The U.S. Secret Service has released a first-of-its-kind report that analyzes 173 mass attacks that took place in the country from 2016-2020. It's the first time the agency has put together trends collected from five years of data; the report examines everything from when in the year the attacks took place, to behavioral changes exhibited in the attackers. (Shivaram, NPR)
Read MoreFor the past 10 months, the “He Gets Us” ads have shown up on billboards, YouTube channels and television screens — most recently during NFL playoff games — across the country, all spreading the message that Jesus understands the human condition. (Smietana, Religion News Service)
Read MoreIn a letter to the Prime Minister, they said the legislation would also see parents and teachers fall foul of the law. They have called for a meeting with Mr Sunak in Downing Street and urged him to drop the “confused” and “unnecessary” proposal. The Government has said the new law, which will ban all forms of conversion therapy in England and Wales, will cover trans people. (Gutteridge, The Telegraph)
Read MoreJuvenile crime had been falling across the US for several decades, but federal data from 2020 show that killings committed by juveniles rose by 30 percent compared with the previous 12 months. At the same time the number of homicides involving multiple teenagers was up by two thirds in the same period. (Dawber, The New York Times)
Read MoreThe faculty of Hamline University have called on President Fayneese Miller to resign, saying they no longer have faith in her ability to lead the St. Paul, Minnesota, school after what they see as the mishandling of a Muslim student’s complaint about an instructor showing a painting of the Prophet Muhammad. (Shimron, Religion News Service)
Read MoreNearly a quarter of young people in the Netherlands believe the Holocaust was a “myth” or exaggerated, according to a new survey. Some 12 per cent of all Dutch respondents believe the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust is exaggerated or the whole thing is a “myth”. (The Telegraph)
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