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A would-be robber was critically injured after being shot by a store owner in Norco early Sunday in a dramatic incident that was captured on surveillance video. An employee who reached out to KTLA said the video shows a man armed with an assault-style rifle walk into the Norco Market at 816 Sixth Street around 2:45 a.m., point the weapon at the owner, and order him to put his “hands in the air.” Within just a few seconds, the owner steps behind a glass display and fires a shotgun at the suspect, who immediately runs out of the store screaming...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a State of Emergency to combat the outbreak of Monkeypox in the Golden State. “California is working urgently across all levels of government to slow the spread of monkeypox, leveraging our robust testing, contact tracing and community partnerships strengthened during the pandemic to ensure that those most at risk are our focus for vaccines, treatment and outreach,” Gov. Newsom said in a statement. “We’ll continue to work with the federal government to secure more vaccines, raise awareness about reducing risk, and stand with the LGBTQ community fighting stigmatization.”

Asked by an Indigenous reporter why he did not use the word while in Canada, Pope Francis says it did not come to mindThe planned destruction of the families, languages, cultures and traditions of the Indigenous communities of Canada through the residential school system was "genocide," Pope Francis said. Asked by an Indigenous reporter why he did not use the word genocide while in Canada, the pope said, "I didn't use the word because it did not come to mind, but what I described was genocide." "And I condemned it," he said, during his inflight news conference on July 29...

On July 14, 2022, Al-Qaeda's official media outlet Al-Sahab released a video featuring an audio address by the organization's leader, Ayman Al-Zawahiri. The video is the sixth part in a series titled "Deal of the Century or Crusades Spanning Centuries," whose first part was released on September 11, 2020. The fifth part was released on June 14...

GEICO has closed all of its 38 California agent offices that sell auto and homeowners policies and other lines and has also ended the practice of selling insurance through telephone agents in the state. Three offices in Sacramento, one in Roseville, three in Fresno and one in Modesto were among offices that have closed in the last few days. The closures are resulting in more than 35 layoffs in the Sacramento area and hundreds statewide. The GEICO office in Roseville only opened in July 2021. GEICO put out a press release at the time saying it would meet the insurance...

“Black Lives Matter,” the racehorse which gained national attention for its demonstrative moniker, has died, according to its owners. The Hatley family, which became the first Black family to race quarter horses in Texas, revealed that its colt had mysteriously died following a routine veterinary procedure. The horse was admitted last week to an equestrian veterinary clinic in Texas, but when the Hatleys arrived to retrieve their prize-winning pet he was found unresponsive and lying still in a stall. We took our horse BLM an hour away for a VET for a short, simple procedure that will collect sperm for...

In Otto v. City of Boca Raton, Florida, (11th Cir., July 20, 2022), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, by a vote of 7-4,, denied an en banc rehearing in a case in which a panel decision of the court struck down a conversion therapy ban. (See prior posting). Concurring and dissenting opinions spanning 110 pages accompanied the brief order denying review. Judge Grant, joined by Judges Branch and Lagoa filed an opinion concurring in the denial, saying in part: The perspective enforced by these local policies is extremely popular in many communities. And the speech barred by these...

On July 17, the celebration in memory of St. Serge of Radonezh, the famous early XV century icon of the Holy Trinity by St. Andrei Rublev (event of Gen.18:1-8) was transferred from the Tretiakov Art Gallery in Moscow to the Holy Trinity – St, Serge monastery. A special showcase for the icon was provided to protect it and secure its safety. After the celebrations was over, the icon was returned to the museum. – We are grateful to the Ministry of Culture and the Tretyakov Gallery for the permission to move the ancient icon. It can certainly be considered a...

This is likely to have an even greater effect than Bill Kristol’s endorsement of Terry McAuliffe. Rep. Liz Cheney, apparently a biologist, says that real men (not trans men?) put country over party and wear “I’m for Liz Cheney” T-shirts. One of those real men is actor and director Kevin Costner.

Three years after inspiring heartbeat laws across the nation, Georgia's LIFE Act can be enforced.(LifeSiteNews) – The Georgia heartbeat law that inspired a wave of similar pro-life laws across the nation can finally take effect, a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. Signed into law in 2019, the Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act forbids abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, except in cases of rape, incest, physical medical emergencies, and pregnancies deemed “medically futile.” It bans abortions in all other cases as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, when a...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Vance Air Force Base, OklahomaVance Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in southern Enid, Oklahoma, about 65 miles north northwest of Oklahoma City. The base is named after local World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient, Lieutenant Colonel Leon Robert Vance Jr. The host unit at Vance is the 71st Flying Training Wing (71 FTW), which is a part of Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The 71st Flying Training Wing conducts Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training. Its mission is to develop professional United States and...

