Almost half of American adults are now single (including the widowed and divorced), and a thought-provoking Valentine’s Day-themed Pew Research Center study a few years ago suggested that the majority of unmarried men and women aren’t looking to date (and if they are, it’s complicated). Evans, Religion News Service)
Read MoreMost teens who use drugs are searching for calm and hoping to relieve stress, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis suggests. The study points toward mental health challenges among teens as a driver of drug misuse — and says educating teens on harm reduction while expanding mental health treatment could reduce overdose deaths. (Blakemore, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThe Harry Potter author pledged the cash to For Women Scotland, which is going to the UK’s highest court in a long-running legal battle with the Scottish Government over whether biological men can legally become female under UK law. (Sanderson, The Telegraph)
Read MoreThe Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock remains at 90 seconds to midnight and illustrates current trends to “global catastrophe.” (USA Today)
Read MoreA congressional committee said Friday that it would serve subpoenas on Harvard University in a hunt for documentation of whether the university tolerated antisemitism on its campus. (Hartocollis, The New York Times)
Read MoreOne of the key findings of the report is the prevalence of hybrid church services, which have continued to thrive following their introduction during the pandemic. The report shows that 90% of churches currently offer a hybrid model of ministry, combining in-person and virtual elements. (Aggarwal, Business Upturn)
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