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Christian Science Monitor - Top Stories

Immigrants pulled out of their naturalization ceremonies are now suing -- Cameron Pugh

7 hours ago

Congress ends DHS shutdown amid flurry of action before taking a break -- Caitlin Babcock

18 hours ago

Is our home safe? Is it rubble? For displaced Lebanese, anguished uncertainty. -- Scott Peterson

19 hours ago

In the show 'Wowsabout,' Muppets meet the national parks -- Ken Makin

7 hours ago

As high gas prices squeeze voters, Republican midterm challenges deepen - By - Sophie Hills - , Patrik Jonsson - / 6 min

20 hours ago

This Ukrainian canine unit is finding the war's victims – and a way through hardship -- Dominique Soguel

20 hours ago

Voting rights ruling amps up redistricting contests. Will states move before November? -- Simon Montlake

1 day ago

Congress presses Hegseth on Iran war justification, spending, and conduct -- Caitlin Babcock

1 day ago

Iconic Route 66 is turning 100. What can it still tell us about ourselves? -- Harry Bruinius

1 day ago

Hardest-hit by Iran, the UAE pivots from cooperation to confrontation - For years, the business-friendly United Arab Emirates had sought regional normalization. Now, after being targeted by Iran, it is pushing the United States to demand greater concessions from Tehran, and is pressing its neighbors to cooperate militarily. By - Taylor Luck - / 6 min

1 day ago

How the Iran war has revived interest in greener energy worldwide -- Ned Temko

1 day ago

Amid extended ceasefire, Lebanon assesses high cost of Israel-Hezbollah war -- Scott Peterson

5 days ago

Why violence against the political right appears to be growing - An uptick in left-wing extremist attacks, including against President Trump, comes after years when right-wing attacks were far more prevalent. But categorizing acts of political violence is complex. By - Simon Montlake - , Sophie Hills - , Patrik Jonsson - , Cameron Pugh - / 5 min

1 day ago

Conspiracy theories arise around the near misses for Trump in Butler and Washington -- Story Hinckley

3 days ago

After the gunfire: Moments of grace at White House correspondents' dinner -- Linda Feldmann

4 days ago

Trump administration reclassifies marijuana, as public polls give mixed signals -- Stephen Humphries

7 days ago

Their nation at war, Israelis still demand to know: How could Oct. 7 happen? -- Amid wars with Iran and Hezbollah, Israelis still very much want an independent state commission of inquiry to learn the truth about the failure to prevent the Hamas attack that sparked the Gaza war. Israel's top court has given the Netanyahu government more time. -- Shoshanna Solomon

1 day ago

Trump cancels envoys' Pakistan trip, in blow to hopes for Iran war breakthrough -- Saad Sayeed, Ariba Shahid and Steve Holland

5 days ago

Pakistan hosts another round of peace talks between the U.S. and Iran -- Saad Sayeed, Ariba Shahid and Steve Holland

6 days ago

In Gaza, rare elections put hope, and talk of Palestinian unity, on the ballot - By - Ghada Abdulfattah - , Taylor Luck - / 6 min

6 days ago

For Ukraine's museums, Russia's war gives 'preservation' new meaning -- Ukraine's cultural institutions are targets of the Kremlin's war. That has made the security of the country's cultural cache a priority among museums. -- Kang-Chun Cheng

1 day ago

Péter Magyar's goal now is to reform Orbán's Hungary. EU funds are at stake. -- Mark Sappenfield

10 days ago

To protest rising taxes, Russia's small businesses take their 'flash mobs' online -- Fred Weir

11 days ago

The American frontier story left out key players

1 day ago

Jayne Anne Phillips: 'Writing words against the erasure of things and lives'

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Spring forecast: Showers of great books for the month of April

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Legendary creator of 'Saturday Night Live' remains an enigma in 'Lorne'

13 days ago

Malian photographer ushered in a 'visual revolution'

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A soothsaying servant girl, an unstable king, and the modern-day scholars on their trail

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The evolution of Lincoln's immigration ideals: A historian assesses his legacy

17 days ago

Are you there, readers? It's a Judy Blume biography.

1 day ago

Supreme Court redefines how states can factor race into congressional maps - In a major voting rights case, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional map, calling it an unconstitutional race-based gerrymander. This continues a decadelong trend of the high court reinterpreting the 1965 Voting Rights Act. By - Henry Gass - , Cameron Pugh - / 7 min

7 hours ago

Magnolia trees signal spring in Boston, thanks to one woman's beautification drive -- Kendra Nordin Beato

1 day ago

Drones, missiles, battleships: What's in Trump's $1.5 trillion defense spending ask -- Anna Mulrine Grobe

2 days ago

Supreme Court to decide on end of deportation protections for Haitians, Syrians -- Sarah Matusek

3 days ago

Iran war reaches into Asia's farmlands – and everyone's grocery bills -- It's planting season for farmers in Southeast Asia. The global fertilizer shortage could not have come at a worse time. Later, U.S. consumers will feel the impact, too. -- Patrick Winn

1 day ago

As India weighs new approach to religious law, Muslim women see opportunity -- Kanika Gupta

3 days ago

In India, being part of the middle class isn't what it used to be - By - Aakash Hassan - , Lindsey McGinnis - / 10 min

4 days ago

Fix my watch, tell me a story -- Robert Klose

7 days ago

Hope in the soil and stones -- Murr Brewster

13 days ago

When patience bears fruit -- Robert Klose

20 days ago

The animals who find us -- Courtenay Rudzinski

28 days ago

Call your mother? LOL. -- Robert Klose

1 month ago

A field guide to unplugging: How a frazzled father found a lifeline in birding -- Zachary Przystup

1 month ago

How does divine Love meet every need? -- Abigail Mathieson Warrick

11 minutes ago

Mighty – even in quietness -- Laura Lapointe

1 day ago

Obstacles or opportunities – we choose! -- Pam DeBolt

2 days ago

A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE

2 months ago

More green, more giggles, less crime - This year's Earth Day saw many conservation celebrations. A number of American cities are recording success with reduced crime and greater neighborliness as communities are made green and clean. By - the Monitor's Editorial Board - / 2 min

20 hours ago

The Explainer -- Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI seen as a 'test case' for AI ethics

2 days ago

The Explainer -- As Japan shifts away from postwar pacifism, Takaichi eyes constitutional reform

6 days ago

The Explainer -- Why the British prime minister is fighting to keep his job

8 days ago

Difference Maker -- Indian nonprofits promote a culture of reuse for wedding celebrations

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The Explainer -- Will 'reconciliation' end the DHS shutdown? How an old tool is seeing creative uses.

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From the Magazine -- Glacial melt in ... Uganda? How mountain villagers manage it.

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