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FORT RECOVERY, Ohio — While President Trump's approval ratings have slipped nationally amid economic concerns and the Iran war, a core group of supporters in deep-red Ohio say they remain firmly in his camp. In interviews with the Wall…
3 MIN READFive Republican governors have issued proclamations renaming June to titles such as Nuclear Family Month, Strong Families Month and Fidelity Month, offering alternatives to the widely recognized LGBTQ+ Pride Month, according to the…
3 MIN READSupport for same-sex marriage among U.S. adults has dropped to 65%, down from 71% in 2022-2023, according to Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey released Wednesday. The percentage of Americans who view gay and lesbian relations as…
3 MIN READMemorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, was built from Civil War-era mourning practices but has shifted over time into a broader remembrance that many Americans also associate with travel and sales. A Texas Iraq War veteran,…
3 MIN READPope Leo XIV used his first encyclical, presented at the Vatican on May 25, to warn that artificial intelligence could deepen inequality, weaken democracy and blur what it means to be human. The pope urged “disarming AI” by removing it…
3 MIN READPope Leo XIV, in his first major teaching document, said artificial intelligence is becoming “a new test of human dignity, work and power,” and warned that it needs to be “disarmed.” He also apologized for the Vatican’s role in…
3 MIN READAmericans marked Memorial Day on Monday, a federal holiday rooted in the aftermath of the Civil War and early commemorations by Black Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, that now blends solemn remembrance with the unofficial start of…
3 MIN READMemorial Day is the last Monday in May and is observed as a day of reflection for U.S. service members who died while serving, according to the Congressional Research Service. But the holiday has also become widely associated with the…
3 MIN READMemorial Day, the U.S. holiday established to honor fallen service members, has increasingly become defined by retail sales and summer travel rather than its original purpose of mourning the dead, according to veterans and historians. Iraq…
4 MIN READSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged Americans to approach the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding not with pageantry but by exercising their free speech rights, calling the U.S. Constitution a shared bedrock in a deeply…
3 MIN READSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged Americans to mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence by standing for their beliefs and relying on the Constitution as a shared foundation. Speaking at a judicial conference near Miami on…
3 MIN READAs the Declaration of Independence approaches its 250th anniversary, history and civics teachers say they face increased scrutiny over how to teach the nation’s founding ideals and their contradictions. Some educators use activities that…
3 MIN READAs celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence culminate on July 4, a new privately funded initiative called “Be The People” will kick off to connect “hundreds of millions of Americans” with efforts to tackle…
3 MIN READCosmetic interventions are expanding across the U.S., raising questions about how people should think about body modification in a culture that increasingly promotes youth and conformity. The Associated Press reports that theologians,…
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Cosmetic procedures are becoming more common, prompting theologians, philosophers and bioethicists to call for wider ethical discussion around body modification, beauty ideals and personal agency. In Los Angeles, a 25-year-old grapples…
3 MIN READAs cosmetic interventions become more common in the United States, a growing group of theologians, philosophers and bioethicists are pressing for more ethical discussion about turning to procedures for beauty, youth and conformity. The…
4 MIN READMarty Baron, the retired editor of The Washington Post and former leader of The Boston Globe and The Miami Herald, warned Wednesday that American journalism is losing its shared ethical foundation, telling an audience at New York…
5 MIN READThe percentage of men ages 18-29 who say religion is "very important" jumped to 42% from 28% in 2022-2023, surpassing young women for the first time in at least 25 years, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. The gender reversal is…
4 MIN READWASHINGTON (AP) — On America’s 250th anniversary, visitors to the National Archives’ Rotunda reflected on whether the country is living up to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights amid…
3 MIN READPope Leo XIV urged Monaco’s residents to use the principality’s wealth and influence for good and to reject what he called the “idolatry of power and money” that he said is fueling wars worldwide. The pope made a one-day visit to the…
3 MIN READA statue of Christopher Columbus has been placed on the grounds of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House, the Associated Press reported on March 23, as President Donald Trump’s administration renews its…
3 MIN READSpain’s King Felipe VI said during a museum visit in Madrid that the Spanish conquest of the Americas included “much abuse” and “ethical controversies,” acknowledging historical harm as a dispute with Mexico over colonial-era abuses…
4 MIN READSpain’s King Felipe VI said Monday that the Spanish conquest of the Americas involved “much abuse” and “ethical controversies,” adding that the events must be understood with the “objective and rigorous analysis” of today’s values. He made…
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