Through Sunday, the movie has grossed about $1.03 billion overall in domestic and international markets, making it one of only about a half-dozen films since the pandemic to gross a billion dollars in ticket sales. Christopher Nolan’s World War II drama “Oppenheimer,” meanwhile, has grossed $552.9 million globally. (Cutter, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreEvery day, employees at Aurora Pro Services, a North Carolina home-repair company, would gather for a mandatory prayer meeting, according to a federal complaint. They stood in a circle while leaders, including the company owner, allegedly read Bible scriptures and prayed. In the circle, the owner required Aurora’s employees to recite the Lord’s Prayer in unison and requested prayers for poorly performing employees, the complaint alleged. (Wu, The Washington Post)
Read MoreBritish Rowing has announced that transgender women will be banned from female-only competitions from next month. Its new policy includes an open category that anyone is eligible to compete in and a women’s category restricted to those who are born female. Only rowers who were female at birth will be allowed to represent England or Great Britain in women’s international events. (Ziegler, The Times UK)
Read MoreParanormal horror manifests the unseen reality of spirits and demons beyond my control, making it hard for me to brush my teeth without feeling like something is watching. Gothic horror affirms that what was done in the past can haunt me. Slashers make me question human beings’ capacity for evil, making everyone suspect. (White, Christianity Today)
Read MoreFlorida has emerged as a national model for socially conservative education with recent legislation passed there that limits what can be taught in schools. Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, has targeted what he considers the excessive influence of left-leaning ideas about race, gender and other cultural issues in classrooms. (Otis, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreAccording to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, July of this year was the most scorching July on record, clocking in at somewhere between 1.5 and 1.6 Celsius hotter than the average before the widespread use of fossil fuels. (Osaka, The Washington Post)
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