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A giant Mega Millions lottery jackpot ballooned to $1.02 billion after no one matched all six numbers Tuesday night and won the top prize. The new estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing will be the nation’s fourth-largest lottery prize. The jackpot has grown so large because no one has matched the game’s six selected numbers since April 15. That’s 29 consecutive drawings without a big winner. Tuesday’s numbers were: 07-29-60-63-66, Mega Ball: 15.

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis is fulfilling a long-planned agenda to alter the Church’s teaching on lifeWe need to pray for the conversion of Pope Francis, to pray in reparation for the pastors of the Church who are misguiding the flock of Christ on the most fundamental issue of life.(LifeSiteNews) — The biggest victory for the pro-life movement in the past 50 years was the overturning of Roe v. Wade last month. Imagine with me for a minute the reaction of Pope St. John Paul II, had he still been with us. He would have rejoiced with tears embracing even from...

The following is from the GOP House Judiciary Committee: New whistleblower information reveals that FBI officials are pressuring agents to reclassify cases as “domestic violent extremism” (DVE) despite lacking the criteria to meet such a classification. Whistleblower disclosures have also detailed the agency’s effort to exaggerate DVE data to satisfy the Bureau’s leadership. One whistleblower explained that because agents are not finding enough DVE cases, they are encouraged and incentivized to change designations even though there is minimal, circumstantial evidence to support the reclassification.

Heavy rains forced me inside. After lunch I fell asleep and woke in about an hour. Something strange happen to me. I understand now. I have been so wrong about the evil vax. It’s doing more damage to mankind than we can even imagine. My eyes are now open…… Vaccinated drown in Michigan Great Lakes. Drownings spike 22%! https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/lake-michigan-drownings-water-deaths-great-lakes-surf-rescue-project-great-beach-south-haven-muskegon-red-flag Vaccinated man (Probably had 2 boosters too) drops dead in driveway. https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/saginaw-police-investigating-after-mans-body-was-found-in-driveway “Leave it to Beaver” star Tony Dow dies twice, once from Cancer, once from Vaccine. https://upnorthlive.com/news/entertainment/leave-it-to-beaver-star-tony-dow-dead-at-77-wally-cleaver-fight-with-cancer-diagnosis-announced-in-may-jerry-mathers-theodore-the-beaver-cleaver-tv-big-brother-hit-1950s-sitcom Texas Congressman and former Whitehouse Doctor Ronny Jackson suffers from rare vaccine reaction,...

Cocoa only reduces blood pressure and arterial stiffness when they are elevated, a study finds. Cocoa flavanols have previously been found to lower blood pressure and arterial stiffness as much as some blood pressure medication. However, how effective flavanols are in everyday life in reducing blood pressure has remained unknown, as previous studies in this area have been performed in tightly controlled experimental settings. Surrey's new research reduces concerns that cocoa as a treatment for raised blood pressure could pose health risks by decreasing blood pressure when it is not raised, paving the way for it to be potentially used...

Joy Behar told her co-hosts Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that she has not seen a “smoking gun” during the January 6 hearings, so she believes former President Donald Trump will not be prosecuted.Behar said, “I don’t know. I mean, you know, there was a report today in The Washington Post by, what is her name? Carol Leonnig she broke the story, and Lester Holt said it could cause a disruption in the country, and Merrick Garland said, that’s not my problem. My problem is to bring people to justice if they’re guilty. Okay, good. On the other hand, they...

What happened Happy days are here again for cruise line stock investors -- but will they last? After suffering four straight days of declines, shares of Carnival (NYSE: CCL) (NYSE: CUK) rebounded sharply this morning, So what Cruise stock fans are pointing to a new survey out from Cruiseline.com that shows 91.4% of respondents saying they plan to take a cruise "within the next year," and 34% saying they will cruise within just the next two to four months. And yes, that sounds like good news for cruise lines, but beware. Because the bad news could still be coming. Sometime...

Explanation: This moon made quite an entrance. Typically, a moonrise is quiet and serene. Taking a few minutes to fully peek above the horizon, Earth's largest orbital companion can remain relatively obscure until it rises high in the nighttime sky. About a week ago, however, and despite being only half lit by the Sun, this rising moon put on a show -- at least from this location. The reason was that, as seen from Limfjord in Nykøbing Mors, Denmark, the moon rose below scattered clouds near the horizon. The result, captured here in a single exposure, was that moonlight poured...

