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CHICAGO — A newly acquired video shows four people, at least two armed with machine guns, unleashing a torrent of gunfire in Chicago on Wednesday evening. The shots left a 14-year-old boy dead and at least three others injured. Later, a 16-year-old boy fired a gun at Chicago police officers as they investigated the shooting. He was charged yesterday with six counts of attempted murder of peace officers. The video, provided to CWBChicago by a source, shows four people walking across a vacant lot in the 4200 block of South Wells around 8:20 p.m. on June 1.

At a red-brick factory in the German port city of Hamburg, cocoa bean shells go in one end, and out the other comes an amazing black powder with the potential to counter climate change. The substance, dubbed biochar, is produced by heating the cocoa husks in an oxygen-free room to 600 degrees Celsius (1,112 Fahrenheit). The process locks in greenhouse gases and the final product can be used as a fertilizer, or as an ingredient in the production of "green" concrete. While the biochar industry is still in its infancy, the technology offers a novel way to remove carbon from...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis Loves RupnikA few days ago, Francis sent a mobile phone video to the 16th Mariological Congress in Aparecida, Brazil, in which he approaches a reproduction of a Marian mosaic by Father Rupnik, located in a hall of Santa Marta, and explains in detail the meaning of the work (1:20). IlSismografo calls this behaviour of Francis “simply bewildering.”

An excerpt of comments from Richard Baris of People's Pundit on political operatives, posted on twitter by Grace Chong “Trump is a transactional guy, right? Let’s say DeSantis gets out & 100% endorses & campaigns for him & we all give him $. He’ll forgive us right? I don’t speak for Trump. I don’t even know the man. I can tell you this. He is business oriented but this is different. In my mind it would take a lot. You may need to go to Mar-A-Lago & bend over the desk & get branded w/ Trump on your ass check...

Consumer advocate: New Biden regulations mean ‘Everyday things that people want are going to get more expensive or disappear' ... A pledge by the Biden administration in December 2022 to take “more than 100 actions” to impose significantly tighter environmental standards on consumer goods is now becoming reality, and consumer groups are predicting a future in which Americans pay more for products that do less, while manufacturers warn of shortages and supply chain breakdowns. “You’re seeing, just in the last few months, new rules from the Biden administration about clothes washers, dishwashers, and other kinds of kitchen appliances, and in...

The idea might be to stop selling off all the weapons and ammo nato gives them on the black markets...

Researchers found when ribociclib, a targeted therapy drug, is added to hormone therapy there are a significant invasive disease-free survival benefit in patients with early hormone-receptor (HR) positive/HER2 negative breast cancer. Researchers found that patients who took the combination therapy had substantially longer invasive disease-free survival compared to those who were treated with the hormone therapy alone, regardless of whether the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes. The addition of the targeted therapy reduced the risk of recurrence by 25%. "The results from the clinical trial have immediate implications for patients," said Slamon. "The findings show this combination is...

[Catholic Caucus] President of Italian Nuns Lives in "Fluid World""The question of gender is an issue that is particularly close to my heart", Sister Micaela Monetti, the new president of the secularised and disintegrating Union of Major Superiors of Italy told the monthly magazine of L'Osservatore Romano. For her, there is an increasingly “fluid world” and “we must accept Francis' invitation to listen before judging and pigeonholing.” The oligarchs are proud of Monetti, but they won't send her any vocations.

Written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, this Western casts Charles Bronson as Graham Dorsey, a two-bit Western outlaw who has a three-hour affair with lonely Amanda Starbuck (Jill Ireland). When Dorsey is reported killed, Starbuck capitalizes on her liaison by building up the "legend" of the supposed deceased outlaw. Soon Dorsey has become an icon,

Using data from the United Kingdom, a top insurance industry analyst estimates 600,000 Americans per year are dying from the Covid shots The United States has become one of the worst countries in the world when it comes to medical transparency. But one smart analyst has found an end-run around the U.S. system that places a dark shroud of secrecy over common statistics. The U.K. has been more transparent with its data. And that’s where some are going to get stats that allow them to calculate the number of excess deaths in the U.S. since the roll out of the...

