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Jun 08 2022
Analysis
Has the gun become a sacred object in America?
For 10 years after 9/11, James Strickland fought for the United States Army, slogging, rifle on shoulder, from battlefield to battlefield.
He took and returned fire, he says, for not just a country, but an idea – that America had God’s special blessing. “I used a gun for a living to enforce that idea,” he says.
As the U.S. endures a wave of gun violence, it sometimes seems to him
Christian Science Monitor
May 25 2022
News
“We are in mourning”: As parents awaited news, Uvalde residents processed their shock and grief
UVALDE — Dozens of families in this South Texas town, roiled by the deadliest school shooting in modern Texas history, waited for hours on the lawn of a civic center Tuesday for unthinkable news that took hours to deliver.
The building served as the reunification center for families of students evacuated from Robb Elementary School after a shooter opened fire, killing at least 19
The Texas Tribune
Jun 29 2022
News
Detention centers ‘hell’ for immigrants in Malaysia, report reveals
An Indonesian NGO’s report on immigration detention centers in Malaysia was just released, detailing the inhuman conditions of the centers, located in the state of Sabah. According to the Sovereign Migrant Workers Coalition (KBMB), 149 Indonesian citizens died at the five centers in the past year and a half.
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) cites numerous cases of detainees being
Deseret News
Mar 19 2020
Fact Check
Coronavirus: Six of President Trump's claims fact-checked
President Donald Trump has been defending his handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and has now introduced travel restrictions on European countries.
We've fact-checked some of the president's recent claims.
Claim 1 "The US has done a very good job on testing. When people need a test they can get a test."
In early March, the White House conceded that
BBC News
Mar 19 2020
News
A pandemic's generous responders
Charitable giving has spiked as fast as the virus, filling in the gaps of government response to the crisis.
In a pandemic, everyone is a responder, even if he or she is self-isolating. Yet for many people during the coronavirus outbreak, the response has been outward. According to the research group Candid, global giving to combat the outbreak and deal with the economic fallout has
Christian Science Monitor
Jul 25 2022
News
The dystopian American reality one month after the Roe v Wade reversal
Severe new restrictions upend reproductive care across whole regions of the US. Patients report delays for procedures that were once common and routine, as doctors fear vague new laws with criminal penalties. A 10-year-old rape victim was forced to travel out of state to terminate a pregnancy. And activists promise more draconian restrictions to come.
In the month since the supreme
The Guardian
Mar 11 2013
News
Top U.S. admiral cites climate change, not China, as biggest Pacific security threat
Navy Admiral Samuel Locklear III is in charge of keeping an eye on North Korea, on the progression of tensions between China and Japan, and on cybersecurity threats from China. But he still thinks the biggest security threat in the Pacific is climate change.
Washington Times
May 08 2022
News
'Let's Take Out Putin': Graham Doubles Down on Ukraine War 'Off-Ramp'
Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said Sunday that the goal in the ongoing Ukraine war should be to "take out" Vladimir Putin, contending that there is "no off-ramp" with the Russian president remaining in power.
On March 3, shorty after Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Graham first floated the idea of assassinating Putin during an
Newsweek
Jun 14 2022
News
Bernie Sanders, Lindsey Graham pull no punches in spirited debate
It started with a handshake, but U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Lindsey Graham wasted very little time when their debate devolved into the same disagreements they would have had if they stayed in D.C.
“Do yourself a favor and ask yourself the following question, am I better off today than I was two years ago? And if you are, you were in a world of hurt two years ago, because most people
Boston Herald
Apr 01 2022
News
Ukraine Negotiations To Resume, Europe Faces Russia Gas Deadline
European buyers of Russian gas faced a deadline to start paying in roubles on Friday, while negotiations aimed at ending the five-week war were set to resume even as Ukraine braced for further attacks in the south and east.
Ukrainian authorities were hoping to evacuate more residents from the besieged southern port of Mariupol on Friday after Russia agreed to open a humanitarian
International Business Times