With $1,014.8B through 19 days, this is the quickest time to the mark for an animated movie ever, besting the previous record holder, Frozen 2, which got there in 25. Only 11 animated films have ever crossed the $1B threshold, and of those, Disney and Pixar combined now have eight. (Tartaglione, Deadline)
Read MoreThe decision is the most significant ruling from the court on homelessness in decades. Last year, 40% of homeless people slept under bridges, on sidewalks, in parks, cars, and abandoned buildings. The Supreme Court ruled Friday that people without homes can be arrested and fined for sleeping in public spaces, overturning a lower court’s ruling that enforcing camping bans when shelter is lacking is cruel and unusual punishment. (Groppe & Jansen, USA Today)
Read MoreOklahoma’s state superintendent on Thursday mandated that all public schools teach the Bible in a move that he said was meant to impart “historical understanding,” but that critics say blurs the constitutional boundary between church and state. It was not immediately clear how the Bible would be taught or what instructional standards around it would require. (Kaur, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThe Meeting House was one of the largest megachurches in Canada, but this Sunday, each of its locations will be empty. Its home church gatherings won’t meet during the week. In the aftermath of an abuse scandal that shook the congregation and its leadership, the Ontario-area multisite church announced that it had lost a portion of its insurance coverage and would have to pause its ministry activities. (Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
Read MoreMany charities in the U.S. report feeling doubly squeezed by inflation. It's not only driving up their own expenses but also sapping contributions, as would-be donors look for ways to cut costs. Charitable giving fell sharply in 2022, when inflation hit a four-decade high. It bounced back slightly last year but remains well below the record levels of 2021, according to a new report from the Giving USA Foundation. (Horsley, NPR)
Read MoreFor the first two decades of the social internet, lurkers ruled. Among Gen Z, they’re in the minority, according to survey data from YouTube. YouTube found that 65 percent of Gen Z, which it defined as people between the ages of 14 and 24, describe themselves as video content creators — making lurkers a minority. (Lorenz, The Washington Post)
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