Bones of giant sloth discovered in Los Angeles
Source: CBS This Morning One of the largest subway construction projects in the country is providing a window into Los Angeles’ ancient past. We first took you underground last summer where […]
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As a rabbi, I will violate the Sabbath to help save lives from gun violence
Source: RNS By Joshua Hammerman (RNS) — I’ll be joining local teens on the March for Our Lives on Saturday (March 24), and by traveling, I will violate the Jewish Sabbath […]
The decades-long quest to end drought (and feed millions) by taking the salt out of seawater
Source: Wired By EMMA BRYCE In October 2017, Charlie Paton was driving across the parched plains of northwestern Somaliland when he passed a seemingly endless queue of rumbling trucks. Each was […]
Bloody scenes of life under IS haunt Mosul returnees
Source: Reuters By Raya Jalabi MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – For residents of the Old City, returning to Mosul is an exercise in trying to forget. Moayad stands in front of […]
Pope Francis to visit Ireland soon after abortion referendum
Source: The Guardian BY Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent Pontiff to visit in August, three months after country votes on whether to repeal ban Pope Francis waves to the faithful in St […]
Vatican media chief resigns over doctored letter scandal
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The head of the Vatican’s communications department resigned Wednesday after he mischaracterized a private letter from retired Pope Benedict XVI, […]
Group slams Israeli rabbi for comparing blacks to monkeys
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Anti-Defamation League is lashing out at one of Israel’s chief rabbis for comparing black people to monkeys. The New York City-based organization devoted […]
Kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls freed in Nigeria
Source: BBC News Nearly all of the 110 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by militants in the town of Dapchi last month have been returned, the government says. Officials said at least […]
Iraq holding more than 19,000 because of IS, militant ties
Source: Associated Press By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SUSANNAH GEORGE BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has detained or imprisoned at least 19,000 people accused of connections to the Islamic State group or […]
‘We suffer more’: Rising violence on Shiite targets takes toll on Afghanistan’s Hazaras
Source: The Washington Post By Sharif Hassan and Pamela Constable KABUL — When a suicide bomber killed at least 30 people Wednesday near the majestic Sakhi shrine in west Kabul, where worshipers had gathered […]
Muslims place greater importance on national identity, finds UK study
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent More than half see being British as important, compared with 44% of general population Muslims pray for Eid al-Fitr at a park in London. […]
‘Christianity as default is gone’: the rise of a non-Christian Europe
Source: The Guardian Europe’s march towards a post-Christian society has been starkly illustrated by research showing a majority of young people in a dozen countries do not follow a religion. […]
Author Traces Christianity’s Path From ‘Forbidden Religion’ To A ‘Triumph’
Source: NPR By TERRY GROSS For years, religion scholar Bart Ehrman wanted to write a book about the early spread of Christianity, but he shied away from it because the topic […]
Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses break silence on shunning: ‘My mother treats me like I’m dead’
Source: USA Today By Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press Amber Sawyer was just 8 years old when it happened. She was watching cartoons on the living room floor of her Mississippi home […]
The secret science that rules crowds
Source: BBC News By Christine Ro 21 March 2018 Sometimes, being part of a large crowd can be worse than uncomfortable: it can turn lethal. Deadly crowd crushes that occurred […]
Austin bombings: Suspect dead after detonating device, police say
Source: BBC News A suspect linked with a series of deadly parcel bombs targeting Austin, Texas, is dead after a major police operation, officials say. The suspect was killed after […]
Who Owns the Vikings? Pagans, Neo-Nazis and Advertisers Tussle Over Symbols
Source: The New York Times By RICHARD MARTYN-HEMPHILL and HENRIK PRYSER LIBELL Photo A worshiper holding Thor’s hammer at a pagan ceremony in Sweden conducted by the Nordic Asa Community. CreditJasper Juinen for The […]
Public school lobby criticises Labor’s ‘arbitrary’ $250m for Catholic schools
Source: The Guardian BY Paul Karp A public school lobby group has blasted Labor for pledging to restore $250m of funding to Catholic schools, labelling it an arbitrary and partisan move that […]
Brazil: Bishop arrested on corruption charges
Source: BBC News Police have detained the Roman Catholic bishop of the city of Formosa in central Brazil, on charges of corruption. Bishop José Ronaldo and six other priests are […]
The Saudis Take On Radical Islam
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Adel Al-Toraifi March 19, 2018 6:09 p.m. ET Riyadh, Saudi Arabia The year 1979 was a watershed for the Middle East. Iranian revolutionaries overthrew […]