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Lindsay Clancy and attorney Kevin Reddington watch as Judge William Sullivan tells the jury to keep discussing a possible verdict after jurors said for a second time they couldn't agree whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

What does justice look like for Lindsay Clancy?

A pedestrian walks past a mural featuring oil wells in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug 29, 2026, a day after President Donald Trump announced a deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela’s oil reserves. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)

A guarded hope for President Trump’s Venezuela oil deal

A portrait of the late Dolly Parton surrounded by flowers and cards in a memorial sits outside her home Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Brentwood, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Mayor argues against lowering flag for Dolly Parton

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Trump renames Lake Ontario as “Lake America”

Lindsay Clancy watches jurors as they enter the courtroom to start their second day of deliberations in her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 in Plymouth Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Lindsay Clancy, the Nepal floods, and King Harald V

A policeman with a sniffer dog looks at the damage in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat in the Nuwakot district in Nepal, Thursday, Aug 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Responding to the Nepal floods with hope and purpose

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: The moon lights up the night sky over the Simatai Great Wall during a total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026 in Beijing, China. Some parts of China saw this year's first "blood moon" around 7 pm on March 3, coinciding with this year's traditional Lantern Festival. (Photo by Yang Wei/VCG via AP )

Tonight’s “blood moon” lunar eclipse and the end times

Former University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban, left, and Notre Dame Director of Athletics Pete Bevacqua testify during the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee hearing on "Protecting College Sports: supporting student athletes, restoring fair compensation, and saving the games fans love" in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Is Congress Trying to Save College Athletics?

Damaged houses stand precariously near the swollen, debris-choked banks of the Trishuli River after flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Flash floods and wildfires

Stock photo: Quantum Frontline Industries: Drone Linza 3.0 (AI-powered multipurpose drone). Kyiv, 22.08.2026. Photo by: Thomas Trutschel/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Russia launches AI-piloted drones in Ukraine. What comes next?

Lindsay Clancy, looks toward reporters in the courtroom during proceedings in her murder trial, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool)

A Christian response to the Lindsay Clancy case

Jason Arday carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Sutton (London Borough) and Merton (London Borough). Professor Jason Arday, a professor of sociology of education who became Cambridge's youngest black professor in 2023, resigned from his post on Wednesday evening after the university launched an inquiry into his "academic qualifications and honorary appointments". Issue date: Thursday August 6, 2026. Joe Giddens/LOCOG/PA Wire EDUCATION (Press Association via AP Images)

We need to have a conversation about suicide

Freedom of Religion concept By zimmytws/stock.adobe.com

How to respond to global religious persecution

woman worshiping by Chris/stock.adobe.com

The Dangers of Kathryn Krick and the New Apostolic Reformation

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a meeting on the sidelines of their visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Evan Vucci/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump, Xi, and Two Empty Chairs: Remembering the Persecuted

A microbiological culture Petri dish with a colonies of the pathogenic bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) By Saiful52/stock.adobe.com

Researchers taught AI to create novel viruses. What’s next?

Lonely woman with smart phone sitting on floor in dark room. By New Africa/stock.adobe.com

God and Griefbots: A Theological Look at the Digital Afterlife Industry

Lifestyle portrait business woman evening city and using mobile gadget, girl banker dressed in business style listening to music wireless earphones and typing text message on smartphone device/stock.adobe.com

Are people getting dumber? Are smartphones to blame?

A man sits on a surfboard as a container ship and other commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 27, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP, File)

Why is the Strait of Hormuz so pivotal to the future?

Undated handout file photo originally issued on 09/06/26 by Metropolitan Police of Johannes Natland, 19, paying with cash at Briar Court. Norwegian Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, has been found guilty at the Old Bailey of travelling to England to carrying out a hit on behalf of an international crime gang backed by Iran. Metropolitan Police/PA Wire (Press Association via AP Images)

Iran linked to teen assassins in Europe and US cyberattacks

A fallen tree continues to smolder in the Indian trail neighborhood during wildfires, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Spokane, Wash. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)

Wildfires force tens of thousands to evacuate in Spokane

This image provided by KMVT shows the scene of a shooting that started at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026 in Twin Falls, Idaho. (KMVT via AP)

Bystander saves lives at In-N-Out Burger shooting in Idaho

Flags of Israel and Hamas on cracked background, Israeli ans Hama, war and peace deal or ceasefire in Gaza symbol by Delphotostock/stock.adobe.com

The latest on a peace agreement in Gaza

This illustration provided by NASA shows the New Horizons spacecraft. NASA launched the probe in 2006; it's about the size of a baby grand piano. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is set to fly past the mysterious object nicknamed Ultima Thule at 12:33 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI via AP)

Spacecraft wakes up nearly six billion miles from Earth

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