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Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a spirit; she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect. When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said, “Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.” He laid his hands on her, and she at once stood up straight and glorified God. Luke 13:11–13Eighteen years is a long time to have suffered under the bondage of satan. This healing took place on the Sabbath day in a synagogue while Jesus was...

Some statistics are not just illuminating, they are downright shocking. Here’s one. At the University of Texas at Austin, one of America’s top universities, only 300 students graduated with a major in the humanities. That would be a big number if UT graduated 1,200 students, but it actually graduates about 12,000. The percentage of humanities major is 0.025 percent. It rounds to zero. That dismal statistic is replicated at universities across the country. While Texas certainly likes to think of itself as unique, in this case, it’s not. At every university, big and small, fewer and fewer students are studying...

Bill Maher just called Trump a “badass”—and his explanation may surprise you. In this clip, Maher discusses falling crime rates, Trump’s approach to crime and immigration, surveillance, the social safety net, deportations, and the idea that a tougher presidential posture could be sending a message to criminals. But does Trump’s aggressive style actually have an effect on crime? And can you acknowledge results while still disagreeing with the methods? Maher makes a surprising case for why Trump may be influencing public safety while also criticizing some of his immigration policies. Is this an unexpected shift in the political debate? Watch...

Thousands of Lula's supporters have spilled out onto the streets of São Paulo, celebrating his win - here are the latest pictures from the scene.Lula has been addressing his supporters in São Paulo and thanking them for their support, which he said made it possible for him to recover from his defeat in the first round of the election to go on to win in the run-off.

Well, this is breaking news, and I wanted you all to know what's going on, as the votes in Brazil's presidential runoff may not be counted before I pass out tonight. The Brazilian Supreme Court has granted President Lula's request to keep polling places open for an additional two hours this evening.

A 2026 survey from Accredited Debt Relief and Money.com found that 78% of Americans with debt blame inflation and rising prices for at least part of their financial difficulties. Meanwhile, 68% pointed to housing costs, and the same percentage acknowledged that their own spending or borrowing decisions contributed to their debt. The findings suggest that while Americans across generations are struggling with debt, their financial pressures differ considerably depending on their age. America’s Debt Problem Is GrowingAccording to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, total U.S. household debt reached $18.77 trillion in the second quarter of 2026, an increase...

The Pentagon is preparing U.S. military bases to keep operating for at least 90 days without outside support as it prepares for the possibility of a major war that could cripple power grids, disrupt supply chains and threaten critical infrastructure on American soil. The new requirement is part of FORTRESS, a broader military initiative aimed at ensuring American forces can continue fighting even if the civilian systems they depend on are disrupted, according to documents reviewed by Fox News Digital. "We don't want to rely on standard civilian municipal infrastructure to run our national defense. We just simply can't. It's...

The American economy is showing remarkable resilience despite persistent inflation, high interest rates, and geopolitical uncertainty. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta estimates that the economy grew at a 3.5% annualized rate during the third quarter of 2026, well above what many economists once considered sustainable. Yet there is a growing disconnect between the economy’s impressive performance and the financial reality facing everyday Americans. Economic Growth Continues to Beat ExpectationsEconomists had expected the U.S. economy to slow as higher energy prices, tariffs, and rising borrowing costs weighed on consumers and businesses. Instead, consumer spending has remained resilient, companies have continued...

[snip] This is an illustrative historical reconstruction: architectural details, scales and historical urban extents are approximate, and population figures are estimates. This one took a very long time to make. The scene was far too big for my own computer, so I spent several hundred dollars renting GPUs to render it. Thank you so much for watching! If you enjoyed it, a like and a subscribe would mean a lot to me. [/snip] Constantinople - 3D Timelapse - 680 BC to AD 1453 | 8:34 How Cities Grew | 2.21K subscribers | 521,011 views | October 15, 2026

If if can happen there, is can happen anywhere. The Pacific coast province of British Columbia elected a majority Conservative government to the provincial legislature, for the first time since 1928. This is as if California suddenly went Republican. The CBC reports, 5 reasons why Lorne Doerkson is the next premier of British Columbia: Eby’s snap election gamble backfired, while the B.C. Conservative leader projected normalcy. “Normalcy.” David Eby, the head of the governing New Democratic Party (NDP), held only a 47-44 majority in the legislature, with two vacancies. He was having trouble getting his program approved, so he called...

