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9th Circuit partially strikes down HHS mandate protections

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Bomb threat email most likely a hoax
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Senators approve anti-Saudi resolution
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Russian pleads guilty to campaign spying

Vol. 33, No. 24
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2018 News of the Year

News | Agony and ecstasy—12 months of turmoil, disaster, death, rescue, victory, and celebration

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2018 Deaths

Obituaries | Extraordinary lives: Billy Graham, George and Barbara Bush, Aretha Franklin, John McCain, Eugene Peterson, and more

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State of surveillance

China | The growth of surveillance technology is enabling the Chinese government’s rapid transformation into Big Brother

Zhongming Jiang
‘Faithful disobedience’

Persecution | An influential house church in China responds to a wave of police detentions

Bev Horne/Daily Herald
Hard times at Harvest

Evangelicalism | Former elders, pastors, and staffers from Chicago’s Harvest Bible Chapel accuse the church of financial mismanagement and a culture of deception and intimidation

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12.14.18 Culture Friday, Word Play and Advent music

Nick Eicher and John Stonestreet discuss the Fairness for All plan; Megan Basham reviews a new documentary on the life of Fox News mogul Roger Ailes; and George Grant examines the history of a holiday phrase. Plus: music for the Advent season.

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
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A conversation with Keith Getty

This week, Warren Smith talks with singer and songwriter Keith Getty.

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State of surveillance

China | The growth of surveillance technology is enabling the Chinese government’s rapid transformation into Big Brother

Chinese pastor under criminal detention

Chinese authorities have officially charged the lead pastor of Early Rain Covenant Church and sent him to criminal detention following a crackdown

Cease-fire reached in parts of Yemen

The two warring sides in Yemen have agreed to withdraw their troops from the restive port city of Hodeida, with a cease-fire extending across the e

Pope Francis parts with two cardinals

Pope Francis has removed two cardinals who are facing sexual abuse accusations from his informal Cabinet, the Vatican announced Wednesday.

China confirms arrest of two Canadians

Chinese officials confirmed Thursday that they have detained a second Canadian citizen amid an ongoing rift over the arrest of a top executive of a

May to stay at the helm in the U.K., for now

British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday, ensuring she will continue to play an instrumental rol

Theresa May in the hot seat

International | But the British prime minister may survive Wednesday’s no-confidence vote over her handling of Brexit

Detained Chinese pastor writes of true freedom

A letter from Wang Yi, pastor of the Chinese church that was the subject of a government crackdown Sunday, was

French police search for Strasbourg shooter

French authorities on Wednesday continued to search for a shooting suspect who killed two people and injured up to 12 others Tuesday night near a C

Climate faux pas

Science | Researchers messed up the math

Emergency connections

Technology | New 911 technology provides first responders with automatic info

Scientific soul-searching

Science | The revelation that a Chinese researcher produced gene-edited babies should be a wake-up call over ethics

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.

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.