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May lobbies EU leaders after delaying Brexit vote

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Beyond platform shoes

Books | WORLD’s 2018 Books of the Year

Wizards and prophets

Books | SCIENCE: Our book of the year shows a worldview clash

War on Poverty: Nearly Won (and Lost)

Books | UNDERSTANDING AMERICA: Our book of the year focuses on the war for work

Peopling a war

Books | UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD: Profiling the Syrian war’s rebels, jihadists, and casualties

Crises R Us

Books | HISTORY: Examining the Civil War, immigration, and other great divides

NPR from a Christian Worldview: Each weekday morning, enjoy daily radio news, interviews, commentary, and original features reported from the field.

Dec
11
12.11.18 Chinas crackdown, and The Hiding Place ballet

Mary Reichard and June Cheng discuss China's crackdown on one of the most well-known house churches in the country; Leigh Jones reports on early childhood education proposals; and Kim Henderson visits a ballet in Mississippi honoring Corrie ten Boom. Plus: commentary from Cal Thomas.

For sharable story transcripts and audio, please visit worldandeverything.org

Insightful interviews with popular musicians, Christian thought leaders, makers of movies and television, respected authors, and key political leaders.

Dec
7
A conversation with Michael Horton

This week, Warren Smith talks with theologian, podcaster, author, professor, and magazine publisher Michael Horton.

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Winter storm buries Southeast in snow

A winter storm blanketed five southern U.S. states with snow, sleet, and freezing rain from Saturday into Monday.

Busting drugs with China

Drug Abuse | China promises to combat opioid drug sales to the United States

Accused Border Patrol vigilante faces death penalty

Prosecutors said Wednesday they will seek the death penalty for a U.S. Border Patrol agent who confessed to murdering four prostitutes.

Euthanasia for autism?

Life | The trial in Belgium over the killing of an autistic woman could have international repercussions

Gender agenda

Family | A Texas father is fighting his ex-wife’s claim that their son is a transgender girl

Dallas officer charged with murder in shooting

A grand jury on Friday indicted a former Dallas police officer for murder in the killing of her unarmed black neighbor in his apartment.

Major quake rocks southern Alaska

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook Anchorage, Alaska, Friday morning, triggering a brief tsunami warning that was quickly canceled. The U.S.

Northern California suffers flooding after fires

Flash floods Thursday in a Northern California county scorched by a wildfire earlier this month added to the misery of residents who still have not

Good news, bad news on abortion statistics

Abortion | Fewer babies are dying, but more pregnant women are using RU-486

China continues persecuting church members

Chinese offcials on Tuesday continued to crack down on members of the Early Rain Covenant Church after a Sunday night

Accused Russian agent to cooperate with U.S.

A woman accused of working as a Russian spy in the United States wants to change her plea of “not guilty” and likely will cooperate with prosecutor

May delays Brexit vote

Labour Party lawmakers clamored for British Prime Minister Theresa May to resign on Monday after her speech delaying the parliamentary vote on her

Chinese churchgoers arrested, forbidden to meet

Chinese authorities arrested

France endures more riots

French President Emmanuel Macron will deliver a televised address Monday evening, his first public statement in more than a week amid escalating pr

Netanyahu clutches victory from jaws of defeat

International | Israeli leader praises the ‘principled stand’ taken by UN General Assembly members to condemn Hamas

Canada arrests Chinese executive at U.S. request

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday demanded that Canadian authorities release the executive of a top Chinese telecom company after she was de

Turkey issues arrest warrants for Saudi aides

Turkish officials said Wednesday they are seeking the arrest of two former aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the

Top Republicans: Stop coddling Saudis

International | Tension grows between Congress and the Trump administration over the Khashoggi case

Russian spacecraft blasts off safely

Three astronauts successfully blasted off to the International Space Station on Monday from Kazakhstan following an aborted mission in October.

Expert: Climate report stokes unwarranted fear

Science | Grim predictions are still standard, but climate models are not as definitive as they seem

China orders stop to human gene editing work

The Chinese government on Thursday ordered researcher He Jiankui of Shenzhen to halt his experiments after he told a scientific conference in Hong

Chinese scientist condemned for gene editing human embryos

A Chinese researcher continues to alarm the scientific and bioethics community with claims of being the first in the world to use gene editing

InSight lands safely on Mars

A NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars landed on the Red Planet Monday.

Federal report links climate change, extreme weather

A government report on climate change released Friday said global warming is contributing to extreme weather in the United States.

Fire fact and fiction

Science | What science really says about climate change and California’s deadly blazes

FDA: Don’t eat romaine lettuce

Health officials are warning Americans and Canadians to stop eating romaine lettuce after an E.

English on the go

Technology | Mobile learning apps could help workers or immigrants hone language and literacy skills

Marriott data breach affects up to 500 million

Marriott on Friday announced a massive data breach that compromised the information of as many as 500 million guests at its Starwood hotels.

GM to cut 14,000 jobs

General Motors announced Monday plans to lay off up to 14,000 factory and white-collar workers in North America and possibly close five plants.

Shoppers line up on Black Friday (and Thursday, too)

The Christmas shopping season officially kicks off with Black Friday, but early bird shoppers in stores that opened Thursday evening have already s

Nissan chairman arrested for financial misconduct

Authorities in Japan on Monday arrested Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn on charges he underreported his income and misused company funds.

Amazon selects New York, Virginia for second headquarters

Amazon announced Tuesday plans to split its highly anticipated second headquarters between New York and northern Virginia.

Winning lottery ticket worth $1.537 billion

A ticket bought in South Carolina won the Mega Millions lottery on Tuesday with a final prize of $1.537 billion, lottery officials said.

Market wavers on road to recovery

U.S. stocks are tentatively recovering from a dip last week.

Sears files for bankruptcy

Once America’s retail giant, Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday after 132 years in business.

Stock market recovering from rough week

World stock markets perked up a little Friday morning after heavy losses this week. Major U.S.