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As credit card debt in the United States continues to swell amid unbridled inflation, average annual percentage rates for new credit cards are hitting record highs. “Credit card interest rates are basically the highest they’ve ever been. I’ve been watching credit card rates on a monthly basis for more than a decade now. And it’s the highest that they’ve been since I’ve been tracking them," Matt Schulz, the chief credit analyst for LendingTree, told Yahoo Finance. The average interest rate for credit cards was 20.17%, according to an analysis in June by LendingTree, an internet lending marketplace. June marked the...

The agency said the double crater might indicate that the rocket had a large mass on each end of it. A rocket that has used up its fuel usually will just have its mass on the end with the motor, with the other side being an empty fuel tank. The rocket’s origin is uncertain, but the double crater that it produced might reveal its identity, according to the release. A rocket body hitting the moon has not created a double crater before, the release states.

Famed poem calls America 'heav'n rescued land' Many Americans have a startling lack of knowledge about their own national anthem. Studies in recent years show 90 percent of children could not say what a national anthem was, never mind sing it. Neither could 80 percent of adults sing more than three lines.

A former union officer pleaded guilty today to conspiring to steal more than $500,000 from the labor organization, using the money for parties, trips, furniture, and other personal expenses. Attia Little, 43, of Temple Hills, Maryland, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to one count of conspiracy and one count of theft from a labor organization. She is to be sentenced on Nov. 4, 2022, by the Honorable Amit P. Mehta. Under federal sentencing, she faces a likely range of 30 to 37 months in prison and potential financial penalties. The plea agreement calls...

"Talentless cokehead Kellyanne Conway, having backstabbed Donald Trump who has appropriately kicked her to the curb now tries desperately to suck up to Ron DeSantis, who's wife won't let this druggie with-in 10 feet of her autistic husband #StoneColdTruth"

While many people will celebrate America's independence with cookouts and fireworks, the Tucson Women’s March will host a "F*** the 4th" event. The Pima County Democratic Party drew backlash on Twitter after posting a graphic for the event before deleting it Friday, while continuing to encourage followers to attend, citing the need to protest the recent Supreme Court decision that scrapped the nationwide right to an abortion. "We were eager to share the event, and in our haste, we used the graphic provided by the event organizer. That was a mistake, and we will do better," the local party branch...

FReeQs, FReepers, LurQers and Vanity https://qalerts.net/ Q is the result of the sacrifices and commitment of countless patriots to win back our captured country from the Deep State and achieve the transformation President Trump promised in this campaign video. President Trump has said the awakening of the public is key to this transformation.Q describes this awakening as follows: "The Great Awakening ('Freedom of Thought’), was designed and created not only as a backchannel to the public (away from the longstanding 'mind’ control of the corrupt & heavily biased media) to endure future events through transparency and regeneration of individual thought...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- An appellate court has denied an appeal by Kentucky's attorney general to reinstate the state's abortion ban. A lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of the state's two abortion clinics — the EMW Women's Surgical Center and Planned Parenthood clinics in Louisville — asked a judge to issue a temporary restraining order to block a state law banning most abortions that took effect after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last week to overturn Roe. V. Wade. Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Mitch Perry granted the temporary restraining order on Thursday to block the law. In a statement...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seemingly painted a colorful link between getting her nails done and the overturn of Roe v. Wade in her latest Instagram post. Speaking to her 8.6 million Instagram followers, the progressive firebrand emphasized that there is "no act too small" and encouraged her viewers to search for ways to reclaim lost autonomy even when they feel "powerless." Ocasio-Cortez then explained how she was using her manicure as "a personal act of reclamation" and "bodily autonomy." "Sometimes people will say, ‘There’s nothing I can do, I can’t do, I feel so powerless,'" she said in her Instagram story...

Akron police have said Walker, 25, fired a gun at officers who were pursuing him. They plan to release their body camera footage following a news conference on Sunday, hours before a protest march is scheduled. Officials have said the deadly confrontation began when officers tried to stop Walker for a traffic violation while he was driving early Monday morning. Walker fled, according to the Akron Police Department, which said officers reported a gun being fired from Walker's vehicle. After several minutes Walker exited his vehicle and ran, while officers chased him on foot and fired at him, saying he...