Seattle is winning...20-3...I expected KC to win easily...KC will lose for first time this season...

You can just feel the love oozing out of almost every sentence in a Politico story about an opposition research dirt digger. The party? Democrat of course. Anyone who is familiar with the over-the-top biases of Politico would know there is no way Politico would ever express love and admiration for a Republican opposition researcher. The recipient of all this Politico love is one Tyson Brody whose name is heroically invoked in a Friday wet kiss by Kathy Gilsinan, "Kansas Was Supposed to Be Easy for Republicans. Then Tyson Brody Moved Back Home."

Let’s talk about this COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOSER, Bill Maher. He’s got a Low Rated Show on equally Low Rated HBO, which was once, long ago, a Network of Quality and Excitement — But that’s all gone. It’s not “HOT” anymore! Maher’s friend and business associate, Chuck LaBella, was also a friend of mine, worked on The Top Hit Show, The Apprentice, as a “gofer” and, because of the success of that show, Number One and Top Rated on many weeks, with the Finale’ being among the Top Shows of the Year, he was automatically and quickly brought up through...

CAPTURED: 6 @FBI Most Wanted Fraudsters tied to $2 BILLION in alleged fraud against American taxpayers. They will now face justice. 🇺🇸 The Trump-Vance Administration will not allow criminal fraudsters to rob hardworking Americans—we will chase you to the ends of the earth.

Disgraced ex-con and Democratic former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Sunday urged voters to cast ballots for Republicans, griping that socialists such as Zohran Mamdani have “hijacked’’ the Dem Party. Blagojevich — who was convicted of selling to the highest bidder the Senate seat that Barack Obama vacated after his 2008 presidential election — seethed to the “Cats Roundtable” radio program, “It’s not the Democratic Party anymore. “It’s a socialist party,” said the ex-gov, now a self-described “Trump-O-Crat,” while discussing his new book, “Framed, F*cked, and Freed: A Governor’s Odyssey” on the 770 WABC program. “The Democratic Party has been...

NEW: Robert Reich calls for the "defunding" of Elon Musk, calls for Democrats to go after Musk's companies."Democrats ought to [start] laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink & SpaceX... It should be a public corporation."Does he want Musk to drop another $50M on the Midterms? pic.twitter.com/0jiljf0CtG— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 25, 2026

Science Norway reports that a stone with a groove running all the way around it was discovered near an islet off the coast of western Norway that is the site of Hespriniholmen, a greenstone quarry estimated to be between 5,000 and 9,000 years old. Greenstone was used to make axes that have been unearthed in western and eastern Norway. Arild Skjæveland Vivås of the Stavanger Maritime Museum said that the team of researchers found the stone, which weighs more than 60 pounds, on an underwater pile of quarry waste. They fastened a rope around the groove and pulled it up...

Additional ring ditches have been discovered at the Hunn burial ground in eastern Norway with ground-penetrating radar, according to a Science Norway report. Standing stone circles are known to have stood in the South Field some 2,000 years ago. The newly uncovered circles were found in the West Field, where traces of large burial mounds remain. "They may have made the circle first in order to plan the construction of the burial monument, or it may have formed because people walked in a circle around it," said Anne Lene Melheim of Norway's Museum of Cultural History. Several possible graves have...

Analysis of more than 190 bones from people who were buried in Scandinavia between about 500 B.C. and A.D. 1050 suggests that violent encounters increased over time, Live Science reports. The remains were interred in domestic areas, but it is not known if the violence occurred during domestic disputes, or as a result of warfare or some form of punishment. "The fact is that not all bodies ended up in monumental burial mounds in the Iron and Viking Ages, or even in more modest urnfields and cemeteries," said Marianne Hem Eriksen of the National Museum of Denmark. Eriksen and her...