Best known for its railway interchange and a Bentley factory, Crewe is now the headquarters of a fanatical Islamic religious sect, whose leader claims to be the “new pope” and the successor to the prophet Mohammed. (Johnston, The Telegraph)
Read MoreIn an increasingly fractured media ecosystem, age is a major factor in determining people’s news and information needs and priorities, the ways they access news, and who they trust to provide it. This understanding of news engagement by generation is essential for news leaders to develop innovative strategies to reach news consumers across age, including new opportunities to collaborate with influencers, independent creators, and local news and information providers. (AP/NORC)
Read MoreAttacks by the group amount to war crimes, but are being overlooked because of international focus on abuses by the M23 militants in the same region, the human rights charity warned in the report. (Farmer, The Telegraph)
Read MoreThe Supreme Court on Monday restored nationwide access to a widely used abortion medication in a temporary order that will, for now, allow women to once again obtain the pill mifepristone by mail. (Marimow & Belluck, The New York Times)
Read MoreA federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone. A panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is requiring that the abortion pill be distributed only in-person at clinics. (AP/NPR)
Read MorePlatforms like Pornhub and X allow increasingly extreme content — including pain, rape and incest — to become mainstream. Clare McGlynn is the academic on a mission to expose them. (Turner, The Times)
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