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Blowing in the wind

Politics | From the Senate in the 1970s to the presidential campaign trail in 2020, Joe Biden has a long record of going where political pressures push him—and right now they’re pushing him aggressively leftward

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The COVID-19 chasm

Coronavirus | The pandemic divides Americans—even Christians

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The COVID-19 chasm: Viral division

Coronavirus | Some Americans take extra precautions. Some go on with business as usual

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The COVID-19 chasm: The pandemic hits the heartland

Coronavirus | Middle America is seeing spikes in cases and the exhaustion of fending off the virus

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The COVID-19 chasm: Some groups take their work outside

Coronavirus | Schools, churches, and businesses find creative ways to protect against the virus without closing down

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On Culture Friday, professor George Yancey talks about the reality and limits of systemic racism and the principle of mutual accountability for racial reconciliation; Megan Basham reviews the Christian film, Like Dandelion Dust; and on Ask the Editor, Marvin Olasky answers questions about his Jewish, atheist background. Plus: piloting two world records, and the Friday morning news. Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate. Additional support comes from The Bible Speaks Today, the best-selling commentary series now within a single study Bible. Learn to apply the Bible for everyday life. Also from Maranatha Baptist University. Flexible, biblical, engaging online options, from high school to graduate school. And Samaritan Ministries. Samaritan members care for one another by praying, encouraging and sharing health care costs—all without the use of insurance.

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A conversation with Peter Wehner

This week, hear Warren Smith's 2019 conversation with author and former White House official, Peter Wehner.

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Police, protesters continue clashing in Portland

Mayor Ted Wheeler pleaded with demonstrators to stay off the streets and warned violent protesters were “props” heading into the election season.

Pro-life bill moves forward in Nebraska

Lawmakers in Nebraska broke a filibuster on Wednesday to move forward a bill protecting babies from dismemberment abortions.

Isaias batters East Coast, leaving six dead

The tropical storm dumped heavy rains and spawned tornadoes, one of which killed two people at a mobile home park in North Carolina on Tuesday.

California fires rage on

Fire officials blame a malfunctioning diesel vehicle for starting a wildfire east of Los Angeles that has consumed more than 42 square miles of bru

GOP candidates sling mud over abortion

Life | Kansas primary battle zeroes in on the pro-life argument over ectopic pregnancies

Mexico’s Roe v. Wade

Abortion | The nation’s Supreme Court slows but does not stop a pro-abortion trend

Three charged in celebrity Twitter hack

Prosecutors say a 17-year-old from Florida posted fake tweets to celebrity accounts on

Court overturns Boston bomber’s death sentence

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will spend the rest of his life in jail, but how he dies will depend on the jury in a new penalty phase trial, a federal appeals

Protest shooter says he acted in self-defense

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Aid trickles in to Lebanon

French President Emmanuel Macron visited Beirut on Thursday and promised aid but no blank checks, saying Tuesday’s explosion needs to be a turning

Myanmar sentences pastor for defying COVID-19 orders

Pastor David Lah, a Canadian citizen born in Myanmar, held a worship service on April 7 in Yangon, the largest city in the Southeast Asian country

Beirut explosion leaves thousands homeless

Israel displayed the Lebanese flag in lights on Tel Aviv’s city hall on Wednesday in a gesture of solidarity with one of its enemies.

Lebanon blast injures thousands

A massive explosion at Beirut’s port sent a mushroom cloud billowing over the city on Tuesday.

Report: Iran covered up coronavirus spread

The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Iran is nearly three times what its government claims, the BBC 

Melbourne’s bad day

International | Officials call for additional restrictions in Australia’s second-largest city because of COVID-19

Islamic State militants target Afghanistan prison

At least 39 people died and 50 others sustained injuries after a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a car at the main entrance to a prison in J

U.K. delays reopening plans

Britain’s number of confirmed, active COVID-19 cases is on the rise for the first time since May, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday.

Malawi’s new leader trained in church

International | Longtime pastor begins work on economic reform and fighting corruption