Daily Dispatches

Breaking news along with stories other media tend to overlook, including Mindy Belz's "Globe Trot" reports and Warren Cole Smith's "Signs and Wonders."

Melinda Gates

Melinda Gates to speak at pro-abortion conference

by Angela Lu

Abortion | Almost a year after Melinda Gates stressed that her organization supported contraceptives, not abortions, at the Summit on Family Planning in London, she will speak at the Women Deliver conference alongside a…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/melinda_gates_to_speak_at_pro_abortion_conference]

President Barack Obama at the National Defense University

Globe Trot: Al-Qaeda hasn't gotten Obama's memo about ending the War on Terror

by Mindy Belz

International |  President Barack Obama defended his use of unmanned drones and at the same time warned against using drones as “a cure-all for terrorism.” In a Thursday…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/globe_trot_al_qaeda_hasn_t_gotten_obama_s_memo_about_ending_the_war_on_terror]

A man is seen sitting atop a car that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge.

Midday Roundup: ‘Miraculous’ survival in Washington bridge collapse

by Leigh Jones

Newsworthy |  Bridge collapse. Washington state officials heaved a big sigh of relief Thursday night after finding no fatalities following the collapse of the Interstate 5…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/midday_roundup_miraculous_survival_in_washington_bridge_collapse]

Nick Vujicic in Vietnam

Christian preacher gets rock star reception in Communist Vietnam

by Whitney Williams

Religion |  Thousands of Vietnamese filled the soccer stadium in their Communist-ruled country, and millions more watched from home, as an Australian evangelical preacher…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/christian_preacher_gets_rock_star_reception_in_communist_vietnam]

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, and Tumblr Chief Executive David Karp

Dollars and Sense: One roller coaster week

by Warren Cole Smith

Dollars and Sense |  An unexpected week. This week—with its quiet beginning and volatile middle and end—was not the kind of week most of us expected. On Monday, stocks traded…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/dollars_and_sense_one_roller_coaster_week]

Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin

Signs and Wonders: Gay marriage advocates fight the battle to lose the war on immigration reform

by Warren Cole Smith

Newsworthy |  Silly me. Earlier this week, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., tried to tack on an amendment to the immigration bill that would allow…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/signs_and_wonders_gay_marriage_advocates_fight_the_battle_to_lose_the_war_on_imm]

Hobby Lobby attorney Kyle Duncan, second from right, and members of his team arrive at the federal courthouse in Denver

Hobby Lobby crafts contraceptive mandate appeal

by Leigh Jones

Religious Liberty |  Lawyers for arts-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby argued again today the company should not be forced to provide employee health insurance that includes…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/hobby_lobby_crafts_contraceptive_mandate_appeal]

President Obama speaks at the National Defense University Thursday.

Obama defends drone policy, promises restraint

by Daniel James Devine

Defense |  In a speech Thursday afternoon at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama defended his administration’s use of drone…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/obama_defends_drone_policy_promises_restraint]

Police officers lay down floral tributes handed to them by members of the public at the scene of a terror attack in Woolwich, southeast London.

Midday Roundup: British security services knew knife-wielding attackers

by Leigh Jones

Newsworthy |  Terror in London. British security and intelligence forces acknowledged today they knew about the two men accused of attacking and killing a British soldier…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/midday_roundup_british_security_services_knew_knife_wielding_attackers]

Arizona state Rep. Steve Smith

‘Dear God’ do-over

by Whitney Williams

Religion |  When an atheist lawmaker offered the daily prayer—if it can even be called that—at the Arizona House of Representatives, a Christian lawmaker demanded a…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/dear_god_do_over]

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senate committee approves immigration bill but House remains skeptical

by J.C. Derrick

Immigration |  WASHINGTON—Immigration reform must go through a five-step process to become law: approval from House and Senate committees, both houses of Congress, and a…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/inching_forward]

The wreckage of homes litters a playground next to a neighborhood destroyed Monday when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla.

Midday Roundup: Search and rescue efforts end, cleanup begins in Oklahoma

by Leigh Jones

Newsworthy |  The cleanup begins. Oklahoma officials say they do not expect to find any more bodies or survivors buried in the rubble left by Monday’s deadly EF5 tornado,

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/midday_roundup_search_and_rescue_efforts_end_cleanup_begins_in_oklahoma]

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