90 minutes

The time limit, per weekday, that children under the age of 18 may play video games in China under new governmental regulations. The rules also set a 10 p.m. gaming curfew for youngsters.

2,172

The number of lung injuries in the United States linked to vaping as of Nov. 13, according to health officials. An investigation is focused on vitamin E acetate and bootleg vaping products containing THC.

Walking a tightrope

[ Oct. 12 ] The issue is not just opening the door to state regulation but the Church’s failure to stand against a therapy industry that defines addiction as chronic disease and addicts as victims. Teen Challenge has done for years what Christians should do: remove the teen from the old environment, add Scripture and physical labor, and help them move forward in life. —Carol Almy / Long Grove, Ill.

Carbon equation

It’s probably not what climate change activists had in mind. Saying the company was focused on making “low-carbon investments,” Houston-based Occidental Petroleum proudly announced in October that it had opened its first solar farm. Energy collected at the 120-acre solar farm near Odessa, Texas, will power the company’s high-carbon investments like oil and gas drilling operations in West Texas. The company also said it plans on purchasing solar power to energize other drilling efforts in the Permian Basin.

‘Tell your people to stop everything.’

A masked soldier to Ovidio Guzmán, son of drug lord El Chapo, in a video released by the Mexican government. As Mexican soldiers attempted to arrest Guzmán, the Sinaloa drug cartel began a string of attacks against military families across the city, and the soldiers were forced to release Guzmán several hours later.

Died

462

The number of prison inmates Oklahoma released on Nov. 4 in a mass commutation meant to reduce jail time for people convicted of low-level, nonviolent crimes.

$400,000

The approximate amount Georgetown University plans to allocate each year (via fundraising) for community projects benefiting descendants of slaves whom school officials sold in 1838.

82

The number of Tiger Woods’ career PGA Tour victories after he won the Zozo Championship in Japan on Oct. 28. Woods is now tied with golfer Sam Snead for most PGA Tour titles of all time.

An easy ‘A’

[ Sept. 28 ] Thank you for a great article. I have always thought that the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability was digging deep into the financial practices of the groups it certifies, but evidently it is not. —Kristofer Sandlund / Zanesville, Ohio