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With deal in hand, May seeks Brexit approval

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Reports of hate crimes continue to rise
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Hamas agrees to cease-fire in Gaza
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Death toll still climbing in California fires
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‘A living martyr’

Daniel of the Year | Held in Turkey on charges of espionage and terrorism, facing a life sentence for doing the work of the church, American Pastor Andrew Brunson’s dramatic release was the work of high-powered diplomacy and prevailing prayer

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An era of volatility

Politics | Hurrah for a peaceful election, but rumors of war persist

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Split verdict

Politics | Division in Washington will likely multiply investigations and legislative gridlock, but critical judicial appointments march on

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Evangelist in chains

Persecution | China uses dubious border charges to imprison a popular Christian leader

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‘Everything has changed’

Community | Sutherland Springs: A Texas community’s life after death

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11.14.18 Washington Wednesday, and biracial adoption

Nick Eicher and William Inboden discuss the Iran nuclear deal and new U.S. sanctions, Onize Ohikere hosts World Tour, and Katie Gaultney visits two families that found new insights from biracial adoption. Plus: commentary from Janie Cheaney.

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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 Kenneth Barnes

This week, Warren Smith talks with author Kenneth Barnes about his new book, Redeeming Capitalism.

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California wildfires kill at least 31

At least 31 people have died in three wildfires raging at both ends of California, officials announced Monday. About 228 others remain missing.

Shooter’s high school coach: ‘Warning signs were there’

Two high school coaches who worked with Ian David Long, who shot and killed 12 people Wednesday at a bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif., said he was vola

Fires destroy California town

Nine people have died in a wildfire that consumed the Northern California town of Paradise.

Package bomb suspect indicted

A federal grand jury indicted accused bomb maker Cesar Sayoc on Friday on 30 criminal counts that carry a possible mandatory life sentence.

California town grieves shooting victims

UPDATE: Hundreds of people gathered Thursday evening in Thousand Oaks, Calif., to remember the 12 people who died in a mass shooti

Wildfire ravages Paradise, Calif.

A wildfire swept through a Northern California town Thursday, destroying several thousand buildings, a California Department of Forestry and Fire P

13 dead in shooting at Southern California bar

Thirteen people including the gunman died in a mass shooting at a crowded Southern California bar late Wednesday.

Lawyers question possible jurors for ‘El Chapo’

Jury selection is ongoing in New York this week for the trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, one of the world’s most notorious alleged drug lords.

The lost art of condolence

Grief & Suffering | New Yorkers take a condolence letter writing class with a funeral director

Shelling, airstrikes intensify at Gaza border

UPDATE: Palestinian militants launched dozens of rockets and mortar shells at Israel on Monday while Israeli warplanes bombarded t

Iran passes UN nuclear test

The International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that Iran was abiding by the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers.

Trump weathers Armistice Day barbs

Close to 70 world leaders gathered in Paris Sunday to commemorate Armistice Day and the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

Fake images of Bibi fuel hostility in Pakistan

Pakistani Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday slammed fake images showing Asia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges, ou

Death toll from Somali bombings rises

The death toll from four explosions outside a hotel in Mogadishu on Friday has risen to at least 53 people with more than 100 others injured, offic

Protesting propaganda

Persecution | At the UN Human Rights Council, demonstrations as China claims Uighurs enjoy ‘colorful and meaningful’ lives in re-education camps

Pastors in prison and other tragedies

International | Good guys and bad guys made international news this week

Series of bombs kills at least 20 in Somalia

At least 20 people died in a Friday extremist attack in Somalia when four car bombs went off outside a hotel in Mogadishu, the capital city.

World leaders to mark 100 years since Armistice Day

As nations prepared to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, an unknown soldier who died in the war received a reburial ceremony Th

Judge gives Keystone XL pipeline a raincheck

The Keystone XL pipeline hit another obstacle Friday when a court blocked the Trump administration’s construction permit and ordered an environment

Year-long tide

Environment | Algae bloom off Florida coast has many more-than-human causes 

The itching ears of peer review

Research | Three scholars show the process is more political than academic

Google employees walk out over sexual misconduct

Hundreds of Google employees around the world staged a walkout Thursday over perceived mishandling of sexual misconduct accusations, including leni

CDC: New cases of paralyzing disease

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 10 new cases of a mysterious, Polio-like illness that paralyzes children.

Farm without a farmer

Technology | Startup hopes restaurants and grocers are ready for robotically grown greens

Dancing robots

Technology | Sifting through the frenzy and fears about artificial intelligence

Beyond opioids

Drug Abuse | America’s drug crisis now includes benzodiazepines, commonly prescribed for anxiety, and as the death toll grows, the underlying problems remain unaddressed

Hurricane Willa closing in on Mexico

Authorities in Mexico are rushing to set up shelters and evacuate people in low-lying areas as Hurricane Willa approaches the Pacific coastline.