Kendrick Lamar accepts the award for best rap album for "GNX" during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

    China criticizes Dalai Lama’s Grammy award

    BEIJING (AP) — Beijing on Monday criticized the Dalai Lama ’s first Grammy win, describing the music industry award for an audiobook, narration and storytelling as “a tool for anti-China political manipulation.” The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, who lives in exile in India, took the award on Sunday for his book, “Meditations: The Reflections of…

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    More Americans than ever attend non-denominational churches. Experts say it's a major shift in U.S. Christianity.

    More Americans than ever attend non-denominational churches. Experts say it’s a major shift in U.S. Christianity.

    At Rooftop Church, just outside St. Louis, Missouri, it’s not collars and frocks — it’s baseball caps and jeans. Head pastor Matt Herndon sets the tone on Sundays. “When a lot of people come in, they do notice some things that maybe they wouldn’t see at other churches, [like] oh that’s strange, he’s wearing a…

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