1st edition Book of Mormon sells for $52,500 at NYC auction
Source: Deseret News NEW YORK — A first edition of The Book of Mormon printed in the upstate New York town linked to Joseph Smith’s establishment of the Church of […]
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Dalai Lama meets with two high-level Mormon church leaders
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune The Dalai Lama met Wednesday morning with two high-level Mormon church authorities during the Buddhist leader’s two-day visit to Utah. LDS apostle D. Todd Christofferson […]
Who Is a Jew? Maybe Not Woman Converted by Esteemed New York Rabbi
Source: The New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM — Critics of Israel’s chief rabbinate have long complained that scores of American converts to Judaism have trouble getting approval to […]
First trial begins in deadly New York church beating
Source: Associated Press UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — The first trial began Thursday in what New York authorities say was a 14-hour group attack during a church counseling session that killed […]
This Is How Brexit Could Be Good For the World
Source: Time By Jeffrey E. Garten Jeffrey E. Garten is the author of From Silk to Silicon: The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives. Though it will take a long […]
Can the European Union Survive Britain’s Vote to Leave?
Source: Time By Charlotte McDonald-Gibson/Brussels As the results of a referendum which will change the face of Europe slowly emerged overnight on June 24, the first reactions came from eurosceptic parties elsewhere on the continent, who gleefully celebrated Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. “Today Brexit, tomorrow Frexit,” proclaimed a […]
Another Age of Discovery
Source: The New York Times By Thomas L. Friedman Have we been here before? I know — it feels as if the internet, virtual reality, Donald Trump, Facebook, sequencing of the human genome and machines that can reason better than people constitute a change in the pace of change without precedent. […]
Zika vaccine maker’s stock is on fire
Source: CNN by Paul R. La Monica There is no cure for the Zika virus. But investors are betting two companies may have a vaccine that can successfully treat the mosquito-borne disease. Inovio and South Korea-based GeneOne Life Science announced Monday that they received approval from the U.S. FDA to […]
Deadlocked Supreme Court deals big blow to Obama immigration plan
Source: CNN By Ariane de Vogue and Tal Kopan, CNN (CNN)In a crushing blow to the White House, the Supreme Court announced Thursday it was evenly divided in a case […]
Solar Impulse completes Atlantic crossing with landing in Seville
Source: BBC By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent The zero-fuel aeroplane, Solar Impulse, has touched down in Spain, completing the 70-hour Atlantic leg of its historic bid to circle the […]
Brexit: What happens now?
Source: BBC The UK has voted to leave the EU – a process that has come to be known as Brexit. Here is what is likely to happen next. Dawn […]
Trends in Global Restrictions on Religion
Source: Pew Research Center Worldwide, both government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion decreased modestly from 2013 to 2014 despite a rise in religion-related terrorism, according to Pew […]
Report: Islamophobia is a multimillion-dollar industry
Source: Aljazeera By Ryan Rifai More than $200m was spent towards promoting “fear and hatred” of Muslims in the United States by various organisations between 2008 and 2013, according to […]
First results in UK’s historic referendum on EU membership
Source: BBC The first results in the UK’s referendum on whether to remain in the European Union are coming in. Leave won in Sunderland by 22%, while Newcastle voted for […]
Voting nears end in UK referendum on EU
Source: BBC Voting is taking place in a historic referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave. A record 46,499,537 people are entitled […]
The path to happiness for millennial men is … kids
Source: CNN By Kelly Wallace, CNN (CNN)If you are a millennial man and looking for happiness, you might want to think about becoming a dad. Just in time for Father’s […]
Our inaction is killing us!
Written by Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Our inaction is killing us! Our inaction has allowed mass shootings to become unacceptably commonplace in our country. We have a responsibility to do […]
How Do You Stop a Future Terrorist When the Only Evidence Is a Thought?
Source: The New York Times By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI MAGNANVILLE, France — The first time Larossi Abballa appeared on the radar of French terrorism investigators, the only act of violence they […]
A Muslim community in Virginia feels the heat of extremists’ sins
Source: The New York Times By KATIE SHEPHERD FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Women in head scarves slid off their shoes, stacked them in neat rows next to the mosque’s entrance and […]
As the nation debates the place of Islam, the CIA’s Muslim officers fight terrorism
Source: Washington Post By Missy Ryan Shortly after supporters of the Islamic State gunned down 14 people in California last year, the CIA’s deputy director assembled a group of Muslim […]