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Over 300 Muslims and Christians gathered last week at a megachurch in Kansas to share a meal after sunset based on Muslim tradition during Ramadan. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JhHrpP via

By MANNY FERNANDEZ, JULIE TURKEWITZ and JESS BIDGOOD from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2H2lw0G

Tropical Storm Alberto's heavy downpours brought nearly 7 inches of rain in 24 hours to North Carolina causing several mudslides.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2L99Bk0 via

Nearly 300 NSF-funded small businesses to demonstrate emerging technologies Small businesses with awards from America's Seed Fund , powered by the National Science Foundation, will demonstrate their cutting-edge, emerging technology June 4-5 in Atlanta. Inventors and representatives from approximately 300 U.S.-based, NSF-funded small businesses will be available at the Technology Showcase to talk about what's next in fields like artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, sensors and medical devices. Each ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=245624&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published May 31, 2018 at 06:00AM Read more at nsf.gov

Southerwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has fired its president emeritus after new information surfaced regarding the way he handled allegations of sexual abuse against a student while serving at another institution. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2suyor9 via

Sears is closing another 72 stores after reporting a first-quarter losses and plunging sales. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IZd73P via

By LINDY WEST from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2JhWxLN

By DANIEL VICTOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2LIolra

By MAYA SALAM from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/2J4gH90

By MITCH SMITH and JULIE BOSMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2xo7aIq

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2JeGtdT

For years the courts and media have championed free speech, whether it was the right to burn the flag or to promote pornography. But today there's a belief those same elites have a different priority: silencing the "politically incorrect." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2J16rOK via

By ROXANE GAY from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2xoEfUC

By KELLY deVOS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2slJFKn

"As the world knows, the magnitude of this tragic disaster caused by Hurricane Maria resulted in many fatalities.  We have always expected the number to be higher than what was previously reported," said Carlos Mercader, executive director of Puerto Rico's Federal Affairs Administration. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2skpsoR via

A Texas ice cream shop hires only special needs employees, which not only provides meaningful employment to workers with Down Syndrome and other disabilities but makes good business sense. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2xq1AFv via

By LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKA from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/2IPnqY6

A new video game that lets players re-create school shootings by stalking school hallways and racking up kills is being condemned by parents and lawmakers. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IVB9IZ via

By SARAH MASLIN NIR from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2GY4cK8

More and more college campuses are adopting the idea of safe spaces including a Utah university, which recently built a crying closet to help students cope with the emotional stress of college exams. However, there is now a push for churches to create safe spaces for their congregants.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JgLz9x via

By AMY HARMON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2sfoASr

Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores nationwide on Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training, the next of many steps the company is taking to try to restore its tarnished image as a hangout where all are welcome. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2L75dCj via

A Utah man is finally home after spending two years in one of Venezuela's worst prisons.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2LHjbvt via

Seventh-grade science teacher Jason Seaman is being praised for what many are calling selfless actions and quick thinking. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2kw2XJh via

Subtropical Storm Alberto made landfall Monday afternoon in the Florida Panhandle.  Tropical rains extended to the Carolinas where a local news crew covering the storm was killed after a falling tree struck their vehicle. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ITRNsA via

By CHRISTINA CARON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2JcknIY

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and DAVID E. SANGER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2xhtFhY

A teacher who was shot while tackling and disarming a student at an Indiana school said Monday that his swift decisions “were the only acceptable actions” to save his seventh-grade classroom. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IQHsSa via

By PETER S. GOODMAN from NYT World https://ift.tt/2L1kKU0

Though the Atlantic hurricane season doesn't officially start until Friday, Alberto has become the first named storm this year, throwing disarray into long holiday weekend plans up and down Florida's Gulf Coast. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IQmCSW via

After flash floods sent cars floating down Main Street in historic Ellicott City, Maryland, local officials said they were heartbroken to see the community so severely damaged again less than two years after a devastating flood killed two people and caused millions in damages. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2GUAGFa via

The solemn display of tens of thousands of U.S. flags that first appeared on Boston Common for Memorial Day a decade ago, honoring service members who have died defending the nation, is slowly becoming a national movement. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JcOZda via

Former President George H.W. Bush was hospitalized Sunday in Maine after he experienced low blood pressure and fatigue, a spokesman said. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ksTane via

Two atheist groups have filed a lawsuit against the state of Arkansas for a Ten Commandments monument erected in April after a man destroyed the first one by ramming it with his car last summer.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2GVlWG7 via

A California judge has handed down his final judgment in the case of a Bakersfield Christian baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a homosexual couple, ruling that cakes celebrating events are a form of speech. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2GUwFjX via

Retired Marine Edgar Harrell, who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in July 1945, tells his miraculous story. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2xi7Cb2 via

