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Wis. Church Plans To Turn Strip Club Into Community Space

Parishioners from the church in Marshfield struck up a friendship with a business nearby: a strip club. When the club's owner decided to sell, he knew the church wanted to build a community space.

Homeowner Tim Hein stands in his basement, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, in Willington, Conn., talking about how his foundation is cracking and crumbling due to the presence of an iron sulfide mineral in the concrete. A steady stream of political candidates has v

Crumbling Foundations A Go-To Issue For Conn. Political Candidates

A pocket of eastern Connecticut where hundreds, if not thousands, of homeowners are struggling with crumbling foundations has become a popular stop for...

A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Complex 40 launch pad as seen through a time exposure in Cape Canaveral, Fla., early Tuesday.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Lifts Off In Florida, Places Indonesian Satellite In Orbit

The launch marks the first reuse of an improved Falcon 9 "Block 5," which includes several upgrades designed to allow SpaceX to quickly refurbish and re-launch the rocket.

A bystander watches as Chicago police investigate a street where multiple people were shot on Sunday.

Chicago Has A 'Heavy Heart' After Dozens Wounded In 33 Shootings Last Weekend

Twelve people died in one of the bloodiest weekends in recent history. The city's mayor and police superintendent say residents of the affected areas should do more.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette is based in Northampton, Mass.

First Female Editor Takes Helm At Daily Hampshire Gazette

A woman has been hired as top editor at The Daily Hampshire Gazette for the first time in the paper's more-than-230-year history.Debra Scherban held the…

'Into The Hands Of The Soldiers' Explores How The U.S. Contributed To Chaos In Egypt

New York Times correspondent David Kirkpatrick says the Obama White House watched Arab democracy fall, and now the Trump administration is embracing Egypt's autocratic president.

Alex Jones, shown here at a July 2016 rally in support of then-candidate Donald Trump, says he is being subjected to a "purge" from big tech companies.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Explains Why Alex Jones Isn't Banned, In Big Tech Exception

YouTube, Apple and Facebook banned outlets for the conspiracy theorist this week in what Jones called a "purge." Dorsey said the company wouldn't "succumb and simply react to outside pressure."

Rashida Tlaib (shown in 2008) served as a Michigan state legislator for six years. On Tuesday, Democrats picked her to run unopposed for the congressional seat held by former Rep. John Conyers for more than 50 years. Tlaib would be the first Muslim woman in Congress.

Detroit's Rashida Tlaib Poised To Become First Muslim Woman In Congress

Tlaib, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, won the Democratic nomination for former Rep. John Conyers' seat in the House. She'll be running unopposed in November and likely making history.

Abortion-rights supporters demonstrate earlier this month outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, adding the legalization campaign's distinctive green handkerchiefs to outfits alluding to the dystopian novel <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em>. The book's author, Margaret Atwood, has said she drew inspiration from Argentine history.

Argentina To Decide Fate Of Landmark Bill Legalizing Abortion

The legislation, which allows abortion before 14 weeks of pregnancy, passed the lower house of Congress by a slim margin. Now senators are debating it — and demonstrators are massing in Buenos Aires.

The HBO film<em> The Tale</em> stars Laura Dern as a woman who realizes later in life that a relationship she had at 13 years old with two adults was child sexual abuse.

A 'Tale' Of Child Sex Abuse Was Inspired By Filmmaker's Real-Life Trauma

"We never talk about how a child can love his or her abuser," Jennifer Fox says. "If we don't understand that, we don't understand how abuse happens." Her new HBO film is The Tale.

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