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The stepson of a British billionaire aboard a missing Titanic-bound sub went online to flirt with a nearly nude Only Fans model Wednesday as rescuers raced to find the vessel. Brian Szasz, the stepson of wealthy British explorer Hamish Harding, retweeted an image of Only Fans it-girl Brea flashing her booty in a thong with the caption, “can i sit on u” on Twitter Wednesday as the high-stakes rescue mission unfolded. “Yes please!” Szasz gushed enthusiastically. The post came just minutes after he asked followers to “please keep my family in your prayers.”

As crews race against the clock to locate and rescue the passengers of the submersible that vanished while visiting the Titanic wreck, the stepson of one of the missing didn’t let the unfolding ordeal keep him from one of his passions: rocking out with Blink 182. Brian Szasz — whose billionaire stepfather Hamish Harding is one of the five people who could be trapped in total darkness 12,000 feet down beneath the Atlantic Ocean with about 40 hours of oxygen left — shared Monday that he was attending a Blink 182 concert in California despite the ongoing situation. “It might...

A randomized, controlled, double-blinded trial involving more than 350 pregnant women found that the use of acupuncture or doxylamine-pyridoxine relieved moderate to severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Using both treatments offered even greater relief. Nausea and vomiting impacts up to 85 percent of pregnant women. While 80 to 90 percent of those cases are mild, severe nausea and vomiting, or hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), develops in 10 percent of cases. In addition, up to 10 percent of wanted pregnancies that are complicated by HG are terminated because of intolerable symptoms and complications. Despite the need for an effective treatment and...

"And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full." "But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid." "And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst...

Milo said being trans made her feel 'invincible' in landmark MTV documentary Now, she regrets her testosterone shots, breast removal and hysterectomy Back in 2016, Milo was celebrated in the MTV documentary Transformation, at the start of her female-to-male gender change, trying out Hawaiian shirts and saying she felt 'invincible.' Seven years later, and Milo has returned to the screen, as a female again, with a YouTube post about bitterly regretting a transition that's left her scarred, hairy and most likely infertile. 'It turned out to be a big mistake,' Milo says in the clip, which went online on Wednesday....

According to the 2023 edition of Charles Schwab's "Modern Wealth Survey," a net worth of $1.7 million is needed in order to feel "financially comfortable" in San Francisco. In order to feel "wealthy," that number spikes to $4.7 million. The survey was conducted online over a three-week span this year among 750 Bay Area residents aged 21 to 75. According to the survey, 39% of San Franciscans feel "wealthy" today, and 71% are confident about someday reaching their financial goals. The amount San Franciscans needed to feel wealthy is down $400,000 from last year's $5.1 million, but $1.7 million is...

None offered … video of a man asking UCLA students questions like how many states are there or what ocean is on the East coast.

Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious Matthew 6:1–6, 16–18Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus prescribes the essential disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Let’s focus on fasting and almsgiving.The appetites for food and drink are so pressing, so elemental, that, unless they are quelled and disciplined, they will simply take over the soul. They are like children who clamor constantly for attention and who, if indulged, will in short order run the house.Therefore, if the passion for God is to be awakened, the more immediately pressing desires must be muted, and this is the purpose of fasting. We go hungry and...

Justice Department special counsel John Durham testified on his investigation of “Crossfire Hurricane,” the code name for the FBI’s investigation of links between the 2016 Trump presidential campaign and Russian operatives on Wednesday. Rep. Matt Gaetz grilled Durham in a heated exchange, saying Durham “let the country down.”

Georgia election officials said Wednesday that they would need six to nine months to install new software and hardware to update the state’s voting system to protect against security flaws, pushing back against calls to update the system before the 2024 election cycle. “It’s really not an upgrade,” state Deputy Elections Director Michael Barnes said of the work needed on 30,000 voting machines. “This really would require us to fully rebuild the system.” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has said the state must wait until 2025, but critics continue to pile on, with Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and the state...