By LOUIS LUCERO II from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2GV9YMw

By DAVID STREITFELD from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2J4Zgs7

Evangelist Franklin Graham took to Facebook to celebrate the museum's milestone and announce an upcoming exhibit dedicated to the late Billy Graham. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KX6s6Y via

By CHRIS STANFORD and ANNA SCHAVERIEN from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2s6I2AF

Advocates say the charge was really a battle over the First Amendment. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IRgaLD via

Seventh-grade science teacher Jason Seaman is being praised for what many are calling selfless actions and quick thinking. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2GTzySb via

By DANIEL VICTOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2IQ7AZi

Pastor and author James Emery White doesn't just think homeschooling is important – he believes it's critical.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2s9XRXy via

A male student opened fire at a suburban Indianapolis middle school Friday morning, wounding another student and a teacher before being taken into custody, authorities said. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2kqwbJt via

Gospel recording artist Blair Monique Walker recently took to social media to announce the miraculous birth of her new baby boy Noah Alexander. Doctors had diagnosed Walker with uterine cancer but later said her tumors disappeared and were replaced with a baby.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2scvsiB via

By KENNETH P. VOGEL from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2IOeX3v

By BENJAMIN MUELLER and ALAN FEUER from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2GNixZZ

A man armed with a pistol walked into an Oklahoma City restaurant at the dinner hour and opened fire, wounding two customers, before being shot dead by a handgun-carrying civilian in the parking lot, police said. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2xaPgZv via

By CATHERINE PORTER and DAN BILEFSKY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2IIXzgA

By DAVID E. SANGER from NYT World https://ift.tt/2s71FZr

The founder of The Babylon Bee blamed the sale partly on anti-Christian and anti-conservative bias at internet giants Facebook and Google. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2INrRPf via

By THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF from NYT World https://ift.tt/2s5xjXf

By EILEEN SULLIVAN from NYT World https://ift.tt/2II33wb

In a post published  by watchdog and educational organization Protect Young Eyes, Chris McKenna explains why the new feature is of such a concern... from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2GLznZc via

NSF-Simons centers to search for the Rules of Life The National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with the Simons Foundation, has launched four new centers to bring mathematical perspectives to the biological search for the Rules of Life. The NSF-Simons Research Centers for Mathematics of Complex Biological Systems will explore how information encoded in DNA results in complex organisms with diverse forms, functions and behaviors when it is manipulated by changing environments across multiple time scales. Such ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=245523&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published May 24, 2018 at 07:00AM Read more at nsf.gov

Helping stroke survivors walk as normally as possible Research team focuses on “locomotor learning” for lasting rehabilitation Full story at https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/rehabrobotics.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51 This is an NSF News item. Published May 20, 2018 at 09:00PM Read more at nsf.gov

A Southern Baptist seminary removes its president following controversial remarks on women and abuse. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2s0ltxQ via

America's new Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, is taking on the scourge of opioid addiction in the US, which results in the deaths of 116 people every day.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2x8tQw0 via

Hawaiian authorities are closely watching the lava flow from the Kilauea volcano. They've plugged production wells at a geothermal plant, worried that the lava flow could interact with chemicals at the plant and allow toxic gases to seep out.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KMOOm5 via

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, CHARLIE SAVAGE, ALICIA PARLAPIANO, ANJALI SINGHVI and TROY GRIGGS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2GHkQxx

By KEN BELSON from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2IF6hQY

By MARTIN SELSOE SORENSEN from NYT World https://ift.tt/2GHSlj4

By CHARLOTTE LIEBERMAN from NYT Smarter Living https://ift.tt/2kfS9yY

By FRANK BRUNI from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2Ln72fh

By CHARLES McGRATH from NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/2IJLub3

An Illinois valedictorian may pursue legal action against his high school after he says administrators told him to remove references to his Christian faith from his graduation speech. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2s3I4J3 via

The newly released children's movie "Show Dogs" seems innocent enough. It's about a detective dog who goes undercover at a dog show.  But some argue that a scene in the film borders on pedophilia. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IBWNGe via

The FBI is investigating allegations against a Texas abortionist whose former employees say he killed infants who survived abortions by "slashing or twisting their necks". from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2wZRScM via

By ROGER LOWENSTEIN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2KGj9mh

The FBI and officials from the Department of Justice will meet with congressional leaders to review 'highly classified material'on the Russia investigation. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2s3jKqG via

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is an easy-going son of a farmer who's made it big in politics all while being open about his Christian faith.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KJWrto via

Churches and ministries are working together in Santa Fe, Texas to help a town that's grieving the loss of ten people in the wake of a school shooting on Friday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2rWZLuy via

