(RNS) — An image helped me see. Fuzzy, tiny, black and white, the picture flickered across the screen of an old television, atop a cart set at the front of the church sanctuary where I was sitting.

It’s a morbid thing to consider, but policy changes—especially around energy and the environment—may result in more (or fewer) deaths. Beyond the obvious social tragedy, death itself carries an ...

Ohio began enforcement of its distracted-driving law in October 2023. It didn’t take long for the measure to have a significant impact in the Buckeye State. By October 2024, a report by the Columbus ...

What is the value of a human life? How can one describe its value or calculate it? The question haunts me as I view the massive slaughter of over 42,000 human beings in Gaza. I wonder — how can a ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. A Californian’s life was worth $100 million to certain investor-owned utilities. That is ...

The Trump administration has been accused of placing “zero value on human life” after the Environmental Protection Agency stopped calculating how much money is saved in health care costs avoided and ...