WASHINGTON – The numbers of people without a religious affiliation are increasing in some countries. But some demographers project that the global population will be more religious, not less, for one simple reason: religious believers tend to have more babies.
The growth in the religiously affiliated population is "largely about having relatively high fertility rates," Conrad Hackett, a demographer at the Pew Research Center, told CNA Dec. 15.
BOSTON – John George Jr., a former state representative from Dartmouth convicted earlier this year on embezzlement-related charges, concealed more than $1 million in wads of cash in safe deposit boxes after telling a federal judge he had less than $200,000 in available assets, according to U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz in Boston.
Federal marshals uncovered the stash and seized the funds last week, according to a statement Ortiz released Wednesday.
