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A severe thunderstorm rolled through the Las Vegas Valley on Thursday night, causing major flooding and knocking out power to thousands. As of midnight, several intersections across the valley remained closed due to flooding, including areas of Maryland Parkway. The National Weather Service had issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of the valley until 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. The National Weather Service issued the warning around 8:15 p.m. on Thursday as the storm moved toward the valley. A rain gauge on the Desert Inn arterial picked up a reading of more than an inch of rain.

The Health and Human Services Department has secured 171 million doses of new Covid vaccines that target the omicron variant in preparation for a fall booster campaign. The U.S. has agreed to purchase 66 million doses of Moderna's new vaccine formula in a $1.74 billion deal***The Moderna order comes on top of a $3.2 billion agreement to purchase 105 million doses of Pfizer's updated shots that target omicron. HHS expects to receive the first deliveries from Pfizer and Moderna early this fall. The new vaccines that target omicron still need to be authorized by the Food and Drug Administration and...

China's threatening response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's possible trip to Taiwan indicates the communists could be eyeing an invasion of the island sooner than had been expected. That belief follows Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday warning President Joe Biden not to "play with fire" over Taiwan, Axios reported, citing a Chinese readout of a phone call between the two leaders. Even The Associated Press reported that Xi's tough language suggested Chinese leaders might believe Washington didn't understand the seriousness of previous warnings about Taiwan.

[Catholic Caucus] THE FRANCIS LAW: Cardinals Gregory, Cupich Implement Ban on Latin MassDespite all their talk about "listening" and the "Synodal Way," Francis and his fellow revolutionaries steadfastly REFUSE to listen to the hundreds of thousand of Catholics worldwide who choose to worship God at the Latin Mass -- the Mass of St. Faustina, St. José Sánchez del Río, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and Padre Pio. In the middle of a worldwide pandemic, why is the Church of Pope Francis persecuting faithful Catholics whose only crime is an earnest desire to have access to the Mass of their fathers, the Latin...

On Thursday, hours after a new government report showed that the economy had shrunk for a second straight quarter, Biden rejected the very idea that the country was in a recession. “That doesn’t sound like recession to me,” he said. He then abruptly walked away from the podium and ignored the scores of question tossed at him by the White House press. It may not sound like a recession to you. But have you asked anyone outside of experts, advisors and your staff what it feels like to the American people? People are feeling pain and a building fear, even...

Can We Accurately Diagnose the Bergoglio Disorder Afflicting the Church?For the sake of argument, think about how the Catholic world would react if we soon had a saintly pope who restored the Church’s liturgical practices to their pre-Vatican II state, solemnly denounced all of the heresies that have proliferated since Vatican II, excommunicated the various false shepherds, and embarked upon a holy path of promoting the rights of Christ the King. Almost certainly we would find that all of the nominal Catholics who hang on Bergoglio’s every word would no longer think much of the papacy. And all of us...

Is anyone paying for an insurance policy rider on their solar panels ? How much ? Is a $2 per $100 quote reasonable ?

A federal judge in Tennessee temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s new Title IX proposal that would extend protection to transgender students. The proposal, first leaked in April, has received immense backlash from state attorneys general. ... Charles Atchley Jr., a federal judge in Tennessee, is pausing the Department of Education’s (DOEd) new Title IX regulations after 20 state attorneys general file a lawsuit against the Department, alleging that the new rules violate states' rights. New Title IX regulations were published by the DOEd on June 23, marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark regulation, which prohibits federally funded institutions from...

(Translation) The government of Mexico announced this afternoon that the authorities found 94 migrants, most of them Central Americans, in an abandoned trailer located on a highway in the State of Veracruz in the Gulf of Mexico. Carlos Enrique Escalante, Director of Migrant Services for the State of Veracruz, confirmed the finding to the Associated Press, explaining that the trailer was found Wednesday night with tens of migrants inside on the state's Acayucan-Sayula de Alemán Highway. Escalante also indicated that some of the migrants broke the trailer's container and began to make noise as they were desperate due to the...

