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ISTANBUL — Yesterday, a fire broke out in the Armenian Catholic church in the Karaköy neighborhood of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Gazete Sabro reports. The cause of the fire is still unknown but investigations are underway. The fire in the Surp Prgich Church killed two people, a 75-year-old man and a 78-year-old woman, and injured six others, whose health condition is still unknown. Rescue teams managed to get out several other people who were stuck in the burning church building. After four hours, firefighters were able to put out the fire. In a statement on his official Twitter page,...

I want to start listening to audiobooks on my iPhone but some say they're free until you try to use them or load a book on them. I understand the charge for a book, but not the app. What are you using?

Multiple fire departments responded to a massive fire at Hillendale Farms in Connecticut. Hillendale is one of the largest suppliers of chicken eggs where an estimated 100,000 hens have died.

On Jan 1, the Republic’s women’s tchoukball team made history by overtaking powerhouses Chinese Taipei to become world No. 1 for the first time, but for nearly a month, neither the players nor officials knew about the achievement. Delane Lim, Tchoukball Association of Singapore president, found out through a post on the International Tchoukball Federation’s Facebook page only on Jan 27. He then told one of the players Angie Ng, who is also his colleague. Upon confirming their ranking, Ng let out a scream of “oh my god!” in the office with Lim. The rest of the team were then...

The musician, who had a large impact on the punk rock era in the 70s, died following a brief illness.Tom Verlaine, the frontman of the band Television, which heavily influenced the New York punk rock scene in the 1970s, has died. He was 73. The Hollywood Reporter learned on Saturday that the guitarist and songwriter died following a short illness in New York City, surrounded by close friends. Born in New Jersey on Dec. 13, 1949, by the name of Thomas Miller, Verlaine grew up during most of his childhood in Wilmington, Delaware. Around five years after he moved to...

Wersching, who was also known for her voicework on the videogame 'The Last of Us' and more recently as the Borg Queen on 'Star Trek: Picard,' was diagnosed with cancer in 2020.Annie Wersching, an actress known for her roles in TV dramas Bosch and 24, as well as her portrayal of Leslie Dean, the mother of alien superhero Karolina on Marvel’s Runaways, has died. She was 45. Wersching died from cancer on Sunday morning in Los Angeles, a rep for the actress told The Hollywood Reporter. In a statement, her husband Stephen Full remembered his wife and the mother of...

Journalists of the Dutch NOS and Nieuwsuur published a joint investigation about the way how russia receives microcircuits from the Netherlands for weapons production. Chips manufactured by the Dutch NXP and Nexperia companies were found, in particular, in the on-board equipment of russia’s cruise missiles, Ka-52 attack helicopters, "one of the types of self-propelled guns" (probably the 2S19 Msta-SM2) and one of the Iranian-made kamikaze drones. According to RUSI estimates, Dutch-origin chips cover at least 10 out of 27 critical positions for russians of "dual-purpose" electronics. In Order to Prouce Missiles And Other Weapons, russia Buys Millions of Chips In...

Blaze TV host Sara Gonzales posted video of a "family-friendly" drag bingo event in Princeton, Texas on Saturday that featured a bearded drag queen giving a toast "those who lick us where we pee" with children watching and later the youngsters picked up another performer's tip money.

WASHINGTON — When classified documents turned up in President Biden’s former office, his Delaware home and the garage housing his Corvette, the political impact was predictable. Republicans gleefully accused Biden of the same offense that prompted the FBI to raid former President Trump’s Florida estate last August. The newly minted Republican chairmen of two House committees announced investigations of Biden — but not of Trump or former Vice President Mike Pence, who confessed that he too had found classified documents at home. Democrats lamented that Biden and his staff had squandered the moral high ground. The differences between the cases...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Robert E. Galer Info from here. We recently visited the Naval Air Station and museum in Pensacola, Florida, and I saw a story there that I just had to share! First, the background on our hero....Robert E. Galer was born on 23 October 1913 in Seattle. He graduated from the University of Washington in June 1935, and joined the Naval Reserve Aviation Base Seattle for...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined CNN on Sunday to regurgitate the now thoroughly debunked claim that the Trump 2016 campaign colluded with the Russian government. “State of the Union” host Dana Bash pointed out that Schiff had claimed for years that he had seen irrefutable proof of Russian collusion as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, but subsequent investigations found that to be false. “You said that there was direct evidence of the fact that Donald Trump colluded with Russia back in 2016. Special Counsel Robert Mueller said in his report, quote, ‘The investigation did not establish that members of...