Despite being allegedly shot in the abdomen by the IDF, a Palestinian photojournalist is, remarkably, able to run & climb unaided into an ambulance.Also remarkable: the lack of any visible blood on the victim or the pristine white gloves of the medics.Fake news? You decide. https://t.co/XiTR30pFFF— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) June 19, 2023

A new study outlines how white people’s migration during and after the Civil War, from the Confederate South to the West, bolstered white supremacy and institutional racism in non-slave states, helping create the vast racial disparities that exist today nationwide. Five researchers from separate colleges collaborated on the study, called “Confederate Diaspora,” to compile and study census data that tracked the migration to the West of white Americans, including 60,000 former plantation owners. The former Southerners took on local positions of authority, like police officers, clergy and politicians, giving them influence to create a post-Civil War culture that continued to...

By - 3 Tammuz 5783 – 0 Palestinian Authority terrorism is escalating in Judea and Samaria, and Jewish residents of the region are slowly losing their tolerance and willingness to put up with it. Reviewing events of the day following a deadly terror attack outside the Jewish town of Eli — in which four Israelis were murdered and four more were wounded — one can see that Jewish locals are also losing their confidence in the ability of the Israel Defense Forces, and the Israeli government, to protect them.

Synod working document envisages creation of radically inclusive Catholic Church The Catholic Church must take concrete steps to promote women to decision-making positions and to strive for the “radical inclusion” of people who identify themselves by their sexual preferences or assumed gender, according to the blueprint for the forthcoming “Synod on Synodality”.The Instrumentum Laboris, or working document, was published by the Vatican ahead of the opening of the first of two sessions of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October.A synthesis of responses from worldwide consultations on possible responses by the Church to contemporary challenges...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A national sorority has defended allowing a transgender woman into its University of Wyoming chapter, saying in a new court motion that the chapter followed sorority rules despite a lawsuit from seven women in the organization who argued the opposite. The Kappa Kappa Gamma motion to dismiss, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne, is the sorority’s first substantive response to the lawsuit, other than a March statement by its executive director, Kari Kittrell Poole, that the complaint contains “numerous false allegations.” “The central issue in this case is simple: do the plaintiffs have a...

Washington — A California man who prosecutors described as "one of the most violent defendants on January 6, 2021" was sentenced to 151 months — about 12 ½ years — in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to violent and obstructive conduct during the Capitol riot. Daniel "DJ" Rodriguez admitted as part of a plea agreement in February that he attacked former Washington, D.C. police officer Michael Fanone with a taser, causing him to lose consciousness, and that he worked to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election. Rodriguez will also have to pay $96,000 to cover...

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New Synod Document Seeks Church that “Embraces All,” Including LGBTQ+ PeopleYesterday, the Vatican released its working document for the first global assembly of the Synod on Synodality. The document includes two mentions of LGBTQ+ people, set within a larger text that is replete with themes of inclusion, welcome, diversity, and listening.The document, known as the Instrumentum Laboris (IL), will guide conversations in October, 2023, when bishops, who will for the first time be joined by lay people, women religious, and priests, gather in Rome for a month. The IL is divided into three main parts: first, a broad reflection on...

A federal agency cannot force a Texas-based conservative Christian business to comply with policies barring discrimination against LGBTQ+ employees or job applicants, a federal appeals court has ruled. The decision by a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity cannot deny Braidwood Management an exemption from anti-discrimination policies designed to protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination under Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act. Braidwood is entitled to the exemption under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, the ruling said. “Being forced to employ someone to represent the company who behaves...

There are a number of actions Republicans could and should take to win big in the 2024 election. But one thing they must do is embrace mail-in and early voting. The good news is that it appears the GOP leadership is trying to do just that. But will it be enough? According to a Pew Research Center poll from October, right before the 2022 midterms, “Republican voters, who already lacked confidence in absentee and mail voting, are now also less likely to say they are very confident that ballots cast in person at polling places will be counted as voters...