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A sculpture by Damien Hirst was the subject of a different kind of spectacle last month, after a woman drove her Rolls-Royce sedan onto the property of its owners. According to a police report, on March 31 a 66-year-old woman drove her blue and gray luxury car through a driveway on Canterbury Lane, hit a curb, kept driving, and hit a “coral art sculpture”. It then drove through a landscape fence and onto the beach. The Rolls Royce sedan that crashed through 102 Canterbury Lane in Palm Beach. Photo courtesy of Palm Beach Police. That sculpture was Hirst’s 2017 work...

The Italian culture ministry is advocating for a law that would impose a large fine on individuals found to have vandalized the country’s monuments or cultural sites to cover repair costs. The move follows protests staged by climate activists in Italian squares. During a cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, Italian lawmakers approved the culture ministry’s proposed legislation. The fine for potential violators of Italy’s cultural sites is proposed at a range between 10,000 and 60,000 euros ($11,000–$65,000). The proposal is expected to be approved by the right-leaning Italian parliament. Related Articles A portrait of Pablo Picasso plowed into a field....

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The lack of diversity policies at Historically Black Colleges and Universities makes clear that the concept means something other than its public definition. It’s a curious feature of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that they rarely have any diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) administrators or policies on their campuses, beyond what federal law requires. Howard University, for instance, the alma mater of Vice President Kamala Harris, has no central administrator dedicated to DEI, and its student affairs programming aims to help the disabled and LGBTQ students. Neither Jackson State nor Grambling State, two famous HBCUs, have DEI plans...

About 50 people attended Hunter’s “Bridging the Abstract” exhibit at his art dealer’s Soho gallery, including art appreciators and critics. Those in attendance viewed the pricey paintings on sale for $85,000 each. The price of Hunter’s artwork has ranged between $75,000 to $500,000 throughout his short career. One attendee who was permitted to view the art told the New York Post that Hunter’s newest works were “terrible.” “I think it’s terrible — the two on the right as you walk in,” said the man who refused to give his name. Hunter’s newest works of art contrast his prior shapes and...

WEDNESDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER Luke 24:13–35 Friends, in today’s Gospel, two disciples meet Jesus on the road to Emmaus. He asks what they are discussing and one recites all of the data concerning him.Then Jesus speaks: “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!” He then rehearsed for them the whole of the biblical story, showing how it culminated in the Messiah who offered a sacrifice for the salvation of the world.When they came near the village to which they were heading, Jesus “gave the impression that he was going...

BOSTON — A religious leader in Boston is condemning the fatal shooting of a man in Roxbury late Saturday night, and he’s calling on the city’s Black community to “cease fire” and turn in their guns to stop the violence. The Rev. Kevin Peterson on Sunday said Christopher Shivers was gunned down on Easter weekend in Roxbury -- and he wants the community to step up and find his killer. “We call on residents of the Black community to turn in the murderer of Christopher Shivers who was victimized in Roxbury Saturday night on the eve of Easter,” Peterson said...

A global scamming network has robbed ordinary investors of more than a billion dollars. First, you hear a phone ringing. An elderly man answers. The caller introduces himself as "William Grant", from the trading firm Solo Capitals. He says he has a "great promotion" to offer. The elderly man sounds vulnerable and confused. "I'm not interested, I'm not interested," he says. But William Grant is persistent. "I only have one question," he tells the old man. "Are you interested in making money?" Jan Erik, a 75-year-old pensioner in Sweden, is about to get scammed, again. The call was made from...

The politicization of everything is too high a price for the gay-rights advances of the 2010s.I sat in the Washington office of a major airline’s head of government relations, where we were joined by the top lobbyist for one of America’s largest hotel chains. It was 2013, and I was president of the gay conservative group Log Cabin Republicans. I had come to secure corporate support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would have banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Pressure from leading corporations, I correctly assumed, would push waffling Republicans to vote for the legislation. I sat...

