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Between December 2019 and February 2020, Armstead called 911 at least 23 times to report harassment by Thomas, the lawsuit says. Thomas broke in; threw stones and bricks through the family’s windows, at one point injuring Armstead’s pregnant wife; and threatened to burn their house down, the lawsuit says. Armstead had a restraining order against Thomas at the time In March 2020, Thomas was arrested and released under the supervision of the Alameda County Probation Department, the lawsuit says. His probation officer was required to make contact with him every week to ensure he was complying with the terms of...

VIDEOIf she sounded somewhat familiar in Tennessee it was because Kamala was channeling Justin Trudeau's father.

The family of Jasper Wu, an Oakland toddler who was killed by a stray bullet, have voiced concern over Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price’s plans to not pursue jail time for the suspects. Wu was driving home to Fremont, California, with his family on Nov. 6, 2021, when a stray bullet pierced their car on Interstate 880. The bullet passed through their front windshield and hit the ​​23-month-old toddler in the forehead. The bullet came from a rival gang shootout between two vehicles exchanging fire. Trevor Green, 22, Ivory Bivins, 24, and Johnny Jackson, 34, were arrested in December...

[Catholic Caucus] Germans Mock Last SupperEssen Diocese, Germany, posted AI-generated images mocking Christ during Holy Week.On Palm Sunday, they showed a grinning Christ in jeans, shirt and large earrings riding a bicycle (below).On Thursday of Holy Week, Essen's mock Jesus attended a pizza party instead of celebrating the Last Last Supper and instituting Mass and the priesthood.The diocese conceded that a pizza was "not in keeping with tradition", but that at a gathering of friends today, they would probably share a pizza rather than bread - except that the Last Supper was neither a "pizza party" nor a "gathering of...

I am working as swiftly as Texas law allows regarding the pardon of Sgt. Perry.

“Alleluia! Christ Is Risen!” (Matthew 28:1-10)“Alleluia! Christ is risen!” (“He is risen indeed! Alleluia!”) “He is risen indeed!” Why such a joyful response? Because of the glorious good news that Christ is risen from the dead. This good news of the resurrection of our Lord brings joy and gladness to troubled, weary hearts. His resurrection calls forth our joyous response. On this Easter Day, then, the whole church on earth--all across the earth--hears the good news, “Christ is risen,” and we respond, “He is risen indeed! Alleluia!” But first comes God’s word to us: “Christ is risen.” That’s what the...

Inflation started with Biden’s misguided war on US energy, then Biden/Congress helped inflation with an epic spending splurge. The Federal Reserve counterattacked with Fed rate hikes. Over the past year, The Fed Funds Effective rate has risen and US bank credit has crashed to 2.73% year-over-year. Do I detect a trend? Since 2005, the crash in US bank credit is looking like 2008/2009 all over again. Whether Biden is Cap’n Crunch or Jerome Powell or Janet Yellen, they are all crunching the US economy.

If You’re Black Don’t Do This, When pulled Over By The Police

A "Supergroup" put together by George Harrison of the Beatles and and Jeff Lynne, who produced the albums, of Electric Light Orchestra. Originating from an idea discussed by Harrison and Lynne during the sessions for Harrison's 1987 album Cloud Nine, the band formed in April 1988. Members George Harrison. Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan.

Soros — who has worked to carry his father's torch as he has assisted with fundraising efforts for the Democratic Party — traveled to the White House at least 14 times since October 2021 and had meetings with multiple officials in 2022, according to White House visitor logs reviewed by Fox News Digital.

CIA Director Bill Burns made an unannounced trip to Saudi Arabia this week where he reportedly aired Washington's frustrations over Riyadh's opening to Iran and Syria through mediation brokered by US rivals China and Russia. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a US official confirmed the trip to Al-Monitor. “Director Burns traveled to Saudi Arabia where he met with intelligence counterparts and country leaders on issues of shared interest," the US official said. The official did not disclose the exact day of the trip but said that Burns discussed intelligence cooperation, especially in the area of counterterrorism. The CIA director met...

