A prominent Southern Baptist church in southwest Florida has acknowledged that “racial prejudice” was a factor in its congregation’s decision not to appoint a black senior pastor candidate. (Banks, Religion News Service)
Read MoreOn Oct. 29, 1969, Leonard Kleinrock, a professor of computer science at UCLA, and his graduate student Charley Kline wanted to send a transmission from UCLA's computer to another computer at Stanford Research Institute through ARPANET, the precursor to what we now know as the internet. (Bote, USA Today)
Read MoreBefore someone can enter the “survival horror challenge” of McKamey Manor, there’s a physical exam. Then there’s a background check, a phone screen, a 40-page waiver and a drug test. If all that goes according to plan, participants have to watch a nearly two-hour documentary featuring every person who has attempted the haunted attraction in the past two years. (Iati, The Washington Post)
Read MoreTaylor Swift has won more American Music Awards than any other artist this decade, so it's only fitting that the songstress be honored as Artist of the Decade at this year's ceremony. (Aniftos, Billboard)
Read MoreA federal judge temporarily blocked the most restrictive abortion law passed in the U.S. this year from taking effect in Alabama, the latest in a string of rulings shutting down enforcement of abortion prohibitions approved by many conservative states. (Calfas, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill into law that prohibits churches and other nonprofits from campaigning for or against political candidates. In a statement released last Wednesday, Cuomo said he felt the law was necessary in response to efforts by the Trump administration to weaken the Johnson Amendment. (Gryboski, The Christian Post)
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