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Trump defends monuments on July Fourth

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U.S. revelers vexed by virus
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California bans singing in worship
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News anchor Hugh Downs dies
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Pro-life challenge hits dead end

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Listening to the unheard

News | The news cycle is loud, but we need to hear those who can’t shout

Lucas Boland
A cultural genocide before our eyes

China | The Uighur diaspora is speaking out as family members disappear into reeducation camps in Xinjiang, but will the world listen?

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Reasonable accommodation

Policy | The Americans With Disabilities Act, which turns 30 this month, steered Jim Terry toward a more accessible career

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Houses of death

Coronavirus | Small Belgium has the highest COVID-19 mortality rate in the world, raising questions about restrictive protocols surrounding nursing homes

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Summer sequels

News analysis | The coronavirus spiked the movie blockbuster season, but drama is playing out in real life

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7.3.20 Washington Wednesday, Footsteps of St. Peter, and Gettysburg

On Culture Friday, Megan Basham and Myrna Brown talk to John Stonestreet about recent Supreme Court rulings and the push to tear down Confederate statues; Megan reviews the second in a series of BBC documentaries about Biblical figures, In the Footsteps of St. Peter; and J.C. Derrick visits Gettysburg to mark the anniversary of the pivotal Civil War battle. Plus: a special performance of The Star-Spangled Banner, sign language translation, and the Friday morning news. 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 Michael Matheson Miller

This week, hear an encore presentation of Warren Smith's 2016 conversation with scholar and filmmaker Michael Matheson Miller.  

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COVID-19 in the states

By the Numbers | 37 The number of COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 persons in the United States as of June 25, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Houses of death

Coronavirus | Small Belgium has the highest COVID-19 mortality rate in the world, raising questions about restrictive protocols surrounding nursing homes

Monday meals with neighbors

Neighborhoods | A summer tradition isn’t completely out of reach

More states require face coverings

All Oregonians must wear masks in indoor public spaces, Gov. Kate Brown said on Monday.

Coronavirus numbers hit new highs

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide surpassed 10 million over the weekend, accounting for more than 500,000 deaths and 5 million recov

States close bars to stop virus spread

Florida and Texas took a step back in the push to reopen businesses on Friday as the daily number of confirmed new COVID-19 cases hit an all-time h

COVID-19 rebounds in some places

As many as 20 million Americans have contracted the coronavirus, according to U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials on Thursday.

A different kind of shot in the arm against COVID-19

Science | Scientists explore “DNA shots” to protect people from the coronavirus

Coronavirus still on the rise in U.S.

Officials across the United States are reporting about 26,000 new COVID-19 cases a day.

God always provided

Lifestyle | Ron and Sandra Johanesen strove to trust God—and each other—while raising a family and living on a single income

The trouble with traffic stops

Law | Multiple studies point to racial disparities in policing across the U.S.

Seattle officials clear protest zone

Police arrested more than 30 people in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood as they dismantled tents and roadblocks at 5 a.m. PDT on Wednesday.

The appalling price of unborn babies’ body parts

Life | Investigators continue to uncover the abortion industry’s shady practices

Violence plagues Seattle protest zone

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best called the situation in the Capitol Hill neighborhood “dangerous and unacceptable” after a shooting early Monday l

Mississippi removes Confederate symbol from state flag

State lawmakers from both sides of the aisle hugged one another and spectators cheered on Sunday after the House and Senate voted to replace the la

A family history, Part 3

Family | A model of what it is to be a woman, a lady, a mother, a human being

Tech companies silence pro-child voices

Family | YouTube, Amazon don’t want to hear critiques of transgender ideology

City, state officials put spotlight on policing cases

A police chief in Arizona resigned, a New York City officer faces charges, and a 2019 case out of Colorado received new scrutiny.

A cultural genocide before our eyes

China | The Uighur diaspora is speaking out as family members disappear into reeducation camps in Xinjiang, but will the world listen?

Constitutional amendment hands Putin two more terms

After a week of voting, Russians on Wednesday approved a slate of more than 200 amendments that included maintaining the definition of marriage as

Hong Kong protesters decry new security law

Thousands of demonstrators defied a police ban and gathered in the streets on Wednesday for an annual protest marking the 23rd anniversary of the f

EU reopens borders to some nations

U.S. citizens cannot travel to the European Union for at least another two weeks.

Beijing approves Hong Kong national security law

Twenty-three years after the Chinese government pledged to give Hong Kong 50 years of autonomy, the mainland has stripped the former British colony

Bad neighbors on the Korean Peninsula

International | North Korea reneges on several peace resolutions

Attack in Glasgow likely not terrorism

Police shot and killed the suspect in a stabbing in Glasgow, Scotland, on Friday that left six people wounded, including a police officer.

Delayed sanctions for China’s Uighur atrocities

Persecution | After three years of mixed signals, the U.S. government finally moves to hold China responsible for its human rights abuses against Uighurs

Pakistan discovers pilots cheated on tests

The Karachi-based state-run airline on Thursday said 150 of its pilots had other people take their licensing exams for them.

More than a pharmacy

Business | Looters and arson in the Twin Cities destroyed a beloved neighborhood drugstore, but owner Jim Stage is confident God works in the restoration business

Jobs slowly return in the U.S.

The unemployment rate in the United States dropped from 13.3 percent in May to 11.1 percent in June, according to a

Markets rally on good news

Stocks on Wall Street climbed on Tuesday despite concerns about a possible resurgence of COVID-19 in the United States.

Zoom suspends Chinese human rights activist’s account

China | U.S. lawmakers question the company’s ties to the Chinese government

The road to reopening

Coronavirus | Businesses around the U.S. are reopening after the coronavirus pandemic, but different places face different challenges

Stocks dip after surprising rally

The S&P 500 reached an overall positive gain for the year on Monday despite a confirmed recession due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Unemployment unexpectedly dips

A new report on joblessness offered hope the United States has seen the worst of the economic blows from the coronavirus shutdowns.

Inside the outbreak: Creative coronavirus help

Business | Innovative ways to be good neighbors in a crisis

Unemployment spike slows

Boeing will cut 12,000 U.S. jobs in the coming weeks, executives announced on Wednesday.