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A priest has sewn his lips together to protest against the “suppression” of climate science in Rupert Murdoch's media outlets. Reverend Tim Hewes, 71, carried out the symbolic act outside News UK’s office in Central London yesterday. It's home to the UK arm of Murdoch’s global news empire, News Corps. In a video released on YouTube, Hewes calls Murdoch a “climate change denier, dissembler and delayer” and says the media mogul has influence over governments which has led to a lack of meaningful action on the climate crisis. Alongside Hewes, a Church of England priest in the Diocese of Oxford...

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — An email defending a dress code at a local Catholic school has prompted a family to pull their kids out right before the start of the year. Abby and Patrick McInerney had every intention of sending both their 4-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son to St. Pius X in Aurora this year. Their son was excited to see the friends he’d made there last year, too. The Archdiocese of Denver tells the Problem Solvers, St. Pius X is in the process of phasing in a new dress code one grade at a time. It started with kindergarten...