In his first major foreign policy address as America's top diplomat, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo is laying an "unprecedented" pressure campaign against the Iranian government to curb its nuclear ambitions. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2wXEky8 via

Experts say car ownership is changing and predict that before long, it will look nothing like it has for the past century. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KKC2oq via

By SALAMISHAH TILLET from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2k9xwEx

By DAVID E. SANGER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2LgxIhu

Hurricanes: Stronger, slower, wetter in the future? Find related stories on NSF's geosciences risk and resilience interest area . Scientists have developed a detailed analysis of how 22 recent hurricanes would be different if they formed under the conditions predicted for the late 21st century. While each storm's transformation would be unique, on balance, the hurricanes would become a little stronger, a little slower-moving, and a ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=245396&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published May 21, 2018 at 07:00AM Read more at nsf.gov

White plumes of acid and extremely fine shards of glass billowed into the sky over Hawaii as molten rock from Kilauea volcano poured into the ocean, creating yet another hazard from an eruption that began more than two weeks ago. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2s1hiRi via

Royal wedding fever gripped the entire world this week, but there's one spot on Earth that holds a particular tie to Saturday's wedding which was viewed by millions. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2kcFEEo via

Parents of students at a New York City high school are appalled over the school’s decision to hold a moment of silence for the Palestinians who died in last week’s Israeli -Palestinian border conflict. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Li7tHC via

Congregations in this deeply religious community near Houston gathered Sunday for their first worship services since a teenager with a shotgun blasted his way into a high school art classroom and killed 10 people — eight students and two teachers. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IXPDLS via

A volcano that is oozing, spewing and exploding on Hawaii’s Big Island has gotten more hazardous in recent days, with rivers of molten rock flowing into the ocean and flying lava causing the first major injury. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2s2nwRc via

By JACEY FORTIN and MATT STEVENS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2IxnD2b

During the address Carter created a media stir with his call to protect women from the “human rights” issues of abortion, sex-trafficking and rape. He also pushed for unity among Christians. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2kaNfD9 via

Grieving family and friends recalled the endearing qualities of some of the victims of Friday’s mass shooting at a Texas high school, as authorities on Saturday released the names of the 10 killed. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2rU2eFM via

Lava creeping across roadways destroyed four homes and left dozens of others in the shadow of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano isolated Saturday, forcing more residents to plan for a possible evacuation. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2rT94vw via

By MARK MAZZETTI, RONEN BERGMAN and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2KE1bAO

By MANNY FERNANDEZ and ALAN BLINDER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2rU4Cfd

By ELLEN BARRY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2rZRMwT

By ELIZABETH PATON from NYT World https://ift.tt/2LgM1m6

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and MICHAEL D. SHEAR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2IsbKdU

By VANESSA FRIEDMAN from NYT Style https://ift.tt/2rScrmg

Melania Trump is back at the White House after an extended hospitalization for a kidney procedure. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2GxS4iT via

The Texas student charged in the shooting at Santa Fe High School described planning the attack in private journals, including a plan to kill himself, posted an image on Facebook of a “Born to Kill” shirt and used his father’s shotgun and pistol in the rampage that left 10 dead and 10 wounded, authorities said Friday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2rXh7Xd via

By SARAH LYALL from NYT World https://ift.tt/2rVavIP

Only weeks ago, a dozen students from Santa Fe High School in Texas offered support for survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting by participating in a nationwide walkout seeking stricter gun control. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2rRa1Vc via

By KATIE ROGERS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2IvNYxy

By TALYA MINSBERG from NYT Style https://ift.tt/2kc2RXn

The FBI says it has 1,000 open cases on radical Islamic extremists operating in all 50 states. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2It6sih via

By NELLIE BOWLES from NYT Style https://ift.tt/2Gt5618

A church in San Francisco, California is raising eyebrows with an unlikely event they are calling a "Beyoncé Mass." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KBw7Sj via

Christians on the Big Island of Hawaii are helping volcano victims both physically and spiritually right now and plan to continue, because those displaced will need permanent housing. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2LctyY7 via

By ROXANNA ASGARIAN, ALAN BLINDER and NIRAJ CHOKSHI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2rRsVew

'I Never Suggested We Un-Hitch': Andy Stanley Walks Back on Controversial Sermon from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IOF9y1 via

Authorities are confirming at least 8 are dead after a shooting at a Texas high School. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2rUM52f via

Pro-life groups approve of President Trump's move to drive taxpayer dollars away from abortion providers like Planned Parenthood and direct the money toward healthcare providers that doe not perform abortions. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2rSaJ3F via

A new study finds more than 1500 genetic differences exist between men and women, beyond their sexual makeup.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2k9G26D via

By PATRICIA MAZZEI and ALAN BLINDER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2rSRCpT