Vatican lying? Pope reportedly ‘arrived unconscious’ at hospital 2 weeks agoPope Francis' reported conversation with details about his hospital admission directly contradicts the Vatican's official statement.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Concerning his recent stay in hospital, Pope Francis reportedly stated he arrived unconscious, thus raising questions about the truth of an incident that the Vatican’s Press Office has consistently tried to whitewash.The Pope’s comments were revealed by Italian media April 11 and were reportedly made by him to a personal confidant. According to Michele Ferri, who spoke with Francis on the phone on Easter Sunday as he regularly does, the Pope...

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For the first time in decades, education policy has become a major issue in a Republican presidential campaign. Last month, former President Donald Trump, a frequent critic of “radical left indoctrination,” declared that he would cut funding to schools espousing “critical race theory,” “transgender insanity” or “any other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content.” Trump was trying to outbid Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has vowed to curb “woke indoctrination” and the use of tax dollars to teach kids “to hate our country or to hate each other.” South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, another potential Republican presidential contender, calls...

The Department of Justice recommended zero jail time for a transgender individual who vandalized the St. Louise Catholic Church in Bellevue, Wash. Maeve Nota, 31, a male who identifies as a woman, admitted to vandalizing the church last summer, smashing two glass doors and spray-painting a number of profane messages, including “F*** Catholics,” “rot in your fake hell,” “kid groomers,” and “woman haters.” Nota also admitted to destroying a statue of the Virgin Mary, assaulting a church worker, and resisting arrest. According to filings from early March, reviewed by Fox News, the DOJ charged Nota with misdemeanor destruction of religious...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to address her state's severe housing shortage by building more housing. But many of the wealthiest suburban communities around New York City aren't having it. Leaders and activists in towns and villages from Westchester to the Hamptons are denouncing Hochul's plan to boost the housing supply in New York City and its suburbs by 3% over the next decade. Hochul's New York Housing Compact would start to address the state's skyrocketing home prices and rents, aiming to build 800,000 new units and creating density, particularly near train stations, over the next 10 years. The...

The term toxic masculinity is a hot topic these days. But what are considered red flags in a guy? In a video posted on TikTok on March 29, user and YouTuber AimRun took to the streets to find out what Singaporean women had to say on the issue. One woman claimed that there are "many" toxic men in Singapore. When asked why girls date guys who exhibit toxic masculinity, she revealed that she always dates bad guys. "I have dated a nice guy before, but it's very boring," she quipped. In an expanded YouTube version of the video, the woman...

Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) told CBS News in an interview on Tuesday that she believed Republican lawmakers were continuing to put the well-being of the National Rifle Association (NRA) over Americans and their families. Duckworth said, “We can right now today pass universal background checks. We could pass a ban on assault weapon ban. We could pass a ban on high-capacity magazines. Those last two things are the common denominators involved in mass shootings in this country.”

WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed sweeping emissions cuts for new cars and trucks through 2032, a move it says could mean two out of every three new vehicles automakers sell will be electric within a decade. The proposal, if finalized, represents the most aggressive U.S. vehicle emissions reduction plan to date, requiring 13% annual average pollution cuts and a 56% reduction in projected fleet average emissions over 2026 requirements. The EPA is also proposing new stricter emissions standards for medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks through 2032. [FR Note: see also Strictest-ever vehicle...

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced Wednesday that she would seek a third term in battleground Wisconsin. “It’s official: I’m running for reelection! Wisconsin’s working families deserve a Senator who’s going to fight for them — not shady special interests or big corporations,” Baldwin said on Twitter. “We’ve made a lot of progress, but the stakes have never been higher and our work isn’t over yet.”

Federal investigators are asking witnesses whether former President Donald Trump showed off to aides and visitors a map he took with him when he left office that contains sensitive intelligence information, four people with knowledge of the matter said. The map has been just one focus of the broad Justice Department investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents after he departed the White House. The nature of the map and the information it contained is not clear. But investigators have questioned a number of witnesses about it, according to the people with knowledge of the matter, as the special counsel...

After being correctly labeled as “US state-affiliated media” by Twitter, National Public Radio (NPR) announced on Wednesday its plans to forgo using the social media platform to post its slanted, left-wing “news” coverage. Instead, the company will promote its content on other social media sites such as TikTok, a popular app that effectively operates as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spyware. “NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds, becoming the first major news organization to go silent on the social media platform,” the outlet announced in a Wednesday morning article, citing Twitter’s inclusion of a...