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Dear Anonymous Dad

Family | Tens of thousands of children conceived by donors are grown up now and wondering who their fathers are. Advances in DNA testing are helping them find out

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Socialist seeds

Politics | A socialist revolution may not be imminent in the United States, but the ideology is getting a surprising boost ahead of midterm elections

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Hard tests for China’s Christian schools

Education | The emerging Christian school movement in China is battling for its future amid government opposition and administrative troubles

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A seat at the circus

Politics | Senators, paid protesters play clowns at Kavanaugh hearing

Love life, outsourced

Relationships | As modern dating fails them, some singles are turning to professional matchmakers

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Legal Docket, and the Monday Moneybeat

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A conversation with Ligon Duncan

This week, Warren Smith talks with Ligon Duncan, the president of Reformed Theological Seminary.

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School safety becomes school choice rallying cry

Education | Renewed attention to violence in public schools could boost efforts to give parents more say over their students’ education

Doctors in demand

Education | Medical schools are graduating more new physicians than ever, but America still faces a growing physician shortage

DOJ supports Asian-American students suing Harvard

The Trump administration has taken sides in a federal lawsuit against Harvard University, saying the elite school discriminated against Asian-Ameri

As Maine goes, so goes the nation?

Education | Suit challenging religious bias in state school choice program could clear legal hurdles across the country

Not so crazy anymore

Education | New survey shows growing support for school choice initiatives

Responding to ‘the unimaginable’

Sexual Abuse | When a trusted individual sins in a way that can ruin dozens of young lives, Christian groups and communities need to respond quickly. Here’s one case study of ongoing recovery

Papered over

Higher Education | Biblical truth-telling at college newspapers can sometimes conflict with the way administrators want to portray the school. Here’s a case study of how Liberty University handled the tension last spring

Equal opportunity players

Homeschooling | Many U.S. homeschoolers want to participate in public school sports, but some states have resisted them

Big change in the Big Easy

Education | Survey of New Orleans charter school graduates shows big gains in educational achievement

Independent group to investigate Hybels, Willow Creek

The Willow Creek Association announced Tuesday the formation of an independent committee to investigate accusations of sexual misconduct against Wi

Brooklyn Diocese to pay record abuse settlement

As fallout continues to spread from the sex abuse scandal within the Roman Catholic Church, the diocese in Brooklyn, N.Y., has agreed to one of the

Echo churches

Religion | Many evangelicals want to worship with partisan comrades

Pope accepts bishop’s resignation, meets with U.S. delegation

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of West Virginia Bishop Michael Bransfield amid accusations the bishop sexually harassed adults, Vatican offi

Pope summons senior bishops over clergy abuse

Pope Francis has called on the presidents of every global bishops conference to attend a February summit to deliberate on how to prevent clergy sex

Liberty behind bars

Religious Liberty | Officials and the courts are grappling with how to maintain security and protect religious liberties in prisons

More states probe Catholic abuse record

New York and New Jersey launched investigations Friday into the Roman Catholic Church’s handling of sex abuse allegations.

Anne Graham Lotz battling cancer, requests prayers

Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of the late evangelist Billy Graham, announced this week she was diagnosed with breast cancer in August.

Speak freely

Religious Liberty | Therapists and clients get a reprieve from the California Assembly

Ferry accident kills more than 100 in Africa’s Lake Victoria

More than 100 people died when a passenger ferry capsized on Thursday afternoon in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria.

Short stories of communism

Persecution | Two collections of short fiction depict communist absurdities in China and North Korea

Another deadly landslide follows typhoon in the Philippines

A landslide killed at least 21 people and left dozens of others trapped beneath the rubble Thursday morning in the central Philippines.

U.S. back on speaking terms with North Korea

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday said he would deliver a private message to U.S.

Threat of Iranian cyberattacks looms

Hackers aligned with the Iranian government reportedly launched a major campaign of cyberattacks ahead of renewed U.S.

Peace on the Korean Peninsula?

International | North Korean leader agrees to verify denuclearization efforts in front of foreign experts

North Korea agrees to close more missile sites

North and South Korea on Wednesday said the North would shut down key nuclear facilities if the United States took reciprocal measures.

Mass death sentence in Egypt draws condemnation

undefined | A court ordered the executions of more than 300 people over protests in 2013

Boko Haram kills Red Cross worker

ABUJA, Nigeria—Boko Haram extremists killed a Nigerian Red Cross employee abducted earlier this year, the International Committee of the Red Cross

Judiciary Committee still negotiating Ford’s testimony

Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were both teenagers, won’t testify Monday a

Accuser wants FBI to recheck Kavanaugh

A California college professor who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were both teenagers has asked f

Trump on Sessions: ‘I don’t have an attorney general’

President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on U.S.

Senate advances spending bill

The U.S. Senate took another step Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Planned Kavanaugh, accuser hearing uncertain

A planned continuation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee next Monday, in which

U.S. lowers refugee admissions again

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the United States would slash the number of refugees allowed into the country next year to 30,

Trump declassifies Russia probe documents

President Donald Trump on Monday declassified a trove of documents related to the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S.

U.S., China pile on new tariffs

China said Tuesday it would increase tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S.

Kavanaugh, accuser to testify publicly next Monday

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Flood risk remains in the Carolinas

Residents in eastern North and South Carolina still have not escaped the wrath of Hurricane Florence one full week after the storm first made landf

Trump visits storm-ravaged North Carolina

President Donald Trump arrived in North Carolina Wednesday to survey damage left by Hurricane Florence.

Supplies delivered to those stranded by Florence flooding

Hundreds of Wilmington, N.C., residents stranded by floodwaters left by Hurricane Florence lined up Wednesday for free food, water, and tarps.

Flood threat from Florence continues, as tornadoes touch down in Virginia

UPDATE: Authorities reopened a single unidentified road leading into Wilmington, N.C., Monday, as the possibility of additional fl

Rescuers dig for typhoon survivors in the Philippines

Rescue workers in the Philippines searched for survivors Monday after powerful Typhoon Mangkhut battered the northern Philippines and China over th

Death toll rises as heavy rain from Florence continues to fall

UPDATE: Authorities in North and South Carolina said Saturday that the death toll related to Florence had climbed to 11, as c

Storm troopers

Disaster | Churches across the Carolinas respond to Hurricane Florence, as the megastorm threatens to cause catastrophic flooding

Typhoon Mangkhut continues on path toward the Philippines

Typhoon Mangkhut continued to barrel toward the northern Philippines on Friday, a day before it is expected to make landfall, as residents continue

God’s knitting mechanism

Science | Researchers may have solved part of the mystery in how humans are ‘fearfully and wonderfully made’ in the womb