Court tosses lawsuits against store in Texas church killing
Austin, Texas, USAP The Texas Supreme Court says survivors and relatives of those killed in a 2017 mass killing at a church can’t sue a sporting goods chain for selling the gunman the rifle used in the attack. The court on Friday threw out four lawsuits against Academy Sports and Outdoors that alleged a San […]
PM Modi urges India to get COVID-19 shots amid Delta variant concerns
New Delhi, IndiaReuters India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people on Sunday to overcome their hesitancy and get COVID-19 vaccinations as soon as possible, as concerns grow about the highly infectious Delta variant being detected in some states. After a fall in infections from May’s daily peak of 400,000, India has redoubled its efforts to […]
US to evacuate Afghan interpreters before military withdrawal complete – officials
Washington DC, USReuters The United States is set to evacuate thousands of vulnerable Afghan interpreters before the US military completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan so they can wrap up their visa applications from safety, US officials said this week. The evacuation of the at-risk Afghans will include their family members for a total of as […]
At 71, Christian author Philip Yancey still believes in amazing grace, despite the country’s divisions
RNS When he first moved to the Rocky Mountains in the early 1990s, bestselling author and speaker Philip Yancey set a goal of climbing all the 58 peaks in Colorado that are over 14,000 feet tall. Now 71, Yancey has accomplished that goal. He and his wife, Janet, still enjoy hiking and mountain climbing. […]
Biden and Communion: Who are the US Catholic bishops drafting the controversial Communion document?
JACK JENKINS, ALEJANDRA MOLINA and CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, look at the nine US Catholic bishops charged with penning a document many see as a rebuke of President Joe Biden…
Syrian refugee girls face “dangerous” child marriage trend, says charity
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation Syrian refugee girls are increasingly at risk of child marriage due to a surge in pandemic-linked poverty, legal loopholes and long-term displacement in countries across the Middle East and North Africa, charity Save the Children said on Friday. More than 5.5 million Syrians are registered as asylum seekers in the region, 10 years […]