Bank suffers exodus of customers after social media manager told them to LEAVE if they don't like staff sharing pronouns on badgesHalifax is losing customers after social media team told them to leave if they don't like pronouns on badges Bank posted a badge of employee called Gemma which read 'she/her/hers' and added: 'Pronouns matter' Customers replied to accuse the bank of 'pathetic virtue signalling' and 'alienating' many customers Within minutes Andy M, a member of the social media team, said 'You're welcome to close your account'Halifax customers are closing their accounts en masse today after its social media team...

A top House panel will hold a hearing later this month on the impact of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, it announced ahead of the weekend. News of the hearing came from House Oversight and Reform Committee Democrats, who said in a statement that the panel would "examine how the Republican-appointed Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will impact people and families across America for generations to come." The hearing, which will take place July 13, was announced Friday, one week to the day since the nation's highest bench announced that it would reverse...

Advanced technology coupled with prosperity seems to bring about the worst cases of an intoxicating spiritual disease that attacks our most important sense: our fear of the Lord. Two signs of this intoxicating disease are dismissing the reality of the Devil and of Hell. So in the interest of combating this disease as God has enabled me to, I have a short testimony about Heaven and Hell to share. First, when I first became a Christian more than 30 years ago, I was praying one night when I experienced the presence of God, His Holy Spirit. I was 21 and...

An Israeli committee has voted to grant women access to medication abortions under the country's healthcare plan, and to obtain abortions at local health centers.(LifeSiteNews) – Israel enacted a new policy on Monday to facilitate abortion access for women after the U.S. overturn of Roe v. Wade. The Knesset Labor, Welfare and Health Committee of Israel voted to grant women access to medication abortion through the country’s universal health system as well as allow digital review of applications for abortion instead of in-person appearances before a committee whose approval was required for an abortion since 1978. The committee, composed of...

ROME – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega expelled the Missionaries of Charity, the religious order founded by Mother Teresa of Kolkata, and closed two Catholic TV stations as he continued his campaign to end any form of real or perceived opposition to his regime. The announcement confirming the closure of all their activities came June 28, as the government of Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, announced they were closing another 101 NGOs “urgently.” Since a civil uprising of April 2018, the government has cracked down on voices of opposition. To date, there are 150 opposition leaders in prison,...

Nestled in the thick woods atop Irish Mountain in West Virginia, a small, whitewashed wooden church stood resolute for nearly a century and a half — until this morning. Irish Mountain is aptly named — its bright green foliage would not be out of place on the Emerald Isle. But the name of the place goes deeper than appearances. St. Colman Chapel, which was discovered burned to the ground the morning of June 27, was the last surviving remnant of a once-thriving Irish immigrant community in the area, and its adjacent cemetery marks the final resting place of many of...

Daily interactive maps of Russian territorial gains. Not looking good for the Ukies. Only a matter of time before they fall back across the flat plains to the Dniepner River.

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe is asking parishes to help provide at least $12 million of $75 million needed to satisfy the terms of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings stemming from hundreds of clergy abuse lawsuits — and one method to help fund the debt will be to mortgage the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. A June 17 letter from Archbishop John C. Wester informed parishes of the intention to mortgage the cathedral in Santa Fe, considered by many as the emotional and spiritual center for Roman Catholics in New Mexico. “If the market value is not enough...

First in-person LGBTQ Catholic ministry conference held in the USSome 200 participants gathered for the first in-person Outreach LGBTQ Catholic Ministry Conference held in New York City on June 24-25.More than 200 people from all over the United States and Canada, as well as from the United Kingdom, Italy, Colombia and Uganda, gathered June 24-25 in New York City for the first in-person Outreach LGBTQ Catholic Ministry Conference."These were theologians and writers; high school teachers and college professors; pastors and parish lay leaders; mothers and fathers; gay, straight, bisexual, lesbian and transgender people -- all part of the same church,"...

"Which way am I going?" asked President Biden when he ended Thursday's press conference at the NATO summit in Madrid. He began to exit stage right, before someone redirected him toward stage left. This combination of ignorance and indecision was not new. Throughout his 18 months as president, Biden has been confused, uncertain, sluggish. He behaves as if he is guided by unseen forces. He moves on a course set by hidden captains.People notice. Every time I speak to a conservative audience, I am asked who is really in charge in the White House. My answer has been that the...