Should AI be Shut Down?

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“Recently, a number of prominent tech executives, including Elon Musk, signed an open letter urging a 6-month pause on all AI research.” - Breakpoint

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Many Iowa evangelicals throw their support behind Donald Trump

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“Ahead of the 2016 primaries, Iowa evangelicals would not support Donald Trump in his run for president due to issues they had with his character….As the former president campaigns for 2024, many in this powerful GOP base have flipped their 2016 views.” - IPR

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Why We Shouldn’t Ban the Teaching of Bad Ideas

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“Tennessee lawmakers have introduced a list of ‘divisive concepts,’ which, under a law passed last year, are prohibited from being taught on college campuses. …Especially at the college level, we need more discussion and serious debate of ideas, not less.” - Breakpoint

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Supreme Court conservatives seem divided in major religion case

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“Justice Brett Kavanaugh focused on the language in the court’s 1977 decision that said an employer would suffer an undue hardship…. That, he suggested, seems to be what happened in Groff’s small postal office when he refused to work Sundays or religious holidays.” - NPR

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Yom HaShoah grieves murder of 6 million Jews, honors survivors, rescuers

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“ ‘It’s too heartbreaking, I think. It’s very hard,’ Worshill told Baptist Press as Israel marks Yom HaShoah beginning this evening (April 17). ‘It’s a whole side of the family that basically doesn’t exist anymore because they were killed in the camps, or killed in the resistance.’” - BPNews

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