The COVID-19 chasm: Viral division
Aug 11, 2020
Jessi Green stood in the middle of hundreds of people gathered at Huntington Beach, Calif., holding a loudspeaker and a Bible, and broke into tears. She […]
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The COVID-19 chasm: Viral division
Jessi Green stood in the middle of hundreds of people gathered at Huntington Beach, Calif., holding a loudspeaker and a Bible, and broke into tears. She […]
COVID-19 complicates ministry to asylum-seekers
Aug 9, 2020
Every Monday for the last several months, single mother Alma Ruth crossed the border between Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico. The town is infamous for its […]
Teachers wonder whether to stay or go
Aug 8, 2020
Catherine Good, 58, never dreamed she’d retire from teaching during a global pandemic. “When the whole COVID thing came up, then it was like, OK, is […]
Cleanup begins after Hurricane Isaias
Aug 7, 2020
Thousands of people throughout the Northeast are still without power after Isaias tore along the East Coast from North Carolina to Canada. The storm left nine […]
Lebanon’s aftermath
Aug 6, 2020
LEBANON: France is taking a lead among Western nations, with the United States making tentative (my take) offers of help in the wake of Tuesday’s catastrophic explosion in Beirut. […]
TikTok standoff
Aug 6, 2020
President Donald Trump has recently taken aim at a social media platform whose top three influencers’ ages combined are still less than his own. TikTok, an […]
Ag officials identify some mystery seeds
Aug 5, 2020
Americans in at least 22 states received unsolicited packages of seeds for cabbage, hibiscus, lavender, mint, morning glory, mustard, rose, rosemary, sage, and other plants, according […]
California fires rage on
Aug 4, 2020
Fire officials blame a malfunctioning diesel vehicle for starting a wildfire east of Los Angeles that has consumed more than 42 square miles of brush and […]
Three charged in celebrity Twitter hack
Aug 3, 2020
Prosecutors say a 17-year-old from Florida posted fake tweets to celebrity accounts on July 15 as part of a scam that netted more than $100,000 in […]
Perseverance heads to Mars
Aug 2, 2020
A 4.2-magnitude earthquake didn’t stop the next NASA Mars rover from lifting off on Thursday morning. The car-sized Perseverance craft and its collection of cameras, microphones, […]
COVID-19 sends GDP plummeting
Aug 1, 2020
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday reported a 33 percent annualized drop in the gross domestic product in the second quarter of 2020. That’s triple any […]
Dolphins learning by design
Jul 31, 2020
Dolphins off the coast of Western Australia are adapting to their environment much more quickly than the theory of evolution can account for. Over the past […]
Eviction epidemic looms
Jul 30, 2020
Sherne Byrd lost her job as a home health worker when her client died in March. For months, she found it difficult to find more work. […]
Georgia officials work to settle face mask dust-up
Jul 29, 2020
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp backed down from his request for an emergency order barring Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms from requiring face masks in public and […]
California churches defy worship restrictions
Jul 28, 2020
Worshippers, many without masks, filled Grace Community Church’s 3,500-person-capacity sanctuary in Sun Valley, Calif., on Sunday. Pastor John MacArthur on Friday wrote that his church would not comply with Gov. […]
Hanna downgraded to tropical depression
Jul 27, 2020
Over the weekend, Hanna brought winds of 50 mph and more than 12 inches of rain to parts of South Texas and northeastern Mexico, areas also […]
Adopted but not citizens
Jul 26, 2020
At 7 months old, adoptee Joy Kim-Alessi came to the United States on a plane full of Korean babies. Raised in California, she always believed she […]
More coronavirus aid in the works
Jul 25, 2020
Senate Republicans discussed portions of their plan for a $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package on Thursday. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called the agreement a […]
Tensions between US and China escalate
Jul 24, 2020
In retaliation for the Trump administration’s demand earlier this week to close the Chinese Consulate in Houston, Beijing told the United States it has 72 hours […]
Telemedicine’s big moment
Jul 23, 2020
Andrew Boyett is still paying for a fleeting mistake he made while studying abroad in France 15 years ago. Driven by all the hubris a 20-year-old […]
U.S. orders China to close Houston consulate in 72 hours
Jul 22, 2020
In an escalation of U.S.-China tensions, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said the move was to “protect American intellectual property and Americans’ private information.” Beijing on […]
Questions loom over French cathedral fires
Jul 21, 2020
FRANCE: Police say arson likely caused the fire at the 15th-century cathedral in Nantes on Saturday that engulfed the Gothic structure’s interior. The fire comes just over […]
A cappella gospel
Jul 19, 2020
Although she died in 1984, Bessie Jones is a woman for our times. The granddaughter of a slave, she grew up in rural Georgia and at […]
In a tense national moment, murders rise in U.S. cities, and Christians in the hard-hit neighborhoods lament
Jul 18, 2020
In Atlanta on July 4, 8-year-old Secoriea Turner was shot and killed across the street from where police officers shot and killed Rayshard Brooks in June, […]