EvangelicalFocus: In their crackdown on unregistered Christian churches, Chinese authorities have started rewarding citizens who report “illegal religious activities” and the activities of foreign faith leaders. According to newspaper South China Morning Post, the ethnic and religion affairs department of…

The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio State University students Noor Alshafie and Blake Fox have loved 4-H since they joined as kids, and they remain active as volunteers. Straight women, they each have friends in the LGBTQ community, including some from 4-H….

Health Policy Watch: The World Health Organization [WHO] and global partners wrapped up a meeting today to develop a vision and strategy prototype for the post-2020 decade of action on vaccines and immunizations. This new plan of action for 2021-2030…

ZENIT: Pope Francis [celebrated] Mass for Morocco’s small minority of Catholics. He did so during his second day in Morocco, during his 28th Apostolic Visit, 42nd country visited, and third travel to Africa. The Holy Father’s Mass marks the first…

Healthline: In recent months, hepatitis A, Shigella bacteria, and typhus outbreaks have all been reported in cities across the country. Yes, you read all of that correctly. Recent cases of these rare conditions have been cropping up in particularly vulnerable communities in…

A skeleton designed to look like an apple? Or a cinnamon stick designed to look like a goblin? Who is designing the food we feed our children? Amazon Prime will deliver it in two days to your doorstep. This one…

CNN: In [a] shaky cell phone video seen by CNN, a witness stepped gingerly over ruined homes and around still-burning vehicles in Ogossagou, central Mali. Towards the end of the clip, a small body laid lifeless in the dirt. All…

CNSNews: In a tweet on her Twitter page on April 1, 2019 at 12:17 AM, actress Patricia Heaton, known for her roles on the TV series “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “The Middle,” asked why “Twitter won’t let” her follow the…

Christianity Today: Contemporary worship music, as a distinct genre, has come into its own over the last 50 years. Monique M. Ingalls, assistant professor of music at Baylor University, studies this phenomenon as an ethnomusicologist, looking at the intersection of…

Kark.com: With a simple swipe of their arm, thousands of employees across the world can open doors, log on to their computers, even buy snacks from vending machines. Select companies from Wisconsin to Sweden microchip their workers. St. Rep. Stephen…

Omaha World-Herald: Sherman County farmer-cattleman Richard Panowicz knows nothing will ever be the same after this month’s winter cyclone triggered a flood on the Middle Loup River less than a half-mile from his back door. The river has changed course….

The Washington Post: Through the large picture windows lining the Viking Sky, passengers on Saturday afternoon watched the gray waves churn and the horizon teeter as their massive ship, carrying 1,373 people, became overwhelmed by the sea. Outside, a storm…