
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When God Closes a Church, He Opens Another? - Christianity Today
US evangelicals are buying up shuttered Catholic properties.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/evangelicals-buy-catholic-church-properties-sale-chicago/
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Days before he was elected as New York's first Muslim mayor, Zohran Mamdani stood before a Black congregation quoting Leviticus 23:22.
@harvestprude.bsky.social
reports for
@christianitytoday.com
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www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/zohr...
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Zohran Mamdaniās Coalition Captured Some Christians, Alarmed Others - Christianity Today
The democratic socialistās energetic campaign paid off in Tuesdayās election.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-election-2025-democratic-socialism/
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From a survivors advocate: "Refugees fleeing the Southern Baptist Convention, Presbyterian Church in America and other fundamentalist Christian groups see the ACNA as a haven. Instead of finding sanctuary, they often encounter church leaders who are unable to care for them."
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Emily Belz
21 days ago
Trump admin focusing on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria .... but also no longer accepting persecuted Christian refugees. from
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www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/refu...
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Trumpās Refugee PolicyĀ āIs Slamming the Door on Persecuted Christiansā - Christianity Today
Faith organizations hope the Trump administration will reverse course after the announcement of a historically low refugee ceiling.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/refugee-ceiling-trump-administration-persecution-south-africa/
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Robert Downen
21 days ago
Support. Indie. Media.
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"Like the apostle Paul and like my uncle Khaled, I had once been a persecutor of Christians. But Jesus loved me when I was his enemy." Quite a testimony:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/enem...
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I Was the Enemy Jesus Told You to Love - Christianity Today
As an extremist Muslim, I beat a Christian boy and left him to die. His faithful prayers for me led to my salvation.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/enemy-jesus-love-muslim-christian-conversion-sudan/
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mitchell atencio (heĀ·himĀ·his)
23 days ago
last year i could at least be happy for Freddie Freeman. this year at least i can be happy for Ohtani and Yamamoto.
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The Episcopal Church didn't report its total membership in its annual report this time. The denomination did see an increase in worship attendance last year, with over 413,000 compared to around 373,000 in 2022.
www.christianpost.com/news/episcop...
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Episcopal Church omits membership total in annual report; baptisms fell considerably in the past decade
The Episcopal Church continued to see declines in baptisms and the number of parishes in 2024, but did not release an overall membership tally when unveiling its annual figures this month
https://www.christianpost.com/news/episcopal-church-omits-baptisms-falling.html
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A common refrain among abuse survivors: āI had the courage to come up and say, āHey, this happened to me. And unfortunately, nobody else had the courage to put their foot down.ā This time, it's about abuse and coverup over the past 50 years in the Assemblies of God:
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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How Assemblies of God churches shielded accused predators as they abused children
NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the worldās largest Pentecostal denomination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/assembly-god-church-shield-predators-child-sex-abuse-allegations-rcna240213
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No matter how many times I read the explanations, I still don't fully get how the Northern Lights work (and am happy to accept them as sky magic)
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"The surest path to happiness for many of us could be as simple as this: Stop trying to be happy ā and start figuring out how to make other people happy."
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Column | A 6-year research project found a surprisingly simple route to happiness
How can we stay happy in an age gone mad, when it feels as though all is unstable? A study out of Cornell suggests a practical way to keep ourselves on a meaningful path ā a happiness hack for our cha...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/10/24/happiness-purpose-community-contribution
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Belief in ghosts, telepathy, and astrology is on the rise, but surveys show it's still in the minority
www.baptistpress.com/resource-lib...
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Americans skeptical about paranormal phenomena | Baptist Press
Many U.S. homes may decorate with ghosts and witches for Halloween, but most U.S. adults are doubtful they actually exist.
https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/americans-skeptical-about-paranormal-phenomena/
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What a ministry for this chaplain to the homeless in New Mexico:
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
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Tireless advocate for Santa Fe's homeless, 'Chaplain Joe' Dudziak, dies at 66
His death has left many in the homeless service provider circle reeling and concerned about the void Dudziak leaves behind.
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/tireless-advocate-for-santa-fes-homeless-chaplain-joe-dudziak-dies-at-66/article_b54f7603-e5b7-4cda-a077-48460680b8ba.html
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"Harvesting olives to make preserves and oil is not a business or even primarily a source of sustenance for their communities. Rather, itās a form of prayer and reverence."
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On Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed, monks and nuns keep harvesting olives
Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden ā where the Gospel narrates Jesus spent the last night before being taken up the other side of ...
https://apnews.com/article/israel-holy-land-mount-of-olives-harvest-7c24e23c0d53266c7267d4bb2b9a4ad3
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RNS
28 days ago
Worshippers and officials arrived in droves at the Peopleās Salvation Cathedral, known as the National Cathedral.
religionnews.com/2025/10/27/r...
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Romanians flock to a new cathedral that is the worldās largest Orthodox church
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ā Proposals for a national cathedral in the country of about 19 million people had been put forward for more than a century, but its fruition was hampered by two world warsā¦
https://religionnews.com/2025/10/27/romanians-flock-to-a-new-cathedral-that-is-the-worlds-largest-orthodox-church/
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The New York Times
28 days ago
A new study suggests that going on longer walks may have more health benefits than taking the same number of steps a day over multiple short walks.
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Which Is Better, One Long Walk or Many Short Ones?
A new analysis is one of the first to study whether spacing steps out or consolidating them was linked to better health outcomes.
https://nyti.ms/3JwRAQs
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The New York Times
28 days ago
The anchor John Dickerson said on Monday that he would depart CBS News at the end of the year, the first sign of what is expected to be a major shake-up at the network under its new corporate owners.
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John Dickerson, Anchor and Correspondent, Will Leave CBS News
He is a veteran anchor with a long family legacy at CBS, and his exit presages a series of changes expected at the broadcast news division.
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A Catholic parish in DC says more than 40 members have been detained or deported since August
apnews.com/article/immi...
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Immigration crackdown stokes fear and solidarity at a Catholic church in DC
The Shrine of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic church a short drive from the White House, was intended to be a sanctuary for worshippers.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-crackdown-catholic-church-washington-874e6deca9e54a4e14081c63adca7718
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W. David O. Taylor
29 days ago
Saint Paul would likely wholeheartedly agree: āI canāt imagine a CCCU school saying weāre going to limit our international students,ā said Turk. āThis is just not us. This is not what evangelical schools are about. This is not what the church is about.ā
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/10/trum...
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Christian Colleges Object to Trump āOverreachā on Higher Ed - Christianity Today
The administrationās compact with universities would freeze tuition for five years and cap the number of international students, among other measures.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/10/trump-higher-education-compact-financial-aid-christian-colleges/
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The New York Times
29 days ago
In
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
āThe evidence is now in,ā David French writes. āThe explosive growth in sports gambling is bad for sports, and ā most important ā it has proved to be bad for the millions of Americans who gamble past the point of prudence and move directly to the point of pain.ā
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Opinion | āIām Shocked, Shocked to Find That Gambling Is Going On in Hereā
The N.B.A. should have known this was coming.
https://nyti.ms/4qovgJz
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