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Vol. 34, No. 20
Kiran Ridley
Stepping into the fray

Asia | As violent demonstrations roil Hong Kong, a bold group of volunteers is providing moral support and physical protection for young protesters

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A climate of insecurity

Religious Liberty | Turkey is deporting Christian workers and church leaders, despite bowing to U.S. pressure one year ago in releasing American Pastor Andrew Brunson

Fatherless and homeless

Homelessness | Too many kids in the foster system end up on the streets once they reach adulthood

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Everyone a target

News analysis | Even amid a divided nation, Christians should not despair

Krieg Barrie
Silence of the sheep

Law | Christian nonprofits and churches have adopted practices from the for-profit world of avoiding liability, sometimes leading to devastating outcomes

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10.21.19 Legal Docket, and Monday Moneybeat

Mary Reichard explains whether a state can abolish insanity as a defense; Nick Eicher reports on retail sales and how that affects the economy; and Paul Butler covers important dates from this month in history. Plus: commentary from J.C. Derrick. Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate.

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

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A conversation with Mark Mittleberg.

This week, hear Warren Smith's conversation with Christian apologist and author, Mark Mittleberg.

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Store may face charges for selling gun to shooter

An Academy Sports + Outdoors store in Texas sold Devin Patrick Kelley a semi-automatic rifle and large-capacity magazine after he showed a Colorado

Authorities stop massive child abuse website

A sting on a darknet child pornography site led to the arrest of more than 300 people around the world and the rescue of at least 23 children.

Lego introduces recycling program

A box full of rattling Lego bricks becomes a fixture in many family basements as children grow up, partly because the durable, nonbiodegradable, no

Fort Worth police officer charged with murder

Police officials said Monday they do not understand why Officer Aaron Dean, 34, shot and killed 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson through a window in

Officer fatally shoots woman in her home

Police responding to a request for a wellness check early Saturday shot and killed 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson, an African American woman, throu

California governor signs abortion-on-campus law

California becomes the first state to require all public universities to offer abortion-inducing pills to students on campus.

Southern California blaze dying down

Cooler temperatures and higher humidity are helping firefighters control the Saddleridge fire in Southern California.

Proliferating child pornography

Sexual Abuse | Public outcry against online child sex abuse often misses the link to adult pornography

Veteran hikes 800 miles for suicide prevention

Marine veteran Travis Snyder hiked halfway around Lake Michigan in 42 days, starting in the town of Manistee, Mich.

Another adult stem cell breakthrough

Science | Researchers continue to prove embryos don’t have to die for patients to live

A brave new Russia

Science | Geneticists in Moscow debate the ethics of modifying human embryos

Developers of lithium-ion batteries win Nobel

A German-born engineering professor at the University of Texas became the oldest person ever to win a Nobel Prize at age 97 on Wednesday. John B.

California makes HIV prevention meds easier to get

California will become the first state to allow people to buy HIV prevention pills without a prescription. Gov.

Three scientists win Nobel Prize in physics

The 113th Nobel Prize in physics honored cosmologist James Peebles of Princeton University on Tuesday for his theories about dark matter and cosmic

Zantac contamination worries pharmacies

Science | FDA warns about a cancer-causing agent in the popular heartburn medication

Early snow hits northern Rockies

The superintendent of Glacier National Park called the snow that blanketed Montana this weekend “a February storm in September.” Montana Gov.

‘Nightmare’ bug invades Pennsylvania

The great spotted lanternfly, a planthopper native to Southeast Asia, flies in people’s faces, lands on them, and dumps its sticky waste everywhere

Doomsters and extremists

Environmentalism | With climate change, Christians have a moment to speak a word of hope