A median of 28% of adults across 24 countries say they are online almost constantly. An additional 40% say they use the internet several times a day, while 9% do not use it at all, according to a Pew Research Center survey from this spring. (Fetterolf, Pew Research)
Read MoreThe founder of Turning Point USA and Turning Point Faith and host of the streaming “Charlie Kirk Show,” Kirk was shot while speaking in a courtyard at Utah Valley University in Orem, a city of 96,000 adjacent to Provo. He was 31. (Smietana, Religion News Service)
Read MoreWho can feel safe? Where can they feel safe? Whatever you think of Kirk… when he died he was doing exactly what we ask people to do on campus. Show up. Debate. Talk. Engage peacefully, even when emotions run high. (French, The New York Times)
Read MoreAmericans watched in horror as the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, left nearly 3,000 people dead in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 20 years later, they watched in sorrow as the nation’s military mission in Afghanistan – which began less than a month after 9/11 – came to a bloody and chaotic conclusion. (Hartig & Doherty, Pew Research Center)
Read MoreIncome inequality dipped, more people had college degrees, fewer people moved to a different home and the share of Asian and Hispanic residents increased in the United States last year, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. (Schneider, AP News)
Read MoreThe new pontiff has so far impressed traditionalists but claims he will continue his predecessor’s inclusive approach puts his mission to restore Church unity at risk. (Kington, The Times)
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