Palestinian cities in the West Bank and Gaza erupted with rejoicing with cries of “Allahu Akbar,” gunfire and fireworks in celebration of a deadly terror attack in Jerusalem that killed seven people and wounded several others.The Palestinian terrorist, identified as Alqam Khayri, a 21-year-old resident of eastern Jerusalem, opened fire on a group of Israeli worshipers as they were leaving a synagogue in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Neve Yaakov.It was the deadliest Palestinian terror attack on Israelis since 2008.Videos posted to social media showed hundreds of Palestinians in at least 7 different cities marching and chanting in the streets, honking...

Canadian spiritual leader John de Ruiter has reportedly been released on bail in a case accusing him of sexually assaulting four women. De Ruiter, 63, leader of an Edmonton-based spiritual group College of Integrated Philosophy – or Oasis Group – was arrested Jan. 21 for allegedly engaging in sex acts with four female group members between 2017 and 2020, according to Canadian broadcaster CBC. “It was reported that the accused informed certain female group members that he was directed by a spirit to engage in sexual activity with them, and that engaging in sexual activity with him will provide them...

A newly restored documentary spotlights her despicable Team Communism cheerleading. Back around the time Jane Fonda was giving aid and comfort to America’s Communist enemies in North Vietnam, yukking it up with anti-aircraft gunners who shot down our troops — I wonder if there are any laws against that sort of thing — she also headlined an anti-U.S.O. tour. Despising the actual U.S.O. for its policy of giving aid and comfort to American troops, Fonda went on the road with a hippie rebuttal to bolster the chances of the North Vietnamese Stalinists who, after the war turned out the way...

A college graduate student was reportedly struck and killed by a speeding Seattle police car responding to a “high-priority” call near the college where she studied. Jaahnavi Kandula, 23 — the daughter of a single-mom school teacher in India — was in a crosswalk near Dexter Avenue North and Thomas Street around 8 p.m. Monday when she was mowed down by the squad car... Kandula, who was working on a master’s degree at Northeastern University’s Seattle campus, was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. The police officer behind the wheel, who was not identified, remains on the job. But the...

LGBT agenda full speed ahead thanks to Pope Francis’ recent remarks on homosexualityThis week on Faith & Reason: John-Henry Westen, Liz Yore, and Father James Altman discuss Pope Francis’ troubling remarks on African bishops who support anti-sodomy laws and then react to the recent World Economic Forum meetings in Davos. In Francis’ remarks on such bishops needing “conversion,” given as part of an interview with the Associated Press, Yore sees a “coordinated effort by the Vatican” to hit back at criticism from the late Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal George Pell that was widely publicized after their deaths.“We now have...

Deaths are continuing to reach extraordinarily high numbers and have now soared to 26 percent higher than pre-pandemic levels, new data has revealed. A new study by U.K. researchers reveals that deaths have been soaring in England and Wales during January 2023. In the week ending January 13, there were 17,381 deaths in England and Wales alone. The figure is 2,837 or 19.5% above the five-year average. However, the five-year average is already higher than normal due to the early 2021 Covid wave. Compared to the pre-pandemic five-year average of 13,822, deaths are now 3,559 or 25.7% above average. There...

A comment on YT sums it up : " A beautiful musical statement of love...written for his ( John Lydon of Sex Pistols fame ) dear wife, Nora, as she spends her final moments with her husband. I have to believe that the sparse, gentle and relaxing backing track and, simple, poignant and highly personal/meaningful lyrics resonates deeply with Nora - even as she continues to decline with her health. This is a really special piece of music. "

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed using what it calls "gender-inclusive, individual risk-based questions" to reduce the risk of HIV transmission from blood donors to recipients by asking about new sexual partners and anal sex in a move that will allow more gay and bisexual men to donate blood. Current FDA guidance requires "men who have sex with men" and women who have sex with men in this group to abstain from relations for three months before donating blood to reduce the risk of HIV transmission. The new donor history questionnaire proposed Friday would ask about new sexual partners...

Today's simple Sermon runs through the Gospel reading On the Beatitudes... Which we learn means... Happiness...13 min. YouTube link below. The Key To Happiness