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Restaurant and bar operators spent much of the pandemic pivoting to adhere to everchanging safety guidelines, adjusting business models and feeding their communities to keep the lights on amid staff shortages, regular recurring closures and reopenings, disruptions in the supply chain and cost increases from food to rent.

The Readings for the Holy Thursday Mass focus on the continuity between the ancient Jewish Passover and the institution of the Eucharist. As the Passover was the meal that marked the transition from slavery to Egypt to the freedom of the Exodus, so the Eucharist is the meal that marks the transition from slavery to sin to the glorious freedom of the children of God. 1. Our First Reading is from Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14: The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall stand at the head of your calendar; you shall reckon it...

CIA Director William Burns said Thursday the United States should not dismiss the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons in its war with Ukraine. Following a speech at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Burns said, "Given the potential desperation of (Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin and the Russian leadership, given the setbacks that they've faced so far militarily, none of us can take lightly the threat posed by a potential resort to tactical nuclear weapons or low-yield nuclear weapons." "While we've seen some rhetorical posturing on the part of the Kremlin about moving to higher nuclear alert levels, so far we haven't...

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) has put crime on “hyper blast” thanks to left-wing measures like little-to-no bail for criminal suspects, Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti says. During an exclusive interview with SiriusXM Patriot’s Breitbart News Daily, Ronchetti blasted Grisham for what he describes as a mix of lax immigration enforcement and a far-Left no-bail agenda that has culminated into a Catch and Release policy for criminals in New Mexico

Atlanta rapper Archie Eversole, best known for his stadium anthem "We Ready," was fatally shot, and his brother has been accused in the slaying, police said Thursday. Officers were called to a gas station March 25 and found the mortally wounded performer, DeKalb County police said. The victim, Arthur "Archie" Eversole was taken to a hospital before he died from his wounds April 3, police said. Eversole's brother, Alexander Kraus, has been charged with murder. He was arrested without incident less than a quarter-mile away the night of the shooting, officials said.

Ukraine claims responsibility for attack on flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, though Moscow says cause of explosion yet to be determined.

A recent poll found that 52 percent of Republican women said that the rising prices of everyday goods make them much more likely to get out and vote in the midterm. The poll that was conducted for All In Together, a nonprofit women’s organization, revealed that a majority of women (54 percent) as a whole are more likely to go out and vote in this year’s election because of the rising prices. Republican women are “super-charged” on the issue. Thus, acknowledging that the Democrats’ failed policies and lack of successful economic policies to help curb inflation make women want to...

SNIP Page Six was inside the Riverside Memorial Chapel early Thursday, where we witnessed the comedian’s loved ones share heartfelt stories that made guests both laugh and cry. Gottfried’s longtime pal Jeff Ross specifically had the crowd in stitches, eulogizing his “brother” – who died on Tuesday at the age of 67 – as a man “survived by his wife, and sister, two great kids and over 12,000 little bottles of shampoo.” SNIP “Gilbert took the pain out of our worst tragedies,” he shared, adding that the famously offensive comic “practically started cancel culture when he got fired from playing...

<p>The soldiers were the last to see Enrique Roman-Martinez alive during a Memorial Day trip to North Carolina's Cape Lookout National Seashore in 2020.</p>

This display shows some of the books that have been banned all over the world as well as well as throughout the US. The words covering the books are the quoted reasons each book was banned. Take a look and see which of your favorite books have been banned and why.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska) campaign announced on Thursday that she raised over $1.5 million in the first quarter of 2022, leaving her campaign with $5.2 million in cash-on-hand. Murkowski is among a handful of Republicans fighting for reelection against a Trump-backed primary challenger.

A small meteor that hit Earth in 2014 was from another star system, and may have left interstellar debris on the seafloor. An object from another star system crashed into Earth in 2014, the United States Space Command (USSC) confirmed in a newly-released memo. The meteor ignited in a fireball in the skies near Papua New Guinea, the memo states, and scientists believe it possibly sprinkled interstellar debris into the South Pacific Ocean. The confirmation backs up the breakthrough discovery of the first interstellar meteor—and, retroactively, the first known interstellar object of any kind to reach our solar system—which was...

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Ed Buck, 67, was convicted last year of nine felony counts stemming from the deaths of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean. Former Democratic political donor Ed Buck who supplied drugs to two men who overdosed in his West Hollywood apartment was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in federal prison. Ed Buck, 67, was convicted last year of nine felony counts stemming from the deaths of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean. In a sentencing memorandum, federal prosecutors said he lured young Black men who were often experiencing homelessness, addiction, and/or poverty to his apartment for sexually charged sessions in which he...

Fewer than 3-in-10 American registered voters say they support President Joe Biden’s plans to end the Title 42 public health authority at the United States-Mexico border, a new poll finds. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this month that the Biden administration would end Title 42 on May 23. The authority has allowed federal immigration officials over the last two years to quickly return illegal aliens to their native countries after arriving at the border.

Barry Manilow is missing the premiere of his off-Broadway musical after testing positive for COVID. On Wednesday, the 78-year-old "Copacabana" musician released a statement letting fans know he's contracted COVID and won't be able to attend the New York City debut of his long-delayed musical Harmony, written alongside Bruce Sussman and directed by Tony winner Warren Carlyle, which first premiered in California 25 years ago.

It was supposed to be a fun family train ride up the California coast, a spring break getaway for Robbie Pierce, his husband, and their two young children. They'd been enjoying watching the coastline speed by through their window until, Pierce said, the family was accosted by a man who accused the couple of stealing their children and called them "pedophiles." "All of a sudden there was a man there, just standing there and shouting," Pierce told BuzzFeed News in an interview. "'Remember what I told you! They stole you! They're pedophiles!' At that point I was like, this is...

DALLAS, TX—The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) has announced its star-studded lineup of speakers at the upcoming CPAC Dallas 2022 in August. Special guests will include Rep. Lauren Boebert, a ghost gun harmed by gun control legislation, and the new highly sought-after pigeon that pooped on President Biden. “We are proud to announce that the pigeon has accepted an invitation to speak at this year’s event,” said CPAC representative, Buck Brobert to a crowd of conservative journalists who spontaneously began chanting “Lock her up,” “Build the wall,” and “Four more poops!” “We hope to hear the pigeon’s own take on...

The transgender prisoner who got a fellow inmate pregnant is a 27-year-old killer serving 30 years for the manslaughter of his foster father, DailyMail.com can reveal. And one of the women Demitrius Minor impregnated is a double murderer who killed a couple as they returned home from their engagement party. The forbidden love inside the walls of the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility will result in lifer Latonia Bellamy, 31, giving birth in early fall. 'We found love in a hopeless place,' Bellamy wrote, quoting from a Rihanna song, in an online essay entitled Freedom, Love, Pregnancy and Trauma. New Jersey's...

There were a numbers of stories back when Joe Biden first moved into the White House about his dog, Major, biting people. The official claims by his administration were that the dog "nipped" someone first, and that was because the animal was "still adjusting to his new surroundings." Then he bit another, and a White House employee was taken to a medical unit for treatment. Finally, when the government declined to release details that should be available to the public, the Washington watchdog Judicial Watch filed a public records lawsuit over the fracas.