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Protestant denominations try new ideas as they face declines in members and money
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When the Episcopal Church recently announced cuts to its national staff, it was the latest in a long-running cycle among historic U.S. Protestant denominations — declines in members leading to declines in funding and thus in staff.
And it wasn't alone.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) also announced recent cuts to staf ... (full story)
The $300B question: What to do with Russia's frozen central bank money?
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — With U.S. support for Ukraine in doubt, Kyiv's European allies are weighing whether to seize $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and use the money to compensate Ukraine, support its military and help rebuild shattered homes and towns.
For now, the assets are still on ice, with opponents of seizu ... (full story)
Crocodile attacks in Indonesia are on the rise. It's left residents on edge
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BUDONG-BUDONG, Indonesia (AP) — Nearly seven months after a crocodile attack almost took her life, Munirpa walked to the estuary outside her home with her husband and her children, ready to brave a reenactment.
Munirpa, who like many Indonesians only uses one name, recounted how one early morning in August, she threw her h ... (full story)
Arizona Supreme Court taps AI avatars to make the judicial system more publicly accessible
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's highest court has created a pair of AI-generated avatars to deliver news of every ruling issued by the justices, marking what is believed to be the first example in the U.S. of a state court system tapping artificial intelligence to build more human-like characters to connect with the public.
A cou ... (full story)
Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department's civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration's layoffs, effectively gutting an office that already faced a backlog of thousands of complaints from students and families across the nation.
Among a total of more than 1,300 layoffs announced last ... (full story)