By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) Florida's COVID-19 hospitalization numbers are again increasing, ending months of steady decline that began when widespread vaccinations became available and leaving doctors and epidemiologists worried as the more infectious delta variant spreads. About 3,200 COVID patients are hospitalized in the state, a jump … [Read more...] about Florida Virus Hospitalizations Again Rising After a Decline
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DeSantis Tells Christian Group: ‘Stand for What’s Right, Put On the Full Armor of God’
(Christian Headlines) Florida Gov. Rick DeSantis on Wednesday encouraged a group of Christian attorneys attending a conference to "stand firm for what's right" and "put on the full armor of God" as they defend religious liberty. DeSantis made the remarks in Florida at the Alliance Defending Freedom's Summit on Religious Liberty as he recounted his own record of defending … [Read more...] about DeSantis Tells Christian Group: ‘Stand for What’s Right, Put On the Full Armor of God’
Some Notre Dame Students and Faculty Outraged by Proposed Campus Chick-fil-A
(Fox News) A group of students and faculty at an elite Catholic university say they don’t want Chick-fil-A to open a restaurant on their Indiana campus because of the restaurant chain’s frequent donations to Christian groups. Roughly 180 University of Notre Dame students and faculty have signed an open letter calling on the school’s Campus Dining division to nix … [Read more...] about Some Notre Dame Students and Faculty Outraged by Proposed Campus Chick-fil-A
Why Is a Florida-Based Pastor Under Arrest for the Assassination of Haiti’s President?
(Time) The mystery surrounding the murder of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse deepened Monday as Haitian police arrested a U.S.-based evangelical pastor, placing him at the center of a murky plot surrounding an assassination that has stunned Haitians and international observers. Police claim that Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Haiti-born 62-year-old who has been living in … [Read more...] about Why Is a Florida-Based Pastor Under Arrest for the Assassination of Haiti’s President?
Top U.S. General in Afghanistan Says ‘We Should Be Concerned’ About Taliban
(CNN) Army Gen. Austin Scott Miller, the top US military official overseeing the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, said that there should be concern about the Taliban advances on the ground there. "We should be concerned. The loss of terrain and the rapidity of that loss of terrain has -- has to be concerning, one, because it's a -- war is physical, but it's also got … [Read more...] about Top U.S. General in Afghanistan Says ‘We Should Be Concerned’ About Taliban