Thirteen years after its downtown opening, the Church of Scientology Portland stands as a place where Portland’s weird and hands-on spirit becomes a path to stronger lives. Portlanders tend to build ...

Eight years after opening near International Drive, the Church of Scientology stands beyond the spectacle as a place where those who keep Orlando moving and bright find stability, purpose and ...

The human brain is a miracle—controlling the body with more than five trillion signals every second. Yet it operates on about one-eighth the power needed for a watch battery. What do you suppose ...

A poetic UN address renewed scrutiny of religious screening rules that can force applicants to choose between their belief and their livelihood. The United Nations (UN) chamber in Geneva is accustomed ...

New and long-term studies reveal millions of Americans continue to believe in miracles, prayer and the transformative power of scripture. Though some voices claim that religion is fading in ...

During a Hollywood celebration filled with dragons and astronauts, emerging creators were honored for bringing imagined worlds closer to reality and shaping the imaginative frontier. At the 2026 ...

It took several staff members and police officers to force him down onto a mattress while another strapped his wrists and ankles with belts. Once secured, they left him there—helpless for nearly two ...

A new 2026 lawsuit adds to mounting claims that Acadia Healthcare ignored warning signs and allowed rape and abuse to persist inside a now-shuttered facility. “She was just a child. She was supposed ...

As psychiatric treatment doubles and prescriptions surge, key measures show worsening mental health nationwide. A congressional roundtable raised alarms over drug harms and billions lost to fraud.

A highly potent class of synthetic opioids has turned up in wastewater at 26 of 37 monitored Missouri schools. Officials warn the drugs are spreading rapidly and often go undetected. They’ve been ...

A landmark 2018 takedown promised a reckoning for online sex trafficking—but while a handful of executives fell, the broader ecosystem of enablers, profiteers and apologists remains largely intact.

The agreement between the Chicago Board of Education and Moody Bible Institute resolves a four-month dispute over whether public school programs can impose hiring conditions on faith-based ...