by News Feed Editor | May 16, 2024 | Religion
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s biggest pop star, Anitta, has released a music video depicting rituals of the Afro-Brazilian faith Candomble, sparking controversy in a country where religious intolerance is all too common.Her track — pointedly named “Accept” — has been...
by News Feed Editor | May 16, 2024 | Religion
Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked from her beloved job as a United Methodist pastor in Philadelphia. In a church trial, she was found guilty of violating “Christian teaching” because she had acknowledged living in a committed relationship with another...
by News Feed Editor | May 16, 2024 | Religion
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker may have stirred controversy in some quarters for his proclamations of conservative politics and Catholicism on Saturday, but he received a standing ovation from graduates and other attendees of the May 11 commencement...
by News Feed Editor | May 16, 2024 | Religion
OCEAN GROVE, N.J. (AP) — In this seaside community that calls itself “God’s Square Mile at the Jersey Shore,” all the land is owned by a religious group that has for generations enforced an 11th Commandment: Thou shalt stay off the beach on Sunday morning.But there...
by News Feed Editor | May 16, 2024 | Religion
JERUSALEM (AP) — At first, it seemed like the kind of shooting that has become all too common in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. A Palestinian aroused suspicions and an Israeli soldier killed him.But then the deceased was identified as David Ben-Avraham, a Palestinian...
by News Feed Editor | May 16, 2024 | Technology
Join us in returning to NYC on June 5th to collaborate with executive leaders in exploring comprehensive methods for auditing AI models regarding bias, performance, and ethical compliance across diverse organizations. Find out how you can attend here. Despite funding...
by News Feed Editor | May 16, 2024 | World
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Cambodia is pushing for an infrastructural renaissance, but it will need some help from its friends abroad to chip away at an estimated price tag of $36.6bn.That was the final sum calculated by the Cambodian government and published earlier this...
by News Feed Editor | May 16, 2024 | Sports
INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark had yet to even be drafted by the Indiana Fever before fans openly called for her to be given an honorary role at the Indianapolis 500. She’s been a resident of Indianapolis for just about a month and is already one of the...
by News Feed Editor | May 16, 2024 | Science
The world’s oceans have gone “crazy haywire,” according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official, with record-high temperatures imperiling coral reefs.Derek Manzello, coordinator of NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch Program, said in a news briefing Thursday...
by News Feed Editor | May 16, 2024 | World
Taipei, Taiwan – Even as Taiwan prepares for the inauguration of its eighth president next week, it continues to struggle over the legacy of the island’s first president, Chiang Kai-shek.To some, Chiang was the “generalissimo” who liberated the Taiwanese from the...