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New Mexico prosecutors have downgraded felony charges against Alec Baldwin and the armorer in the fatal “Rust” shooting, removing the threat that either could spend years in prison. Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed were charged last month with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the Oct. 21, 2021, death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie’s set south of Santa Fe.

[Catholic Caucus] Today, Francis received Cardinal Arthur Roche in audienceAudiences, 20.02.2023This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:- His Eminence Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Three students praised the University of Austin's inaugural summer program for fostering civil discourse and open dialogue around subjects that might be considered taboo through its dedication to free speech. The University of Austin — established as a free speech alternative to other colleges — over the summer offered its "forbidden courses," which were intended to allow students to "inquire openly into vexing questions" about controversial subjects "with honesty and without fear of shame," the university's website states. The classes covered topics ranging from feminism to the history of the Black male experience since the nation's founding.

Our Solar System is a pretty busy place. There are millions of objects moving around – everything from planets, to moons, to comets, and asteroids. And each year we're discovering more and more objects (usually small asteroids or speedy comets) that call the Solar System home. Astronomers had found all eight of the main planets by 1846. But that doesn't stop us from looking for more. In the past 100 years, we've found smaller distant bodies we call dwarf planets, which is what we now classify Pluto as. The discovery of some of these dwarf planets has given us reason...

THE STATE RELIGION: Some Observations on the Globalist CultTHE STATE RELIGIONSome Observations on the Globalist CultIt forced all the people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave,to be given a stamped image on their right hand or forehead.No one could buy or sell except for those who had the stamped image,that is, the name of the beast or the number that corresponds to his name.Rev 13:16-17In an interesting interview on Fox News titled The Church of Environmentalism (here), journalist Tucker Carlson has brought to light a contradiction that may have escaped the notice of many people but which...

US R&B great Chuck Jackson has died. The singer was born in North Carolina, performing in local gospel groups before moving to Pittsburgh as a teen. A member of key doo-wop group the Del-Vikings, Chuck Jackson went solo to great acclaim, scoring a string of emphatic hits. Songs such as ‘Any Day Now’ remains peerless greats in the evolution of soul music, injecting gospel passion into the lust go R&B. With lyrics by Bob Hillard and music by Burt Bacharach – another music great who recently passed away – it changed the course of Chuck Jackson’s career and set him...

Who was the better President? Bush 41 or 43? Reason I ask is I posted a thread today about Bush 43 and it got a lot of responses back.. I would say Bush 41 got more done in one term then his son in two terms. End the cold war and Iraq.

For the 2018-2019 school year, the U.S. ranked a very impressive 4th when it came to per student public funding of K-12 education, but it only ranked a very abysmal 26th when it came to average student performance in math and readingBy Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)February 20, 2023I asked ChatGPT the following:The 2018-2019 school year happened before COVID-19. For that particular school year, to the best of your knowledge, please list every OECD country, in order of the per student public funding for K-12 education. Please list the public funding per student, for each country, in U.S....

If this has been posted previously excuse the post, this video only shows James O'Keefe describing his exit from Project Veritas and the events leading up to his departure, many of the things he talks about I've never heard before and James gets very emotional talking about his departure. The video is over 40 minutes long but is quite eye opening.

As to Raquel Welch, thank you for your many condolences. She was a wonderful lady and a fine Christian. The children have taken it a bit hard as they have many fond memories. I’ll tell you a few things the usual sources won’t tell you. First, she was a serious Christian and church member. Many people (maybe most people) do things when they’re young or make decisions they think better of later in life. Because she did also she had great grace and understanding for every person. This is a great testimony of her hope in Christ. She had no...

Justice Department prosecutors asked a federal judge to compel one of Trump's lawyers to testify Fox News host Mark Levin tore into special counsel Jack Smith for going after former President Trump's right to attorney-client privilege. Justice Department prosecutors on Tuesday asked a federal judge to compel one of Trump's lawyers, M. Evan Corcoran, to answer more questions before a grand jury regarding the former president's handling of classified documents. Prosecutors cited the crime-fraud exception as a way to circumvent the attorney-client privilege. This exception, Levin said, is used if prosecutors believe a client is seeking advice from an attorney...

