Reuters: One person was killed on Sunday when an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck northwestern Turkey’s Balikesir province, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding 29 people were wounded and 16 buildings collapsed. The quake, which Turkey’s AFAD disaster management authority…

USA Today, by Peyton Hornberger: President Donald Trump recently gathered CEOs for a summit about renewing the United States “spiritually and financially.” At the top of the agenda was a closer look at “American values” such as faith and freedom. There is cause…

Fox Weather, by Hayley Vawter: A wildfire that broke out in Grand Canyon National Park has now been deemed a “megafire” due to its size.  The Dragon Bravo fire ignited from a lightning strike on July 4. As firefighters readied to contain the blaze,…

The Christian Post, by Mark Creech: One of the most foundational, but increasingly forgotten, principles in Scripture is God’s command to honor the Sabbath: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy…” (Exodus 20:8). While Christians recognize that Christ fulfilled the…

Chron, by Timothy Malcolm: It’s that time of year again. A flesh-eating bacteria that often makes its presence felt along the Texas coast is once again raising concerns across the Gulf. This time the bacteria, a form of vibrio, has led…

Futurism: If your human therapist encouraged you to kill yourself or other people, it would rightly spell the end of their professional career. Yet that’s exactly what video journalist Caelan Conrad got when they tested Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda’s claim that her company’s…

USA Today, by Doyle Rice: The hurricane map in the Atlantic Ocean may be nearly blank now, but forecasters say that may not last much longer, as several signs point to an uptick in activity across the basin. “The tropical…

The Christian Post, by Jon Brown: A man prompted outrage for attending the Belfast Pride Parade in Northern Ireland last Saturday while mockingly dressed as Jesus in a crown of thorns. A spokesperson for Northern Ireland’s small unionist Traditional Unionist…

The Christian Post, by Michael Gryboski: Which states are the best and worst at protecting religious liberty in the United States? That is the question at the heart of the recently released annual “Religious Liberty in the States” report, produced…

The Christian Post, by Ryan Foley: The Republican governor of New Hampshire has vetoed bills designed to prevent males who identify as females from using women’s restrooms and locker rooms and establish a process so parents can seek the removal…

Reuters, by Lincoln Feast: A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, damaging buildings and generating a tsunami of up to 4 metres (13 feet) that prompted warnings and evacuations stretching across the Pacific Ocean….

Reuters, by Wayne Cole: Australia’s central bank said on Thursday it was taking another major step toward a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) with a range of industry partners pursuing projects using real money and assets for the first…