Australian scientist Karl Kruszelnicki doesn’t subscribe to the Bermuda Triangle’s supernatural reputation. Neither does the United States’ own National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). Both have been saying for years that there’s really no Bermuda Triangle mystery. In fact, the loss and disappearance of ships and planes is a mere fact of probabilities. (Newcomb, Yahoo!)
Read More“I’ve just always liked it, Jason,” she said, addressing interlocutor Jason Kelce, while sitting next to boyfriend Travis Kelce. “It feels like kind of energetically how my life has felt. And this album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during this tour.” (Italie, AP News)
Read MoreNewell Presbyterian is one of hundreds of declining congregations with underutilized space, excess land, deteriorating buildings and soaring maintenance costs. But these churches are finding that they can stanch their fiscal woes by selling or, in many cases, leasing some of their land and repurposing their properties for affordable housing. (Shimron, Religion News Service)
Read MoreCostco received pressure from groups on both sides of the issue, many of them investors in the nationwide grocery giant. The company’s decision not to sell the pill, first reported by Bloomberg, is a victory for antiabortion advocates — but a narrow one. (Somasundaram, The Washington Post)
Read MoreI am intrigued by our modern-day penchant for making monsters and demons safe—or cute or attractive or morally ambiguous—and how this might be creating a sense of spiritual ambivalence. (Ong, Christianity Today)
Read MoreA record high percentage of U.S. adults, 53%, now say moderate drinking is bad for their health, up from 28% in 2015. The uptick in doubt about alcohol’s benefits is largely driven by young adults — the age group that is most likely to believe drinking “one or two drinks a day” can cause health hazards — but older adults are also now increasingly likely to think moderate drinking carries risks. (Sanders, AP News)
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