Faithwire, by Tré Goins-Phillips: A school in Finland has cancelled a concert of Handel’s “Messiah” performed by the Finnish Baroque Orchestra and the Helsinki Chamber Choir over concerns the recital’s Christian themes might offend some students. Officials with the school…

Reuters, by Brenda Goh: A former student went on a stabbing rampage at a vocational college in eastern China, killing eight people and injuring 17, police said on Sunday, prompting further soul-searching just days after the deadliest attack in the…

USA Today, by N’dea Yancey-Bragg, Doyle Rice, and Jorge L. Ortiz: Two people are dead and others injured as a “bomb cyclone” battered the Pacific Northwest with high winds and rain Wednesday, cutting power to hundreds of thousands in Washington…

The Christian Post, by Ryan Foley: Self-identified Christian voters are being credited with making a difference in the outcome of the 2024 presidential election as data show that the faithful overwhelmingly backed President-elect Donald Trump, according to a new report. …

The Daily Mail, by David Averre, Olivia Christie, and Will Stewart: Russia this morning threatened to strike US air bases in Poland with ‘advanced weapons’ hours after it reportedly launched an advanced missile as part of a brutal barrage of…

AP News, by Aamer Madhani, Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Matthew Lee, and Ellen Knickmeyer: President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the longer-range weapons as Russia deploys thousands of…

The Christian Post, by Michael Gryboski: The Seventh-day Adventist Church has filed a lawsuit against Maryland over a recent state court decision that the denomination argues restricts its right to hire people who share Adventist beliefs. Filed last week in…

AP News: New storms in Spain caused school closures and train cancellations on Wednesday, two weeks after flash floods in Valencia and other parts of the country killed more than 220 people and destroyed thousands of homes. Coastal areas of…

AP News, by Josh Funk: The flurry of contract agreements announced early this fall — including two more Wednesday — offer evidence that major railroads and their unions are working to avoid the standoffs that led them to a brink…

AP News, by Evens Sanon and Megan Janetsky: Haiti’s international airport shut down on Monday after gangs opened fire at a commercial flight landing in Port-Au-Prince, prompting some airlines to temporarily suspend operations as the country swore in a new…

The Christian Post, by Michael Gryboski: A federal judge has temporarily blocked a recently passed Louisiana law that would require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in their classrooms. U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles issued a lengthy ruling…

BBC, by Nadine Yousif: An 18-year-old park ranger has died in the US state of New York while battling a wildfire in Sterling Forest – one of several blazes that erupted in the region this week. The teenager was identified…