“The Force Awakens” had spent more than a decade as the biggest movie ever at the North American box office with $936 million. It has officially ceded the crown to Tom Holland’s latest Spidey adventure, which has surpassed that benchmark with $936.773 million after 47 days in theaters. (Rubin, Variety)
Read MoreFinneas and an array of other musicians associated with Ed Sheeran’s stadium tour have withdrawn from the engagement, a day after the rapper Macklemore was removed over his statements opposing the war in Gaza. (Sisario, The New York Times)
Read MoreDays after a San Antonio emergency room sent Tierra Walker home with a diagnosis of pre-eclampsia in 2024, her son found her dead. It was his 15th birthday. (Sandoval, The New York Times)
Read MoreThe two-hour meeting at the USCCB headquarters in D.C. was the latest in a series of high-level conversations between tech firm representatives and faith leaders from multiple traditions as the industry recognizes the public is more urgently questioning whether AI is ethical. (Boorstein & De Vynck, The Washington Post)
Read MoreBryan Stevenson, the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and the guest speaker for the annual memorial service, said the remembrance falls at a time when politicians are trying to take content out of museums, attacking the Voting Rights Act and turning to the politics of division. (Chandler, AP News)
Read Morehree prominent religious leaders outlined a slate of concerns about the potential dangers of Artificial Intelligence on Tuesday (Sept. 15), raising moral questions about the fast-developing technology a week after a researcher garnered attention for quitting his job amid fears AI could “kill us all by the end of the decade.” (Jenkins, Religion News Service)
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