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Gunfire erupts in area of Fourth of July parade route in Highland Park, Illinois, sheriff says The city's "Fourth Fest" celebration was canceled and residents were told to avoid downtown. July 4, 2022, 11:25 AM CDT By David K. Li and Matteo Moschella Gunfire erupted in an affluent Chicago suburb on Monday, prompting the city to cancel its Fourth of July celebration, authorities said. The shooting happened "in the area of the Independence Day parade route," the Lake County Sheriff's Office said in statement posted shortly after 11 a.m. CDT. No other details, including how many people were shot, were...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, one day after Ukrainian forces withdrew from their last remaining bulwark of resistance in the province. Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Putin in a televised meeting Monday that Russian forces had taken control of Luhansk, which together with the neighboring Donetsk province makes up Ukraine’s industrial heartland of Donbas. Shoigu told Putin that “the operation” was completed on Sunday after Russian troops overran the city of Lysychansk, the last stronghold of Ukrainian forces in Luhansk.

You may think it's funny that President Biden carries around a cheat card that tells him exactly what to do and when to do it. As it turns out, this is a common technique used by several presidents throughout our nation's great history. We bet you feel silly now, don't you? Here are a few examples of presidential cheat cards through the years: Thomas Jefferson: YOU do not have sexual relations with THAT slave. William Henry Harrison: YOU wear YOUR overcoat or YOU die. Millard Fillmore: Nobody remembers who YOU are. Abraham Lincoln: YOU don't forget to look behind YOURSELF...

By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Last updated: 27/06 - 19:01 LIBYA The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) on Monday warned to declare a "force majeure" on its facilities in the northern Gulf of Sirte within 72 hours, as it is unable to meet its contractual obligations due to their forced closure. "We are considering declaring a state of force majeure in the next 72 hours if oil production and exports do not resume at the Gulf of Sirte terminals," NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla warned in a statement, calling on "all parties" to work for "the reopening of the oil fields...

Independence Day makes Progressives squirm. They despise the principles of the American Revolution. If they could, their scotus judges would gut the Declaration as thoroughly as they have the Constitution. To them, our Noble Declaration, this expression of God-given reason subverts social justice; they are right. Since the Declaration is indeed hostile to their moral relativism, the Left has long attempted to minimize our founding to a fuzzy faith in the people. The “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,” and “all men are created equal,” translates in their Marxist minds as widespread democracy accompanied with equal...

Multiple people are feared dead after a reported shooting at a 4th of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on Monday. Witnesses say crowds fled the sound of gunfire, and others saw at least five bloodied people lying on the ground and another under a blanket, according to the Chicago Sun Times. The number of victims remains unclear. This is a developing story.

LUGANO, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday the reconstruction of his war-battered country is the “common task of the entire democratic world,” as his prime minister laid out a $750 billion recovery plan once invading Russia’s guns fall silent.“The reconstruction of Ukraine is not a local project, is not a project of one nation, but a common task of the entire democratic world — all countries, all countries who can say they are civilized,” Zelenskyy told hundreds of attendees in Lugano. ”Restoring Ukraine means restoring the principles of life, restoring the space of life, restoring everything that...

Hi all. Just a little interesting tidbit about a recent bout of COVID in our family (extended). Bottom line, my mom is in home health care far away from our home with my aunt and uncle. While I and my son visited, my cousin and her hubby had literally just come back from Germany (permanently - lived there very long time). FYI they were still tested before plane trip out. That hubby got COVID while we were there and my son and I left soon and “quarantined” in my moms house so we didn’t affect my husband. BUT my cousin...

More than a dozen protesters have been arrested for driving too slowly during demonstrations on motorways in England, Scotland and Wales over fuel prices. The go-slow action is mainly targeting three-lane motorways with convoys of vehicles crawling along two lanes-leavng the "fast" outside lane free. Twelve people were arrested after a protest on the M4, which led to the Prince of Wales bridge, between England and Wales, being closed. Another man was arrested near the A38. Protesters, organised under the social media banner Fuel Price Stand Against Tax, have driven in a series of convoys at 30 mph (48.3 km/h)...

