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Idaho’s Faith-Healing Exemption Let Children Die for Decades

Culture · Faith & Family

Idaho’s Faith-Healing Exemption Let Children Die for Decades

A new investigation finds at least fifteen preventable child deaths since 2015 in Idaho's Followers of Christ sect, protected by a 1970s law that blocks prosecution for parents who choose prayer over medicine.

Build A Rocket Boy Shuts Down After MindsEye’s Troubled Launch

Culture · Entertainment

Build A Rocket Boy Shuts Down After MindsEye’s Troubled Launch

The Edinburgh studio behind the panned action game MindsEye has entered administration and is reportedly winding down for good, following months of layoffs and mounting losses.

Build A Rocket Boy Collapses Fifteen Months After MindsEye’s Troubled Launch

Culture · Entertainment

Build A Rocket Boy Collapses Fifteen Months After MindsEye’s Troubled Launch

The Edinburgh studio founded by former Rockstar producer Leslie Benzies has entered administration and appears to be winding down entirely, following repeated layoffs after MindsEye's disastrous 2025 debut.

Barna Survey Finds Americans Trust AI Nearly As Much As Pastors

Culture · Faith & Family

Barna Survey Finds Americans Trust AI Nearly As Much As Pastors

New Barna Group research shows a rising share of American adults now rate spiritual advice from artificial intelligence as trustworthy as guidance from a pastor, while a separate USC study warns the shift is eroding institutional religious authority.

Hamburg Archdiocese Presses On With Contested Sex Education Curriculum

Culture · Faith & Family

Hamburg Archdiocese Presses On With Contested Sex Education Curriculum

An internal memo reportedly told archdiocesan staff to avoid debating parents who object to a gender and sexuality framework, even as Rome sidesteps ordering any change to the programme.

Jonathan Majors Returns in Daily Wire Sequel Amid Reviewer Backlash

Culture · Entertainment

Jonathan Majors Returns in Daily Wire Sequel Amid Reviewer Backlash

Run Hide Fight: Infidels puts the disgraced actor back in a leading role for The Daily Wire's campus-terror thriller, and critics across the ideological spectrum have panned it for different reasons.

Ted Cruz Used ESPN’s College GameDay to Pitch His Own Senate Bill

Culture · Sport

Ted Cruz Used ESPN’s College GameDay to Pitch His Own Senate Bill

A Texas senator got nearly ten minutes of airtime to promote the Protect College Sports Act on ESPN, a network whose corporate stake in the bill went unmentioned during the segment.

Meryl Streep’s casting as Aslan draws Christian criticism of Gerwig’s Narnia film

Culture · Entertainment

Meryl Streep’s casting as Aslan draws Christian criticism of Gerwig’s Narnia film

Greta Gerwig confirmed Meryl Streep will voice Aslan in her Netflix adaptation of The Magician's Nephew, prompting evangelical commentators to say the choice strips the lion of its Christian symbolism.

Kuwait Bans Avengers Endgame Encore Days Into Its Middle East Run

Culture · Entertainment

Kuwait Bans Avengers Endgame Encore Days Into Its Middle East Run

Cinescape and VOX Cinemas cancelled screenings and refunded tickets after Kuwaiti authorities blocked the Marvel re-release, without publicly stating a reason, even as the film opened elsewhere in the Gulf.

New Marriage Research Ties Devout Church Attendance To Marital Happiness

Culture · Faith & Family

New Marriage Research Ties Devout Church Attendance To Marital Happiness

A body of survey research from the Institute for Family Studies and Focus on the Family finds churchgoing couples report the strongest marriages, even as mainstream coverage often reframes the same numbers around institutional decline.

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