The rates have more than doubled compared with 1990. Without urgent intervention, our study forecasts that more than 80% of adults and close to 60% of adolescents will be classified as overweight ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

There are early signs that the number of college students who travel to and from the United States to study are changing as a result of Donald Trump’s reelection. Early indicators point to three ...

The Texas State Board of Education on Friday approved a controversial, Bible-infused curriculum for public school students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Texas schools will not be required ...

You. Here's my study Bible. These lessons would be totally appropriate in ***, in *** Sunday school. I love the Bible. I think that the Bible should be read and studied. Uh but it's not the job of ...

The center’s Bible study group recently pondered the kingdom ... a relatable Jesus who suffered his own setbacks. A favorite lesson involves Jesus returning to Nazareth, where he was chased ...

Texas has joined the states mixing the Bible with public school classrooms, setting up another potential legal showdown. The Texas State Board of Education voted 8-7 on Friday to allow lessons ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ education board voted Friday to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools, joining other Republican-led states that pushed this year to give religion a larger ...

Texas has approved a controversial new curriculum that allows elementary schools to incorporate Bible teachings into reading and language arts lessons. Schools adopting the optional program will ...

The materials sparked months of heated rebukes from opponents who said the lessons lean toward proselytizing ... prayer and the study of the Bible in schools became hot-button issues that ...

Following the vote, the Texas American Federation of Teachers said in a written statement that the new teachings violate the state’s Code of Ethics by “infusing lessons with Bible-based ...

Republican members who voted against the materials noted they did so out of concern for the lessons' quality, rather than the use of the Bible stories. In a statement released this week ...