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The financial dilemma that wound up helping US churches thrive

By Thomas Adam Professor of Political Science University of Arkansas By many measures, Americans are growing less religious: Since 2007, for example, the percentage of people who pray daily has dropped, while the "unaffiliated" have grown to 29%. But those numbers can distract from just how much faith still matters in American public life – much more so than in Western Europe, despite its similar religious roots. About two-thirds of Americans consider religion "somewhat" or "very" important, compared with 56% in Italy, 40% in Spain and 36% in Germany. While about two-thirds of ...

Tolle Ks 14, Red Sox win 9th straight

BOSTON (AP) — Payton Tolle struck out a career-high 14 in six innings, Wilyer Abreu drove in three runs, and the Boston Red Sox won their ninth game in a row with a 13-1 rout of the Athletics on Friday night. The Red Sox are just the seventh team since 1920 to win 27 or more in a 30-game span, and the only team to begin their run under .500. Tolle (7-6) was the first Red Sox pitcher to fan 14 since Chris Sale on May 8, 2019. He was perfect through four innings, and allowed one run on two hits. Jarren Duran's two-run homer over the Green Monster in left field opened the scoring ...

Bringing Nixon back home

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - On an August day way back when in 1974, the president of the United States resigned, and my mother disappeared. She didn't take any of us kids with her and didn't say where she was going. But she was gone for a couple hours. The day that Richard Nixon finally faced mounting public pressure against him for his Watergate burglary coverup and conduct of the Vietnam War came at great cost to the country. Several Republicans senators went to the White House and told him the truth: They would no longer support him, and he had to go or else be forced from office. It ...

Mets finish sweep of free-falling Guardians

CLEVELAND (AP) — All-Star Foster Griffin struggled in his first start for the free-falling Cleveland Guardians, allowing five runs in four innings of a 13-6 loss to the Mets that gave last-place New York a three-game sweep. Cleveland (57-59) has lost 11 of 14 and fell one-half game behind ...

Kuechly’s film study, preparation helped shape HOF career

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There were mornings when St. Xavier High School football coach Steve Specht would walk into his office and find his young linebacker, Luke Kuechly, sitting in front of the television studying game video of the team's next opponent before sunrise. Kuechly would hit play on ...

Panthers edge Cards in HOF game

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Maybe a team should've drafted Haynes King. The rookie quarterback ran in from the 5 on the final play to give the Carolina Panthers a 33-30 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in the Hall of Fame game that kicked off the NFL preseason on Thursday night. King, who was ...