The establishment media praised President Joe Biden for returning to Ukraine on Monday after visiting the nation six times in eight years while vice president. Despite the Biden family business scandal that involves Ukraine, the media cheered Biden’s return to the nation waging war against Russia, a conflict based on decades of territorial claims. The Associated Press’s Evan Vucci, John Leicester, Aamer Madhani, and Zeke Miller praised Biden’s eighth trip to Ukraine as “a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called ‘a brutal and unjust war’ days before the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion.”

Fed tightening 'always breaks something,' top Bank of America economist says The U.S. economy could be headed for a "no landing" scenario thanks to the hot labor market, but that might not be good news for the stock market, according to Bank of America analysts. In an analyst note published Friday, Bank of America chief economist Michael Hartnett predicted a "no landing" scenario in the first half of the year, where there is no immediate slowdown in growth but inflation remains above trend. That would likely force the Fed to raise interest rates much higher than previously forecast — and...

In the wake of the train derailment that caused a huge environmental disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, Michael Barasch, a top lawyer for issues related to the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, is warning the public not to trust the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA is insisting that the air is safe. Barasch led the charge to inform hundreds of thousands of people that they were entitled to compensation for the health problems they’d experienced as a result of breathing in poisonous dust from the World Trade Center after the attacks. He says he still has clients who are...

Last week, Sports Illustrated parent company The Arena Holdings announced that they were laying off a bunch of people. And then in a totally unrelated note announced they were hiring everyone's favorite journalist: A.I. Algorithm. Ross Levinsohn, Chairman and CEO of The Arena Group, said, While AI will never replace journalism, reporting, or crafting and editing a story, rapidly improving AI technologies can create enterprise value for our brands and partners. By leveraging these proprietary tools, we believe all those who create content on our platform will find opportunities to reach consumers in new ways. I'm not an expert, but...

LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. — A South Carolina woman has been arrested after investigators say she had more than $180,000 worth of cocaine delivered to her home. Agents with the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office said they got a tip about a package of cocaine being shipped to Kershaw area from outside the United States. The agents, along with the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division, the United States Postal Inspection Service and Homeland Security Investigations, said the package and intercepted and tested. A controlled delivery was made to Quanisha Lashay Manago, 28, on West Richland Street, agents said. They said Manago...

A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey on Monday injuring eight people, according to an official, two weeks after a massive earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in Turkey and Syria. Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay told a press conference Monday that eight people were injured following the aftershock, adding that a tsunami warning has been removed. “We have eight injured people brought to our hospitals,” he said as he asked the public “not to enter the damaged buildings, especially to take their belongings.” The quake struck Turkey’s southern Hatay province, near the Syrian border, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency...

BRANSON, MO — A young local student was forced to defend his integrity after his science project — a homemade weather balloon designed to collect atmospheric data — was destroyed by a Sidewinder missile fired from a strafing F-22 fighter jet. "It wasn't my fault, I swear!" said Jared Gingles when questioned about his story. "I built the balloon, I tested it to make sure it worked, and when I was doing the final steps of the assignment, my homework was blown out of the sky by military aircraft." Though Jared had never been a problem student, his teacher found...

President Biden made what many saw as a bizarre boast of his administration by claiming that "more than half the women" in his administration "are women." Biden marked the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act Thursday with Vice President Kamala Harris as well as former President Bill Clinton at the White House. During the event, Biden praised the legislation for helping women in the workforce while also bragging about female representation on his own cabinet. "But here’s what matters, more than half women in my cabinet, more than half the people, more than half the women in...

Our one and only RV trip. Husband was stopped by the Mississippi River, so we watched soybeans grow for a month while searching the web for a lower bridge or a higher guardrail. The RV now sits as our house addition.