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Torch and sandals: What to know about the flame-lighting ceremony in Greece for the Paris Olympics
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — A priestess prays to a dead sun god in front of a fallen Greek temple. If the sky is clear, a flame spurts that will burn in Paris throughout the world's top sporting event. Speeches ensue. On Tuesday, the flame for t...
Look at my scars
Imagine Thomas' condition. A week earlier, he had watched Christ die. He had placed all of his hope and all of his life on Jesus. Jesus was everything to him, and now he was dead. Three days after the...
Why Israel is so determined to launch an offensive in Rafah
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is determined to launch a ground offensive against Hamas in Rafah, Gaza's southernmost town, a plan that has raised global alarm because of the potential for harm to the hundreds of thousands of civilians sheltering there. Pri...
True love acts
Many search and look, often without success, for simple true love. True love is defined as a love that demands action. It is not only expressed in words; it moves to action. If you love someone, you w...
Biden meets with friendly autoworkers in Michigan, but avoids angry Gaza protesters
WARREN, Michigan (AP) — President Joe Biden chatted with a friendly union crowd inside a United Auto Workers hall in Michigan on Thursday as pro-Palestinian demonstrators held back by police with riot shields voiced their anger nearby at the presiden...
The message of angels
Christmas is almost here. If you are like me, it has been a busy time throughout December. No one experiences many quiet moments as Christmas approaches — parties, shopping, cooking, greeting cards, always a lot to do this month. Then there are t...
Being thankful in the moment
With the arrival of colder temperatures this week, fall is certainly in full swing, and winter is on its heels. As fall concludes, we find ourselves moving into the holiday season. Thanksgiving and...
Why do I need revival?
Remember the school days of physics and chemistry? There are so many formulas, laws and processes to remember. Many of us have forgotten those lessons as the years have passed. It is funny how certain things stick and remain in our brains. The laws o...
Michigan prosecutors charge Trump allies in felonies involving voting machines, illegal 'testing'
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former President Donald Trump have been criminally charged in Michigan in connection with accessing and tampering with voting machines after the 2020 e...
Bringing children to Christ
Our church is finishing up our Vacation Bible School this week. This year is special because it is my wife and my 30th VBS. We have seen so many children create all kinds of crazy themes and have had a great time each year. VBS is a treasured week...
Spirit Aerosystems, major airlines supplier, suspends plant operations after labor contract rejected
Spirit Aerosystems, a major supplier to the world's largest aircraft manufacturers, is suspending operations at a critical Kansas plant after union workers there rejected a proposed four-year contract and authorized a strike. Approximately 6,000 memb...
Crumbling memorials
John M. Davis was a wealthy man. His wife had just died and he did not like any of her family. He was an orphan and he had no children. To prevent his in-laws from getting his wealth when he died, he...
No. 1 seed Oklahoma seeks third-straight NCAA softball title
Oklahoma will seek its third straight Women's College World Series title as the No. 1 national seed in the upcoming NCAA Women's Softball Tournament. The 64-team draw was announced Sunday night. The Sooners will host the Norman Regional on Friday...
The banking crisis isn't over. But how bad will it get?
NEW YORK (AP) — Uncertainty continues to pummel the banking industry, despite assurances from financial regulators and bankers such as Jamie Dimon this week that the worst of the recent crisis is over and the health of the banking system remains stro...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ No, Fauci...
Where's the rain?
Talk to any farmer, and you will see the growing concern about the drought we are currently experiencing. Driving around, you will notice the dried-up ponds and browning wheat fields. It is a very...
BuzzFeed News to be shuttered in corporate cost cutting move
Pulitzer Prize winning digital media outlet BuzzFeed News is being shut down as part of a cost-cutting drive by its corporate parent that's shedding about 15% of its entire staff, adding to layoffs made earlier this year. In a memo sent to staff,...
GOP's DeSantis visits Whitmer's Michigan, the 'anti-Florida'
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Ahead of a highly anticipated presidential announcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Michigan for his first appearance this year in the battleground state transformed by Democratic majorities under high-profile Gov. Gretch...
Ghosted
The older I get, the harder I find it to keep up with new terms the younger generation creates. I find myself using Google to understand what new terms mean. One such new term I recently came across...
Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece's deadliest train crash
TEMPE, Greece (AP) — Rescuers searched late into the night Wednesday for survivors amid the mangled, burned-out wrecks of two trains that collided in northern Greece, killing at least 43 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in t...
Failing at polls, election deniers focus on state GOP posts
PARKER, Colo (AP) — In a basement event space in the Denver suburb of Parker, Tina Peters surveyed a crowd of Colorado Republicans last week and made an unusual pitch for why she should become chair of their beleaguered party: "There's no way a j...
Michigan State urges: 'Run, Hide, Fight' as gunfire erupts
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — They broke out windows to escape, barricaded doors and hid under blankets. They silenced their phones — afraid to make even the slightest sound for hours as police searched for a gunman who had already killed three stu...
Michigan State students' training kicked in during shooting
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When the texts began coming in about a shooter at Michigan State University, training that many students started receiving as schoolchildren automatically kicked in. They ran. They found a place to hide. They locked and b...
National Enquirer, caught in 'catch-and-kill' scandal, sold
The National Enquirer, the scandal-plagued tabloid that engaged in "catch-and-kill" practices to bury stories about Donald Trump during his presidential campaign, has been sold. VVIP is buying the National Examiner and another tabloid, the Globe,...
Jarred journeys remind us of what's important
Our journey through life can often become so busy and distracting that we forget some of the most important things of our journey. Sometimes our journey is jarred by events that make us realize the...
