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Hong Kong protesters decry new security law

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Both sides, now

Protest | After George Floyd’s death, we shouldn’t ignore protesters’ cries or looters’ destruction

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The road to reopening

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

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Biden’s summer bet

Politics | Picking a potential vice president is a critical moment in Joe Biden’s presidential campaign—and it’s now more complex than he anticipated

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Brutal and brazen

Terrorism | A local terror group’s increasing attacks in Mozambique are raising concern of a new Islamist force in southern Africa

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No time to be distant

Family | When single moms faced a pandemic crisis that might send their children to state care, Christian families stepped up to help—but two states have blocked the nonprofits that enable such work

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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

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.

Statues removed by decree and by force

The Charleston, S.C., City Council voted Tuesday to remove a statue of former Vice President John C.

Three men charged in Arbery killing

Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr.

Mississippi Baptist Convention calls for new state flag

Citing the Biblical teaching to “love your neighbor as yourself,” Mississippi Baptist leaders encouraged state officials to adopt a new flag that “

Rayshard Brooks’ family holds funeral

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter spoke at her father’s former church in Atlanta on Tuesday for the funeral of Rayshard Brooks.

Seattle to shut down protest zone

The Seattle mayor on Monday encouraged the protesters camping around Cal Anderson Park to pack up.

California police shooting under scrutiny

Several hundred protesters gathered in Gardena, Calif., on Sunday after the death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado on Thursday.

Primary results come in from Kentucky

It took a week for Kentucky to sort through mail-in ballots from its Democratic Senate primary on June 23.

Christian school students win religious liberty case

The state of Montana violated the First Amendment to the U.S.

Twisting Supreme Court precedent

Abortion | Monday’s June Medical Services opinion gives cover to abortionists

Trump signs monument protection order

State and local law enforcement agencies could lose federal money if they don’t protect historic monuments under an

Officials deny Russia-Taliban connection

A New York Times report that Moscow offered terrorists in Afghanistan money to kill U.S.

Supreme Court overturns Louisiana pro-life law

Chief Justice John Roberts voted with the liberal wing of the court to rule against Louisiana’s health protections for women and unborn babies.

House approves D.C. statehood

Leaders of the District of Columbia have pushed for representation in Congress for years, but Friday was the first time either chamber has approved

Trump signs foster care executive order

President Donald Trump wants to strengthen the ties between the federal government and religious organizations that place foster children.

Immigration budget crisis reflects change in policy

Immigration | The Trump administration blames COVID-19, but a federal agency projected a $1 billion deficit in 2019

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

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.

North, South Korea mark war’s 70 anniversary

South Korean military leaders on Thursday visited a national cemetery in Seoul, where about 130,000 soldiers from the Korean War are buried or hono

Earthquake rocks Mexico

A Tuesday morning quake near the southern coast of Mexico measured 7.4 on the Richter scale, shook buildings more than 300 miles away in Mexico Cit

North Korea plans to litter South with propaganda

The communist dictatorship has prepared 12 million leaflets of its own to send into South Korea as relations between the two countries fall apart.

Stabbing leaves three dead in the U.K.

A 25-year-old suspect stabbed people sitting in a park in Reading, England, on Saturday evening.