Parenting a young infant can be exhausting, and potentially deplete parents' cognitive and emotional resources, but can it also intrude on parents' sex life? A new study reveals it is not the baby's disrupted sleep patterns—common in the first months of life—but rather engaging with the baby during crib-side visits which is the biggest disincentive to parents' sexual frequency. Parents who engaged with their infant 0–0.5 times per night on average, reported having partnered sexual activity 4.2 times per month, whereas parents who engaged with their infant over 4 times per night had sex 50% less often (only 2.3 times...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an unexpected turnabout, Sen. Joe Manchin announced Wednesday that he had reached an expansive agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer which had eluded them for months on health care costs, energy and climate issues, taxing higher earners and large corporations and reducing federal debt. Manchin, D-W.Va., whose resistance had long derailed sweeping legislation on those issues, abruptly revealed the agreement in a press release. It provided virtually no details on the accord. There was no immediate explanation why Manchin had suddenly agreed to the far broader package. In December, his resistance derailed a wide-ranging $3.5...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed a scientist from the British Communist Party to lead its Technical Advisory Group for Behavioural Insights and Science for Health. Susan Michie, 67, is a professor in health psychology at University College London. She is also a leading participant of the UK government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), a group that is currently advising on the UK government’s response to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, also known as the novel coronavirus, pandemic. “Many congratulations to Professor Susan Michie for being appointed Chair of WHO’s Technical Advisory Group for Behavioural Insights and...

A study of persons with incident atrial fibrillation (AF) has found that AF after noncardiac surgery is common and comprises 13 percent of all new AF diagnoses. Postoperative AF is also associated with similar risk for stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) and death as AF unrelated to surgery. AF occurring after noncardiac surgery may be triggered by perioperative stress and systemic inflammation in patients with predisposing comorbidities. For those who develop AF within 30 days of surgery, AF often recurs during subsequent follow-up and carries increased risks for thromboembolism and death compared with patients who had surgery but did...

Democrats brought a woman who appears to be a member of a witch coven that engages in furry play as a key witness in a Dobbs hearing on Tuesday. The Oversight & Investigations subcommittee held a hearing on the impacts of the reversal of Roe v. Wade and "taking away the Constitutional right to an abortion." The subcommittee heard testimony from various individuals on why abortion is “absolutely necessary.”Democrats were allowed four witnesses and one of their totally sane choices was Paulina Guerrero.When Paulina isn’t working as a National Program Manager at an abortion clinic, she spends her free time...

A Jersey City councilwoman was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run crash with a cyclist. Published reports state that Councilwoman Amy DeGise was driving an SUV on Martin Luther King Boulevard when she allegedly struck the cyclist and kept going. The incident was captured on a surveillance camera. The video shows the cyclist standing up and walking out of the intersection. The video also shows that the cyclist did appear to travel through a red light at the time of the crash. The cyclist was identified as Andrew Black. He spoke with HudPost. He told HudPost that he works for UberEats...

A police officer in the Russian-occupied city of Kherson was killed on Wednesday by an explosive device planted by the Ukrainian "resistance movement" and another one was injured, Ukraine's defence ministry said. The reported killing is the latest in a series of attacks on local officials in regions captured by Russia since it invaded Ukraine in February. "The resistance movement clears Kherson of traitors," the ministry's defence intelligence directorate said a statement. The device was set off by radio control on a street just north of the city centre, it said. On Saturday, the directorate urged citizens in the Kherson...

They are doing it all wrong. The UN, WEF, and other Satanic organizations are pushing the world to eat bugs, worms, maggots, and other insects instead of real food. They have been encountering overwhelming resistance because their messaging is completely wrong. Instead to trying to convert the world population to eat bugs and stuff by government edict, they should use the tools that have proved to be effective in the past. WEF, UN and others should enlist and hire Hollywood elites, top athletes, famous politicians, and wealthy people to consume the bugs and stuff at exclusive functions. The Marxist State...

Facebook parent company Meta (META) reported its Q2 2022 earnings after the closing bell on Wednesday, falling shy of analysts' expectations, and missing by a wide margin on its Q3 revenue forecasts. The quarter also marked the first year-over-year revenue decline for the social media company. Net income also fell 36% year-over-year. Here are the most important numbers from the report versus what analysts were expecting, as compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue: $28.8 billion versus $28.9 billion expected Earnings per share: $2.46 versus $2.54 expected Facebook daily active users: 1.97 billion versus 1.95 billion expected

80 percent of young adults still live within 100 miles of where they spent their teenage years. In my family, moving long distances is the norm. My mother was born and raised in Honolulu, where her grandmother had moved during the Great Depression from a sleepy upstate New York town on Lake Ontario. (You can read all about it in a novel my mom just published.) As adults, she and my dad left Hawaii for, of all places, New Hampshire, where my brother and I grew up. (“Why would you leave paradise for the frozen reaches of New Hampshire?” one...

European natural gas inventories rose by +96 BCF over past 7 days. EU nat gas storage 68% full. Current inventories at 2589 BCF. 23.9% higher than 1 year ago. EU goal is at least 80% full by Nov 1st for winter.

The Biden administration has formally asked Moscow to make a deal aimed at bringing home WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, both of whom are imprisoned in Russia on dubious charges. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Wednesday that U.S. officials presented Russia with a “significant proposal” weeks ago relating Ms. Griner and Mr. Whelan, but declined to confirm reports that the Biden administration is proposing to swap the two for notorious Russian arms dealer Victor Bout, who is in prison in the United States. A report by CNN Wednesday claimed that after months of...