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A country up for grabs

Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest

Facing the algorithms

As police turn to facial recognition technology to identify suspects and solve cases, critics worry about privacy and false accusations

To police or not to police?

In Los Angeles, “defunding the police” led to disbanding a unit specially designed to help with homelessness

Voter migration

Donald Trump made gains among some Hispanic voters in 2020. Will the GOP continue the trend?

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The century's top 100 books

On July 3, WORLD offered a list of what were, from our perspective, the top 40 books of the century.

Holding the line?

Mainline church battles over homosexual ceremonies continue

Cork the champagne

NCC throws a $750,000 party for its 50th anniversary, but does the organization have a future?

NCC's recovery plan

New money to take care of the NCC's operating shortfall of almost $4 million this year is not on the horizon. The United Methodist Churc...

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Saddened My wife, Ruth, and I are saddened by the news report and the implications. We love our son, Ned, and very deeply love Carol and their two sons, and continually lift them up in pray...

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TV: Second time around

A month ago, ABC's divorce drama Once and Again was celebrated as the season's strongest new show-boosting ratings not only for ABC, but also for the Lifetime cable channel, which rebroadcasts eac...

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The reason you are here this morning is not luck. God is not through using you for His purpose. Pastor Dwight Edwards, of Grace Bible Church in College Station, Texas, to those in his churc...

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Clinton apologizes in Greece Saying sorry President Clinton wound up a 10-day, six-nation European tour. In Greece, the president apologized for U.S. complicity in a 1967 military coup that ...