From the time NATO was founded in 1949 to the recent accession of Finland, the United States has remained the foremost military power in NATO. But a question that is not often asked is why? Why would a power like the USA continue to expand promises of defence to an ever larger group of nations that cannot hope to offer a similar level of capability or assistance in return. The acceptance of new allies into NATO or bilateral and multilateral security treaties has not always been without domestic and international opposition. And so today I wanted to follow up on...

Read this as many times as needed to contemplate the nature of our problem.Former FBI Director James Comey openly admitted to Congress on March 20, 2017, how the FBI, FBI Counterintelligence Division, DOJ and DOJ-National Security Division, together with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the CIA, had been conducting independent investigations of Donald Trump for over a year without informing congress [the Gang of Eight]. When asked the question, Comey winced, then justified the lack of informing Go8 oversight by saying, “um, because of the sensitivity of the matter?”Stupidly, Congress never pressed James Comey on...

Saturday 8 April 2023Easter Vigil Easter Vigil at St. Anthony of Padua, Jersey City Readings at MassLiturgical colour: White.There is no Mass on Holy Saturday itself. Here are the readings for the evening Easter Vigil.First readingGenesis 1:1-2:2 ©God saw all that he had made, and indeed it was very goodIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, and God’s spirit hovered over the water. God said, ‘Let there be light’, and there was light. God saw that light was good, and God divided light from...

HOLY SATURDAY Matthew 28:1-10 Friends, today’s Gospel tells of the women who were the first witnesses of the Resurrection.Jesus goes into the kingdom of death and brings to that dark place the light of God—and more to the point, he brings the power of God, and with this power, he breaks the hold that death has over us. In the language of the Church Fathers, Jesus has tied up and defeated the devil, thereby freeing us from the one who held us for ransom.Thus the Resurrection of Jesus is the declaration of victory over this terrible power. In all of...

Identified women will receive a text about the consequences of not covering their hair with a hijab, police said. This would help prevent "resistance against the hijab law", police said. Protests were sparked last year by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman arrested for allegedly violating the hijab rule. Since Ms Amini's death a growing number of women have been discarding their veils, particularly in larger cities, despite the risk of arrest. A police statement published by the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency said the system used so-called "smart" cameras and other tools to...

The sheriff in the tiny Florida town rocked by a triple teen murder today vowed to hunt down the third suspect in the killings. 'I will get him,' Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods told a press conference as he revealed that Christopher Atkins, 12, and Robert Robinson, 17, had been arrested in connection with the slayings outside Ocklawaha, Florida. Layla Silvernail, 16, Camille Quarles, 16, and an unidentified 17-year-old boy were last week shot together in a car before being discovered over a span of three days dumped in separate places within a 5-mile radius. Woods explained that the victims...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is lashing out at a "Soros-backed" prosecutor after a Lone Star State jury found Daniel Perry, a U.S. Army sergeant, guilty in the shooting death of an armed protester in Austin during anti-police demonstrations in the summer of 2020. "Self-defense is a God-given right, not a crime. Unfortunately, the Soros-backed DA in Travis County cares more about the radical agenda of dangerous Antifa and BLM mobs than justice," Paxton said in a statement to Fox News Digital. The shooting involving Sgt. Perry occurred during Black Lives Matter demonstrations that erupted across the Texas state capital...

New research has shown that weight loss, or bariatric, surgery can significantly alter the levels of bile acid associated with higher appetite, as can taking fiber supplements but to a lesser degree. Bile acids are a marker of poor cardiometabolic health that can affect liver function and inflammation. A study has shed light on the molecules underlying the benefits of this kind of surgery on patient appetite and metabolism. Researchers studied a group of patients in Amsterdam who had undergone bariatric surgery by measuring levels of bile acids before surgery and a year post-operation. They also studied bile acids from...