AP News, by Justin Kabumba: Armed rebels seized a town in eastern Congo on Thursday after violently clashing with the army, which has taken on an expanded role as peacekeeping forces withdraw from the mineral-rich, conflict-stricken region. Military officials and…

New York Post, by Kevin Sheehan, Joe Marino, and Isabel Keane: An unhinged man used a steak knife to butcher four of his relatives — including an 11-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy — and set their Queens house ablaze…

Business Insider, by Beatrice Nolan: It’s been a year since OpenAI launched ChatGPT and people are still marveling at the chatbot’s popularity. Yann LeCun, Meta’s chief scientist, told Forbes ChatGPT was treated like the “second coming of the messiah” when…

CNN, by Nouran Salahieh, Andy Rose, Sarah Dewberry and Chris Boyette: Tennessee officials are assessing the damage after tornadoes and strong thunderstorms roared across the state Saturday, leaving at least six people dead, more than 50 injured, multiple buildings destroyed…

The Blaze, by Joseph Mackinnon: A German court delivered its verdict Tuesday concerning those responsible for the barbaric September 2020 gang-rape of a 15-year-old German girl in the northern city of Hamburg. Of the eleven men initially charged in relation…

Faithwire, by Tré Goins-Phillips: Close to a quarter of young British people said recently they would be open to banning the Bible if they believed its pages contained “hate speech.” Whitestone Insights, a polling group, surveyed 2,088 adults in the…

The Tablet, by Kimberley Heatherington: A group of delegates, including three U.S. Catholic bishops and the head of a conference of women religious, met with Biden administration officials Nov. 17 to discuss the Catholic Church’s priorities for what Pope Francis…

The Tablet, by Tom Woolford: I used to teach a church history course to adult learners in the Diocese of Blackburn. The course began with the Church in the New Testament, before a second session on the Fathers and the…

Center for Public Justice, by Stanley Carlson-Thies: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has proposed a sweeping overhaul of its “Uniform Guidance”—rules that apply across federal agencies that describe how grants and cooperative agreements should be administered and audited….

The Epoch Times, by Dorothy Li: China’s top health body urged hospitals nationwide to extend service hours and set up more clinics, as the recent increase in respiratory illnesses drew global concerns. The message delivered at a Nov. 26 news…

FOX News, by Brandon Gillespie: A Wisconsin museum is facing backlash after its annual Christmas tree festival included some controversial entries this year. Of the 66 trees on display at the National Railroad Museum in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, the ones that…

U.S. News, by Guy Faulconbridge and Olzhas Auyezov: Russia’s rocket forces loaded an intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with the nuclear-capable “Avangard” hypersonic glide vehicle into a launch silo in southern Russia, according to a defence ministry TV channel broadcast on…