Statue Of A Homeless Jesus Startles A Wealthy Community Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Statue Of A Homeless Jesus Startles A Wealthy Community The bronze sculpture depicting Jesus huddled under a blanket on a park bench has provoked praise and complaints — and a call to the police — in its new North Carolina neighborhood. Read this story My Journey From Homeless Drug Addict To Magna Cum Laude "I went after my recovery like I did my drugs and found I was able to accomplish anything I truly wanted," says Daney Hill, who now works with addicted and imprisoned mothers. Read this story Pray Or Prey? Cameroon's Pentecostal Churches Face Crackdown Hundreds of Pentecostal churches have cropped up in Cameroon in the past decade. Now, the government is shutting some down, targeting churches that it says take advantage of poor, desperate people. Read this story A Love Letter To Matzo: Why The Holey Cracker Is A Crunch Above Plain, dry matzo tends to have a reputation for tastelessness. But Dan Pashman, host of the food podcast and blog The Sporkful, argues that the crunchy cracker is a culinary marvel. Read this story Climate Change Adjustments Must Be Fast And Large, U.N. Panel Says Greenhouse gas emissions will have to drop 40 to 70 percent by 2050 — and then drop even more, to nearly zero by the end of this century — a new U.N. report says. Read this story more news stories

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