Evangelicals in the United States are holding steady at just under a quarter of the population, according to the latest biennial figures from the General Social Survey (GSS), one of the longest-running measures of religion in America. (Burge, Christianity Today)
Read MoreMississippi bill outlaws abortion when heartbeat of fetus is detected →
Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill Thursday that, with few exceptions, bans doctors from performing abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. (Gersham, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThe alarming rise of youth suicides →
In recent months, school officials, emergency room doctors and others say they've been alarmed at the number of obituaries where suicide is the cause of death for children and teens across the Bluegrass State, particularly those of younger children who hadn't made it to high school. (Ross, USA Today)
Read MoreNew data: More than half of young people in America don't have a romantic partner →
The shift has helped drive singledom to a record high among the overall public, among whom 35 percent say they have no steady partner, but only up slightly from 33 percent in 2016 and 2014. (Bonos & Guskin, The Washington Post)
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