The Dalai Lama has declared that the institution of the Tibetan Buddhist leader will continue after his death and that responsibility for finding his successor will “rest exclusively” with his foundation, contradicting Beijing’s attempts to exert control over the religious figure’s selection. (Northrop, The Washington Post)
Read More“M3gan” painted the titular android as a villain, an AI-enhanced toy who tried to replace brilliant designer Gemma (Williams) as the caretaker of her niece Cady (Violet McGraw). It was a genre sensation, but the sequel “M3gan 2.0,” which opened last week, adopts a much softer approach. (Rao, The Washington Post)
Read MoreMost pastors say their churches have policies in place to address significant misbehavior by church members, but few have actually used those policies recently. According to a Lifeway Research study of more than 1,000 U.S. Protestant pastors, only 1 in 6 say their church has formally disciplined anyone in the past year. (Earls, Lifeway Research)
Read MoreWhile the play was absurd, the tech powering it was anything but. Each team operated fully autonomously, driven by AI, with no human intervention or supervision — an impressive breakthrough somewhat masked by the slapstick spectacle playing out on the field. (Clayton, NBC News)
Read MoreBritish punk-rap duo Bob Vylan is now under a criminal investigation in the U.K. after its lead singer, whose stage name is Bobby Vylan (real name Pascal Robinson-Foster), led chants of "Death, death to the IDF" — referring to the Israeli military — during a Glastonbury set. (Al-Kassab, NPR)
Read MoreThe Pentecostal preacher and pioneer of televangelism had been in critical condition at a Louisiana hospital after going into cardiac arrest on June 15, family members said during a prayer service last month. Swaggart's publicist Megan Kelly told USA TODAY the late pastor died at about 7:30 a.m. local time while surrounded by his family. (Alund, USA Today)
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