By Alicia Raffinengo Reporter Life News Today A breaking alert appears on a phone screen. Within seconds, it can influence how someone invests money, views a local school issue or interprets a national event. The speed of information has accelerated dramatically, yet public confidence in news organizations has declined. Gallup surveys show trust in newspapers and television news near historic lows. Gallup data indicate that confidence in mass media began declining in the late 1990s,...

The man behind Valentine’s Day was executed by the Roman state, and his story has little to do with hearts and chocolates. Long before Feb. 14 became associated with romance, it was marked by Lupercalia, a pagan festival focused on fertility and survival, not love. In the third century, a Christian priest named Valentine was arrested and executed for refusing to renounce his faith under Emperor Claudius II. His death made him a martyr and ensured that his name would survive through the centuries

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