Police in one of the largest cities in the United States have reported a disturbing uptick in missing children for the month of May, with roughly two a day going missing. Authorities in Cleveland, Ohio said that in just a two-week span in the month of May, nearly 30 children have disappeared. They are unsure if the disappearances are related to gang activity, human trafficking, or some other unrelated issue. They speculated that a majority of the cases are runaways but warned that teenagers are susceptible to predators who are like ‘wolves in sheep’s clothing’, particularly while they are running...

Pride Month 2023 is shaping up to be the definitive battle for the soul of America as both sides square off to battle Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are flocking to central Florida this weekend to go on theme park rides, mingle with costumed performers, dance at all-night parties and lounge poolside at hotels during Gay Days, a decades-long tradition. They say a large turnout will send a message that LGBTQ+ people are not going away in Florida, which is continually one of the most popular states for tourists to visit. Gay days indeed, and your King James Bible...

You Can’t Spell Blasphemy Without LAThe Los Angeles Dodgers are making plenty of news, none of which is for their play on the baseball diamond. Rather, the Dodgers have sold their souls to the whims of the woke. Headlines resulted after the Dodgers announced they would be honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at their annual Gay Pride Night on June 16th.The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are anything but a group of pious Catholic nuns, rather they are a militant collection of drag queens who profanely mock God, nuns, and women. They go by names such as Sisters: Edith Myflesh,...

NEW YORK – Amid a mounting debate in America over the constitutionality of gun control, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark has entered the fray with a different argument: That people should voluntarily forgo their Second Amendment rights for the betterment of society. “I honestly believe it is the best thing we can do to change the culture of violence that threatens us today,” Tobin said. “Let’s voluntarily set aside our rights in order to witness the truth that only peace and never violence, is the way to build a free society that is lived concretely in our homes, our neighborhoods,...

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The university named for Our Lady betrays the Catholic faith.SOUTH BEND, Indiana (LifeSiteNews) — Catholic University of Notre Dame says it is officially supporting “Pride Month.”“Happy #PrideMonth! We celebrate all LGBTQ+ identities and reaffirm our commitment to being a welcoming, safe and supportive place for ALL members of the Notre Dame family,” the official account of the university tweeted on June 1. “We see you. We’re glad you’re here. You are an important member of our community.” The support for homosexuality and transgenderism is in direct opposition to the teachings of the Catholic Church. The Catechism of the Catholic Church...

State Farm and Allstate are no longer accepting applications for new home insurance in California. Existing State Farm and Allstate homeowners insurance customers in the state will retain their coverage. If you need home insurance in California, compare quotes and ensure you have enough disaster coverage.

The people who abused their power and imposed tyranny during the pandemic will do it again if we don’t hold them accountable. He doesn’t exactly say who sinned, just that “We got things wrong,” and “Some officials made mistakes in the early days.” Things happened. Mistakes were made. It’s time to move on. Miller’s argument is basically a warmed-over, lightly Christianized version of the essay Brown University economics professor Emily Oster wrote for The Atlantic last November, which argued for a “pandemic amnesty” on account of how “uncertain” and “complicated” things were in the face of a once-in-a-century pandemic like...

“Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, Sauté it, whatever. MAKE.” ~ Joss Whedon The Monthly Create, Make and Share Thread is a monthly gathering of people that love to create and make. From yarn (crochet, knitting), fabric (sewing, quilting), threads (embroidery, weaving), wood crafts, ceramics, artwork and anything else you create and would like to share, this is the place to do it. Sharing something you’ve created and/or made is pure joy...and we need joy in our lives! From complete Newbies that are looking to start that first project, to experienced artists, we would love to hear from...

Companies in the United States have announced, so far this year, more than 400,000 layoffs — more than the layoffs announced in all of last year. The job cuts come as Democrats, on behalf of business special interests, demand more foreign competition in the labor market for employers to hire. The employment data, collected by Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. and published in Bloomberg, shows that roughly 417,500 layoffs have been announced from January through May by U.S. companies across sectors such as technology, banking, retail, and media, among others.