[Catholic Caucus] Of Pagan Loving Pope Francis and the Carpet Bombing of the Traditional Latin Mass What a week! The Holy Father was in Canada participating in pagan ceremonies, while my bishop, Michael Burbidge, was meeting with the priests of the diocese dropping the bomb on the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in obedience to the pope's apostolic letter, Traditionis Custodes (TC). Frankly, I was at least a little bit surprised. Bishop Burbidge has been largely sympathetic to the traditional communities and has even offered Confirmation according to the traditional rite. But, let's face it, most of the bishops are...

Vera Sharav was only 3 years old when her world collapsed.She and her family were chased out of Romania and herded into a concentration camp in Ukraine during World War II, where they were left to wait, and starve.“The cloud of death was always there,” Sharav told The Epoch Times.Weekly, a list determined who would be sent where; whether it be a death or slave labor camp, she said.While at the camp, she said her father died of typhus when she was 5, which had been widespread throughout the camps because of the cold and malnutrition.After three years at the...

@EricGreitens Honored to have the support of President Trump! We will MAGA!

The father of a Texas teenage cheerleader allegedly attacked by a transgender teammate claims the video of the confrontation posted to social media cuts out the attack on his daughter and was edited to fit the attacker's 'narrative.' 'Can we get the full video not the edited version that fit your narrative!' Mike Jones wrote in a July 26 heated Facebook post. 'As we wait for these investigations to get over, I just wonder when this person will own up to their actions! And stop trying to ruin our lives!' Averie Chanel Medlock, 25, posted a four-minute video on Facebook...

That plastic bottle of water? Apparently it’s full of plastic. According to the organization Agir pour l’Environment (Acting for the Environment), 78% of bottled water from the best-selling brands in France is contaminated with microplastics.A new study suggests most plastic water bottles in France are full of microplastics, which might have a detrimental effect on the environment and your health“Every week, we ingest an average of 5 grams, the equivalent of a credit card,” the NGO notes in its latest report. These microplastics then contaminate the water cycle, soil, food chain and even our own bodies. Microplastics are tiny, virtually...

[Catholic Caucus] Canada: Does Francis Believe He Is the Successor of the British Empire?The “main culprit” for crimes against Canadian Indians was not the Church but the government of the British Empire, that is, Queen Victoria and the Canadian government, wrote Czech Cardinal Dominik Duka on Aktualne.cz (July 29).Duka reminds of the spread of large epidemic diseases in the 19th/20th centuries and the placement of a large number of children in insufficient sanitary and health condition exposing them to a big immunological strain.Catholic boarder schools asked for financial assistance from the government but were refused. Duka notices that Francis’ visit...

The nation’s first class action settlement involving a COVID shot mandate should be a wake-up call to every employer that did not accommodate or exempt employees who opposed the COVID shots for religious reasons. NorthShore University HealthSystem will pay more than $10.3 million for unlawfully discriminating against more than 500 current and former health care workers and for denying religious exemptions from the COVID shot mandate. There is no pause button on the federal employment law under Title VII. Employees do not lose their right to reasonable accommodation for their religious beliefs simply because an employer or even the federal...

Early voter turnout in Kansas ahead of Tuesday’s election is significantly higher than it was at this point in 2018, the last midterm primary election. As of Wednesday, 110,697 votes have been cast in person, according to the Kansas Secretary of State. That’s more than three times the number of votes counted than at this point in 2018: Only 32,004 early votes had been cast at this point four years ago. That’s a roughly 246% increase in early in-person votes.

The unnamed traveler was handed a fine of 2,664 Australian dollars ($1,874) after two undeclared egg and beef sausage McMuffins and a ham croissant were found in their luggage on arriving at Darwin Airport in the country's Northern Territory last week. The statement went on to confirm that the passenger had been issued with "a 12-unit infringement notice for failing to declare potential high biosecurity risk items and providing a false and misleading document." The seized products are to be tested for foot and mouth disease before being destroyed.