A growing number of states have now banned tianeptine, most recently, Florida. But millions of people in Europe, Asia and South America have used the drug — despite the fact that for years, no one was sure exactly how it worked. (Chappell, NPR)
Read MorePutnam, who has spent most of his career as a political scientist at Harvard, is now 83. He has watched as the nation has become more divided, more lonely and less confident about the way forward. (Garcia-Navarro, The New York Times)
Read MoreHis Korean stage name, NewJeansNim, suggests some degree of novelty and even progressiveness. He works passages from Buddhist sutras and puns on Buddhist terms into his sets. He sympathizes with the worldly tribulations of his young audience members and tells them to look forward to future rebirths. (Kuhn, NPR)
Read MorePope Francis urged religious orders on Monday to work and pray harder for new priests and nuns to join, as he acknowledged the congregations’ futures are at risk with the numbers of men and women entering Catholic religious life plummeting in parts of the world. (Winfield, AP News)
Read MoreA failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has only strengthened the belief of some of his most faithful supporters that he is chosen by God to lead the country. (Kochi, Ullery & Brown, USA Today)
Read MoreBy the time worshipers assembled for services across the country Sunday, not even 24 hours had passed since a suspected assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa. — almost no time for church leaders to figure out how best to guide their shocked congregations through a bloody moment in U.S. history. (Allam, Boorstein & Bailey, The Washington Post)
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