WISE COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — A day after the latest flood waters swept through Southwest Virginia, crews continue to assess the damage. Anthony Hubbard lives on South Mountain Road, which was destroyed during the flooding event and is now impassable.

29 July 2022Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus on Friday of week 17 in Ordinary Time Sts.Lazarus, Martha, Mary Church, Patton, PA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJeremiah 26:1-9 ©Jeremiah preaches in the Temple of the Lord and is threatened with deathAt the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word was addressed to Jeremiah by the Lord, ‘The Lord says this: Stand in the court of the Temple of the Lord. To all the people of the towns of Judah...

3rd quarter GDP estimate: +2.1%

The Biden administration will be terribly vexed to learn that the one company it hates the most, Exxon (we are confident the sentiment is mutual) reported record Q2 earnings (largely thanks to Biden's SPR release which has proven to be a risk-free arb black gold mine for the company) which smashed expectations and also reiterated guidance while maintaining its generous $30 billion buyback program. The biggest North American oil explorer followed European giants Shell Plc and TotalEnergies, as well as US peer Chevron in disclosing unprecedented results. Here are the Q2 details for the company which is reaping the rewards...

ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a Black Sea port Friday as crews prepared terminals to export grain trapped by Russia’s five-month-old war, work that was inching forward a week after a deal was struck to allow critical food supplies to flow to millions of impoverished people facing hunger worldwide. “The first vessel, the first ship is being loaded since the beginning of the war,” Zelenskyy said at a port in the Odesa region. He said, however, that the departure of wheat and other grain will begin with several ships that were already loaded but could not...

THE FINAL CHAPTER – EPSTEIN’S SEX CLIENTS: Gateway Pundit Files Legal Action to Unseal and Identify The Global Elite Scumbags That Abused Trafficked Minors

"Wikipedia changed the definition of recession to favor the Biden regime, and then locked the page," Mike Cernovich said on Twitter after having noticed the change. Wikipedia changed the definition of recession on their website to fit the Biden administration's redefined language. Wikipedia then locked the page preventing individuals from updating the website, which is a tool that Wikipedia has long provided. The White House changed the definition of "recession" last week ahead of the release of Thursday's economic report, which showed that the US has had two consecutive quarters of declining GDP. This was the standard definition, but the...

When Kansans head to the polls on Aug. 2 to vote in their primary election, they will also decide on a critical ballot measure that could impact the future of abortion legislation in their state. Kansas is the first state in the nation to vote on reproductive freedom after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion. It is one of at least five states voting on reproductive rights this year, alongside California, Kentucky, Montana and Vermont. A measure that would amend the Michigan constitution to guarantee the right to reproductive freedom has also...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) called a last-minute audible and struck a deal with Chuck Schumer on a new spending bill. The legislation's core will raise taxes as the nation braces for an economic recession. It's a compromise bill. It's shaky. Manchin could back out if the energy and climate change provisions are too insane (via Associated Press):In a startling turnabout, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin announced Wednesday they had reached an expansive agreement that had eluded them for months on health care, energy and climate issues, taxes on higher earners and corporations and federal debt reduction.The...

Personal income increased $133.5 billion, or 0.6 percent at a monthly rate, while consumer spending increased $181.1 billion, or 1.1 percent, in June. The increase in personal income primarily reflected increases in compensation and proprietors’ income. The personal saving rate (that is, personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income) was 5.1 percent in June, compared with 5.5 percent in May. Personal income In June, personal income increased, primarily reflecting increases in compensation and proprietors’ income. Within compensation, the increase primarily reflected an increase in private wages and salaries, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)...

Speaking to a group of disability advocates, and wanting to be thoughtful of those who were blind or vision impaired, Vice President Kamala Harris began her talk by saying, “I am Kamala Harris, my pronouns are she and her, I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit.”But what, exactly, did she mean by those words? What, after all, is a woman? And what do we learn about Harris from her preferred gender pronouns?In raising these questions, my purpose is not to mock the Vice President. Rather, it is to mock the cultural madness that set the...