After pulling their music from Spotify in protest over Joe Rogan, the folk rock group Crosby, Stills & Nash has returned to the streaming service a mere five months later — with Rogan’s massively popular podcast still going strong. Crosby, Stills & Nash’s music returned to Spotify on Saturday with the group donating proceeds to COVID-19 charities for at least a month, according to a report from Billboard.

ROME (AFP) - American billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday (July 2) broke his silence on the Twitter social media site, which he plans to buy, posting a picture of himself with Pope Francis. "Honored to meet @Pontifex yesterday," Musk tweeted next to a photograph of him and four of his children with the Argentinian-born pontiff. The location and details of the meeting were not specified by the Tesla and SpaceX boss, while the Vatican did not comment on his private audience with Pope Francis. Last week, Musk said that his US$44 billion (S$60 billion) move to take over Twitter remained...

... Trump delights in insulting his political foes, but this Independence Day salvo appears next level, even for him. Opening with “despicable human being Liz Cheney,” the 45th president quickly revealed why he is so upset, adding that the Wyoming Republican “keeps saying” that “HER Fake Unselect Committee may recommend CRIMINAL CHARGES against a President of the United States who got more votes than any sitting President in history.” Trump wrote: "Warmongering and despicable human being Liz Cheney, who is hated by the great people of Wyoming (down 35!), keeps saying, over and over again, that HER Fake Unselect Committee...

To date, the United States has provided $2.3 billion in direct budgetary support to the Government of Ukraine. These direct contributions ensure that the Ukrainian government can continue operating and responding to critical needs – for example, keeping gas and electricity flowing to hospitals, schools, and other critical infrastructure, delivering essential services like healthcare, utilities, education, and humanitarian supplies to citizens, and continuing to pay the salaries of civil servants.

Greenie policies have destroyed Sri Lanka and Pakistan, and they destroy pretty much any economy wherever they go. The revolt has now hit the Netherlands. The revolt has now hit the Netherlands.According to RedState:You won’t see it on any of the alphabet networks, but a protest movement is exploding in the Netherlands after the government moved to shut down farms in order to “fight” climate change. The contentious move, pushed by the World Economic Forum, was enacted as part of an EU agreement that seeks to limit the release of nitrogen.This is what becoming ungovernable looks like.🚨🚨⚠️⚠️ The Dutch protesters...

Question: Before Donald Trump, who was the last Republican president who didn't appoint at least one pro-choice Supreme Court justice? Answer: Herbert Hoover. This article will mainly be about how Donald Trump broke an almost-50-year trend of Republican leaders using and discarding their pro-life base. But first, let me briefly comment on a different issue that came to the fore early in Trump's presidency. Back in December of 2017, Donald Trump announced that the U.S. embassy in Israel would be moving to Jerusalem. This made a lot of people angry. The press and the political establishment condemned it as a...

4 July 2022Monday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Sant Elisabeth (Isabel) of Portugal and San Cayetano Church, Saragossa, Spain Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHosea 2:16,17-18,21-22 ©I will betroth you to myself and you will come to know the name of the LordIt is the Lord who speaks:I am going to lure herand lead her out into the wildernessand speak to her heart.I am going to give her back her vineyards,and make the Valley of Achor a gateway of hope.There she will respond to me as she did when she was young,as she did when she came out of...

Ever since Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “vaccines” were first introduced, birth rates all around the world have been plummeting. One of the hardest-hit nations so far is Taiwan, which compared to a year ago has seen a more than 23 percent decrease in birth rate. (Related: Covid injections are linked to the destruction of men’s sperm.) There is not yet data available for 2022 since the year is only halfway through, but if current trends continue, Taiwan will see a 26-sigma event. “This is can be described as ‘unimaginable’ in terms of the likelihood of happening due to random chance,” reports...

“‘A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit’” (Matthew 7:18). Careful examination of a false prophet’s teachings will always reveal unscriptural ideas and an absence of a solid, coherent theology. Often he will teach a combination of truth and error. But sooner rather than later his teachings will prove the sort of teacher he really is. As Jesus said to the Pharisees, “You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. The good man brings out of his...

The 30-second spot scheduled to air on Fox News starting Monday takes shots at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his policies, while drawing a contrast with California.