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STUART — A Port Salerno man who in 2020 told authorities he mistakenly shot and killed his pregnant wife in their home was spared a prison term Wednesday after he pleaded no contest to a manslaughter charge, according to a prosecutor and defense attorney. Alex Rupp, 34, who was arrested Feb. 21 on one count of manslaughter with a firearm, had faced a maximum punishment of 30 years in prison, if convicted. The charge indicates killing a person with a firearm without intention in circumstances not amounting to murder. On Nov. 4, 2020, Rupp shot his wife Nicole Rupp in...

dear friend, this Good Friday and Passion Week are you a hider? Are you one who hides from Almighty God in the cloak of demonic darkness (Gen. 3:6-11; John 3:19-21; Eph. 2:1-3)? Are you hiding in your traditions, family, culture, political party, skin color, "good" works, vices, social justice crusades, career, global movements, conservatism, liberalism, marxism, religiousness, abortion rights, pro-life passions, greeds, creeds, violence, gangs, humanitarian institutions, genders, sports, movies, etc., etc.? Dear friend, if so,, what are you hiding in that will keep you from coming to the ETERNAL Light of Almighty God your ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS Creator, who so...

What Man is This? Song and Video What man is this that hangs and dies, on Calvary’s cross is bleeding? Forsaken by a world of men, for their souls is pleading. This, this is Christ the Lamb, the sinless One, the Son of Man Weep, weep for your sins, for you He gives His life. Why does He go to Calvary, when He caused the lost and blind to see? Oh, wretch for thee He takes your stead that you through Him may live! Nails, thorns shall pierce Him through, the cross He bears, for me for you. It is...

A cancer survivor is vowing to untangle the twisted mystery of why almost 100 people associated with a New Jersey high school have developed “extremely” rare malignant brain tumors. Al Lupiano is among the 94 former staff and students from Colonia High School in the Woodbridge Township School District who have been stricken by the devastating diagnoses in recent years. “I will not rest until I have answers,” Lupiano, 50, declared in an interview with NJ.com and the Star Ledger on Thursday. “I will uncover the truth.” [snip] Lupiano told NJ Spotlight News that the school is located less than...

Vanguard group, an asset management company, becomes largest shareholder of Twitter, according to latest SEC data. Musk's bid gets rejected by Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company (KHC). They own a 5.2 per cent stake. Musk responds to Saudi Arabia's KHC by asking how much Saudi Arabia owns directly and indirectly, plus enquires about their views on freedom. SNIP

The wealthy political activist and Democratic donor Ed Buck was sentenced to 30 years in prison on charges that he supplied and personally injected gay men with methamphetamine in exchange for sex, leading to two deaths and multiple other overdoses. Buck, 67, was found guilty in July by a federal jury on all nine counts, including having a drug house, distributing methamphetamine and enticing men to travel for prostitution. Thursday’s sentencing closes a long saga, involving Buck, who prosecutors say used his wealth and influence to prey on and exploit mostly vulnerable Black men for “party and play” encounters at...

Around 400 clergymen of the Ukrainian Church under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Moscow collectively appeal to the Council of the Primates of the Ancient Eastern Churches (the highest “court” of Orthodoxy worldwide) against Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, In particular, the 400 clergymen of the Ukrainian entity of the Patriarchate of Moscow are pressing charges against Patriarch Kirill, claiming that Kirill preaches the doctrine of the “Russian world”, which deviates from Orthodox teaching and should be condemned as a heresy. They also stressed that Patriarch Kirill has committed moral crimes, blessing the war against Ukraine and fully supporting the...

YouTuber PrestigeIsKey posted a screenshot on his Twitter account of the audio ran through a spectrograph and found the words “Monsters Are Real.” And another Twitter user replied with a looping sound of Godzilla’s orca-like sound that matches the audio from the trailer. Both of these clues strongly hint at the famous kaiju making its grand appearance in Warzone The inclusion of Godzilla would represent a radical change from the semi-realistic atmosphere of Call of Duty games (excluding Zombies mode). This could be an attempt to match Fortnite’s successful partnerships with third-party properties such as Marvel, DC, and Naruto.

BET SHEMESH, ISRAEL—Investigators working with the Israel Antiquities Authority have claimed David used an illegal "ghost" sling in his famous battle with Goliath. Experts allege the ghost sling would have been untraceable, which would account for why Goliath was caught off guard so easily. "Goliath, a man who stood about 7'10" by modern reckoning, would not have been defeated so easily if David had a legal sling registered with the proper authorities," said Dr. Phil Gath, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "David probably used a 3D printer or something, maybe he just stole some leather and grabbed...

