For baby boomers who fretted about every aspect of their children’s lives, here’s another worry for the list: Their children may become their caregivers while also handling the pressures of young adulthood. One-fourth of the 40 million caregivers in the United States are millennials, ranging from their early 20s to late 30s, according to a report by the AARP Public Policy Institute. (Garland, The New York Times)
Read MoreAcross the country, attorneys… are scrambling to file a new wave of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by clergy, thanks to rules enacted in 15 states that extend or suspend the statute of limitations to allow claims stretching back decades. (Condon & Mustian, The Associated Press)
Read MoreDecreases in births and abortions over the past several years have been pegged to fewer millennials having children than previous generations and a decline in teenage pregnancy. The latter trend is probably due to teens having less sex and better access to effective and long-lasting forms of contraception, experts have said. (Iati, The Washington Post)
Read MoreFor years, abortion rights supporters… believed the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling had delivered their ultimate goal, the right to reproductive choice. Now, they are grappling with a new reality: Nationwide access to abortion is more vulnerable than it has been in decades. (Dias & Lerer, The New York Times)
Read MoreGoing on Twitter, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said Sunday that he condemned “the barbaric attack” in the town of Hantoukoura. He said several people also were wounded. Kabore offered his “deepest condolences to the bereaved families and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded.” (Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
Read MoreIn interviews, Latino converts said they are drawn to Islam because of the intense devotion to God, a simplicity in faith and focus on community that they failed to find in their former faith. But their conversion often is not easy, as they break ties with family and their Christian upbringing. (Adely, USA Today)
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