Fears that an eruption of violence is very or somewhat likely are shared across the political divide by 27 percent of American adults, including 30 percent of women and 24 percent of men, YouGov found in a survey of 1,266 registered voters on October 18-21. (Charter, The Times UK)
Read MoreLast week, an Army veteran and father of three was found guilty of praying silently in a large abortion buffer zone in England and fined the equivalent of $11,700, Alliance Defending Freedom UK reported. “This is a legal turning point of immense proportions. A man has been convicted today because of the content of his thoughts—his prayers to God—on the public streets of England,” Smith-Connor’s attorney Jeremiah Igunnubole said in response to the ruling. (Chandler, Baptist Press/Christianity Today)
Read MoreAccording to a report published Tuesday by Physicians for Human Rights, there’s been a “massive influx” of sexual violence in eastern DRC in recent years. When group representatives interviewed local clinicians about patients, they heard harrowing stories. (Emanuel, NPR)
Read MoreTesco will go ahead with seven-day opening of its only supermarket in the deeply religious Outer Hebrides, a decision critics have said puts “profit before the wellbeing of people”. The Stornoway store on the Isle of Lewis is believed to have been the only one in the retail giant’s UK empire not to open on the traditional Sabbath. (Merritt & Roberts, The Times UK)
Read MoreIn the final days of the most significant Catholic gathering since the 1960s, one issue more than any other is driving dissent and disappointment: the shunting aside of calls to ordain women in the world’s largest Christian faith. (Faiola, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThe use of any tobacco product by U.S. middle and high school students has dropped from 2.25 million in 2024 compared to 2.8 million last year. The decline was attributed to a drop in the number of students using e-cigarettes, hookah and smoking cigarettes. (Timotija, The Hill)
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