Crews are trying to keep a decommissioned World War II-era destroyer from sinking into Lake Erie as they pump 13,000 gallons of water out of the listing ship each minute. Officials believe the USS The Sullivans suffered a breach on the right side of the hull Wednesday night, causing the ship to slowly go under. Pumps were brought to the Erie County Naval & Military Park in downtown Buffalo, New York, where the ship is docked, in an effort to stabilize the 79-year-old vessel. Park president Paul Marzello said that while the cause of the breach remains unknown at this...

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Molly Shannon said on a recent episode of “The Howard Stern Show” (via People) that she was sexually harassed by comedian and “Diff’rent Strokes” star Gary Coleman. The “Saturday Night Live” veteran also detailed the alleged incident in her new memoir, “Hello, Molly!” Shannon said she had just signed with Coleman’s manager at the time and got the chance to meet him at his penthouse hotel room. “I think he was like, ‘Sit down [on the bed].’ It was very sweet,” Shannon said. “And then he’s, like, tickling me a little. This and that.” Shannon told Coleman that she was...

You know it’s a strange world we live in when a controversial college professor known as a “space archeologist” gets in a Twitter spat with an actor best known for his role as a futuristic spaceship captain. Welcome to 2022. The issue between UAB professor Sarah Parcak arose when Shatner tweeted about his History Channel show “The UnXplained” and the episode “Mysterious Ancient Ruins.” “Ancient ruins fascinate us. Some archaeological finds are so baffling that they challenge everything we know about the past. Will we ever learn the truth about these mysterious ruins? Or will they continue to present more...

WHAT WAS ITS HISTORY? The warship was launched as the Slava from a shipyard in Mykolaiv in what was then the Soviet republic of Ukraine in July 1979, according to open-source intelligence firm Janes. Commissioned in late December 1982, it was 611.5 feet (186 meters) long. It was designed to carry a crew of 476 with an additional 62 officers. The Slava served as the flagship of the Soviet fleet in the Black Sea. It carried both surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles, deck guns, torpedoes and mortars. It also had a helicopter deck. During the Cold War, it also carried nuclear...

Thought New York City’s Pizza Rat was majestic? Enter cigarette cockroach, a bodacious bug that was observed scurrying about an undisclosed residence in the Big Apple with a cancer stick in tow, smoking out all vermin competition. A video of the tiny tobacco toker is currently blowing up on Instagram as urban wildlife enthusiasts marvel at what could be the animal kingdom’s newest celebrity sleazeball. “Roach just trying to have a smoke in peace,” reads the caption to the uproarious clip, which was uploaded a day ago by the popular Instagram account WhatIsNewYork.

‘Get off our campus because no one [expletive] wants you here,’ one LGBT activist at the Catholic university yelled at TFP Action.WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Students at Georgetown University cursed at and spat on volunteers with the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP Action) and claimed that transgender ideology is compatible with Catholic teaching. “I’m a devout Catholic for many years and I support none of this [expletive],” one young woman told the TFP volunteers on April 4. The volunteers were handing out information on how “transgenderism is the family’s worst enemy.” “Why are you...

A ‘sharp recession’ lies ahead for Germany should it be cut off from the Russian gas it is so badly addicted to. Germany’s energy situation does not appear to be getting any better, with a recently released report suggesting that the country would fall into a “sharp recession” should it suddenly lose access to Russian gas. While Europe as a whole appears keen to implement harsh embargos on Russian energy imports, Germany’s chronic addiction to Russian gas has put a wrench in such works, with authorities in the country having expressed disbelief as to how the addiction issue was ever...

Italian bishops label climate alarmist, LGBT activist 'missionary martyrs'ROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - Italian bishops are canonizing a climate alarmist, a bisexual activist, a lesbian journalist, an open-borders agitator and Muslim campaigners in a woke "Way of the Cross" for Lent and Holy Week. Via Crucis, published by the Italian Episcopal Conference for use in Italy's dioceses and parishes in 2022, glorifies Swedish climate alarmist Greta Thunberg among the ranks of "missionary women and men who were martyred." Thunberg is exalted at the 10th Station (Jesus is stripped of His clothes) by the publication as a 19-year-old "protagonist of change" who "became...