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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will announce this week whether or not the famed New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square will be held, or if revelers will be permitted to gather publicly in the area, the Associated Press reported. The mayor has said that he will make a decision on the fate of the event by Christmas Day, as the omicron variant has sent case rates surging in the city.

Forty-eight passengers and crew members tested positive for COVID-19 on Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas ship, which docked at PortMiami on Saturday, the cruise company said. Miami-based Royal Caribbean said in a statement on Sunday that each person who tested positive immediately went into quarantine. Six people who had tested positive disembarked the ship mid-voyage and were transported home. The passengers who tested positive were either asymptomatic or had mild symptoms. The new cases come as the omicron variant is quickly spreading across the United States, potentially throwing a wrench in holiday travel plans. Royal Caribbean said that Symphony...

"I Want Candy" is a song written and originally recorded by the Strangeloves in 1965 that reached No. 11 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. English new wave group Bow Wow Wow released their version as the first and only single from their EP The Last of the Mohicans. For many in America, "I Want Candy" was their first introduction to young lead singer Annabella Lwin and the band. The song barely scraped the Top 50, but became an enduring new wave classic Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy" (1982)

Election officials in Florida's are looking into voter fraud from voters — or snowbirds — who live part of the year in the sunshine state and voted in the 2020 election. So far three residents of the Villages retirement community have been charged with voting more than once in last year’s presidential election.

“God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name” (Philippians 2:9). God exalted Christ by giving Him a new name. In today’s verse a question that arises is, What is the name that is above every name? To be consistent with Scripture, it has to be a name that goes beyond merely distinguishing one person from another. It has to be a name that describes Christ’s nature—revealing something of His inner being. Only such a name would cause Him to be clearly ranked above all others. Paul wasn’t referring to a comparative name, but...

According to China state-run Global Times, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) air corps conducted military exercises with paratroopers along with multiple drones. The drones delivered supplies to PLA troops deep inside the "enemy line", the Chinese daily reported. The UAVs were reportedly "medium-sized rotary wing drone" with 50 kilograms of munitions. China has been conducting military drills amid escalating tensions with Taiwan. Chinese troops had earlier conducted military exercises close to Taiwan near an island. Also Read: 'Their intention is to slowly exhaust': Taiwan slams Chinese air intrusion The Chinese newspaper said PLA troops used "swam" of drones for front-line...

Archbishop Lenga: A Catholic counter-revolution is neededLink to video of interview (with English subtitles)

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[Catholic Caucus] Traditional Catholics: Exceptions to "Synodality" Caminante WandererArgentina, December 18, 2021The Synodal Church, which has unleashed the revolution of tenderness, has today given another evident sign of the direction its synodalities and tendernesses are taking, with the resolution of some dubia raised by the bishops to the Congregation for Divine Worship about the application of Traditiones custodes. Of course, the answers to these dubia that were quickly resolved and not like others that are still waiting to be responded, are all ordered to further stifle the traditional liturgy in the Catholic Church. Synodality, Pope Francis explains to us,...

Explanation: It is not a coincidence that planets line up. That's because all of the planets orbit the Sun in (nearly) a single sheet called the plane of the ecliptic. When viewed from inside that plane -- as Earth dwellers are likely to do -- the planets all appear confined to a single band. It is a coincidence, though, when three of the brightest planets all appear in nearly the same direction. Such a coincidence was captured earlier this month. Featured above (right to left), Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter were all imaged together in a line just after sunset, from...

Today's sermon from Bp. Barron draws upon the Visitation, and how these pregnant women show us how to live out the Will of God. 14in. YouTube video... Give up the ego-drama!

JACKSON, Miss. — A Jackson teacher charged with sexual battery has been released from jail. Donna Shea Robinson, 48, is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student, according to Jackson police officials. Robinson was arrested Monday by Jackson police, according to jail records. Advertisement Robinson taught at God's Plan Academy on Terry Road, according to court documents. During a court hearing Wednesday, Judge Jeff Reynolds allowed Robinson to be released on her own recognizance and ordered her to wear an ankle monitor and have no contact with the alleged victim. Reynolds also ordered that Robinson be evaluated for sexual...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin drove a crowd into a frenzy when she told them she would never get a vaccine. "It'll be over my dead body that I'll have to get a shot," Palin told attendees of Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2021 in Phoenix, AZ. "I will not do that. I won't do it, and they better not touch my kids either." When asked by TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk what she would say to people who might be fired from a job or kicked out of school over an unwillingness to comply with a vaccine mandate, Palin answered, "I...

Finding out that not much works for voles. Trying a product called Volex but not holding my breath. Tracking powders look promising provided they walk through it and groom but powders are hard to come by. Thinking about getting a car battery, putting two rods in the ground and picking them off with a pellet gun. I know they have rodent systems that puts propane and oxygen in the hole, ignites and instantly kills but can't find anyone in my area that does that. Not sure I want to go that route either since it's a neighborhood.

Elizabeth “Fauxahontas” Warren has the WuFlu

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said on this week’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Alex Witt Reports” that Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) announcement he would not vote for President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better Act was “disgusting.” Waters said, “While Manchin is exercising unusual power because of the numbers and is willing to be one man, one person that will hold up assistance to the American people, is absolutely disgusting and amazing to me. ”

Swedish Company Implants Covid Passport Microchips in Hands.. A Swedish company is making headlines by calling to mind a nightmarish image for Christians around the world. A video from the South China Post went viral Friday for showing the microchip technology recently introduced by the Stockholm-based startup, Epicenter. The company’s “chief disruptor” Hannes Sjoblad demonstrated how their product, the size of a grain of rice, has been adapted as a Covid passport, implanted under the skin in the arm or hand. Sjoblad said the company developed the tech for other purposes, but quickly realized it had potential for use as...

The Spanish singer fell ill on December 7 and was placed in a coma. Sharing the news of his tragic passing from Covid on Twitter this evening, the singing group said: "It is with heavy hearts that we are letting you know that our friend and partner, Carlos Marin, has passed away. "He will be missed by his friends, family and fans. There will never be another voice or spirit like Carlos. "For 17 years the four of us have been on this incredible journey of Il Divo together, and we will miss our dear friend. "We hope and pray...

Officials in Paris have canceled New Year’s Eve firework festivities due to the growing concern about the fast spreading omicron COVID-19 variant, France24.com reported. A scientific panel suggested on Friday that authorities “should impose significant restrictions” due to increasing caseloads.

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit teacher is accused of making threats on notes that were slipped under office doors at her school. The incident occurred Friday at Jefferson Middle School in St. Clair Shores, which is part of the Lakeview district, police said. “One of the notes appeared to be an attempt at making a false threat in the hope of closing school.