The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of more than 400 people was sentenced on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people. (Musambi, AP News)
Read MorePastor Xianfeng Edward Cui, who founded Beijing Jiaquan Church, was arrested on Oct. 23 on charges of fraud, said his wife, Jin Young Gu, who lives outside of China. Cui was first detained on Sept. 4 as part of a raid on his church that involved around 100 police officers, Gu said. (Mistreanu & Tang, AP News)
Read MoreThe Anglican Church said the legislation must not “unintentionally criminalise” providing prayer and pastoral support, and that it must allow for discussion and disagreement. A spokesman told The Telegraph that Church leaders would raise these concerns with MPs and peers scrutinising the draft Conversion Practices Bill. (Eastham, Gibbons & Martin, The Telegraph)
Read MoreSeveral people who have lived as another gender but later changed their minds offered to give evidence to MPs and peers investigating Labour’s draft Conversion Practices Bill but were not invited to speak. (Henderson, The Telegraph)
Read MoreGoogle, Meta Platforms and TikTok sued California to block enforcement of a new state law intended to limit the risk of addicting children under age 16 to social media platforms. (Stempel, Yahoo!)
Read MoreSeniors are spending more time than ever on their slop-filled feeds. It’s their adult children’s job to save them. (Lucas, New York Magazine)
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