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Sarah and Luke Jones could never have anticipated how chaotic the start of their wedding day would beA bride has relived the unbelievable moment she was forced to flee as an area of her wedding venue caught fire just hours before the ceremony. Ystalyfera couple Sarah Jones, 33, and her new husband Luke Jones, 34, got engaged last September and then married at the Glyn Clydach in Neath on Saturday, October 7, after being together for ten years. But it was the build-up to their nuptials that neither of them could ever have expected. As Mrs Jones and her wedding...

Illinois Democrat Governor J.B. Pritzker is using rental assistance funds meant for American citizens to house illegal border crossers. Much like New York, Illinois is struggling to house illegal immigrants flooding into the state. Chicago’s O’Hare airport has been used to house some of them, but it’s not enough. How do you suppose the people of Illinois feel about these funds being used in this way? Breitbart News reports: Democrat Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Diverts Citizens’ Rental Assistance Funding to House Illegal Aliens Democrat Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has diverted rental assistance funding for struggling citizens and is using it...

On this date in 1817, Mexican War of Independence heroine Gertrudis Bocanegra was publicly shot in her native town of Pátzcuaro for treason. Bocanegra (English Wikipedia entry | Spanish), a literate Enlightenment woman was already 45 years old when the rebellion against the Spanish empire broke out. Her husband and son joined Hidalgo‘s forces, in which service they would lay down their own lives. Gertrudis Bocanegra kept a safe house, gathered supplies and money, shuttled messages … until Spanish authorities arrested her in 1817 and tortured her for information. (Need one even ask if the noble Bocanegra informed on her...

President Biden said Wednesday that he has seen “confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children” in southern Israel following reports that up to 40 babies were butchered over the weekend near the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip – but the White House later walked back the commander in chief’s claim. “I never really thought that I would see and have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children. I never thought I’d ever — anyway,” Biden, 80, told leaders of Jewish groups at the White House Wednesday. But neither the president nor US officials have seen images or independently confirmed reports of beheaded children, a...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: For many reasons, the Arab world is not at all interested in giving the Palestinian Arabs a state. The Palestinian Arabs don’t really want one either, because why kill the “refugee” goose that lays the golden eggs? In Israel and in much of the Western world, we tend to think the Arab world is united in its support for the Palestinians—that it wants nothing more than to solve the Palestinian problem by giving them a state, and that all Arabs and Muslims love the Palestinians and hate Israel. This is a simplistic and incomplete view. While it is...

President Joe Biden denied long before he was inaugurated that he ever discussed business with his son. A new FOIA obtained by America First Legal via lawsuit, however, revealed that Joe emailed his son Hunter Biden, his brother James “Jim” Biden, and their respective firms tens of thousands of times over the course of his vice presidency. In a joint status report published by the Washington D.C. District Court on Friday, the National Archives and Records Administration reluctantly admitted that it knew of 4,243 emails between then-Vice President Joe and Hunter Biden, another 1,751 emails between Joe and Jim, 19,335...

In a recent randomized, controlled human study, consuming grapes for 16 weeks improved key markers of eye health in older adults. The study looked at the impact of regular consumption of grapes on macular pigment accumulation and other biomarkers of eye health. This is the first human study on this subject, and the results reinforce earlier, preliminary studies where consuming grapes was found to protect retinal structure and function. Science has shown that an aging population has a higher risk of eye disease and vision problems. Key risk factors for eye disease include oxidative stress and high levels of ocular...

Khaled Mashal, the former leader and founding member of Hamas, has called for a global Muslim uprising in support of Palestine. During a recent address on Youtube, Mashal emphasized the need for Muslims to sacrifice and carry Jihad, including the willingness to offer their blood and souls to advance the Palestinian cause. Mashal has proclaimed the coming Friday the 13th as “the Friday of Al-Aqsa flood,” urging Muslims worldwide to display their anger not just in Muslim countries but also in diaspora communities around the world. The name Al-Aqsa means “the farthest mosque” or “the farthest sanctuary.” The mosque is...

In their new editorial, researchers Deepak Bhamidipati and Vivek Subbiah discuss lurbinectedin as a method to treat neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). NETs encompass a variety of neoplasms which display a wide spectrum of biologic behavior, ranging from the aggressive neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) to often indolent well-differentiated NETs. For well-differentiated NETs, somatostatin analogs (SSAs) are widely accepted as an effective frontline therapy for progressive or symptomatic disease; however, subsequent therapy options such as capecitabine/ temozolomide, sunitinib, everolimus, and radionuclide therapy in selected cases are associated with variable response rates (typically less than 20%) and limited progression-free survival. NECs can respond to platinum-based...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed legislation making the state the first in the country to create an alert system for missing Black women and children. The move has sparked outrage online, with critics calling the new “Ebony Alert” system “racist”. The law was passed unanimously by both chambers of California’s legislature, the Washington Examiner reports. The goal of the bill is to address the “often ignored or lack of attention given to Black children and young Black women that are missing in California,” according to a statement. The law is set to go into effect on Jan. 1. Per...

GOP Rep. Max Miller on the classified briefing about Israel this morning: Miller won’t divulge info shared in room on Israel because it’s classified but - “I learned something very, very new within that room that has changed the scope and how I see this developing situation

[Catholic Caucus] Why is the Synod on Synodality pushing to ‘welcome’ those in ‘polygamous’ relationships?The Vatican appears to be one of the most prominent campaigners for polygamists, due to its position in the synod’s documents and Pope Francis’ Amoris Laetitia.Cdl. Hollerich addresses the synod, October 9, 2023.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — As the Synod on Synodality continues apace, one chief aspect that has been highlighted is that the organizers are intent on opening up the Holy Eucharist to abuses and desecration.Participants in the Synod on Synodality are now discussing the theme of “Communion” in the second week of the event, which...

Live event and special announcement 4 Days 16 Hours 15 Minutes 31 Seconds Now Live — The Daily Wire Election Night 2022 Menu Daily Wire Logo Close Read Listen Watch Discuss Shop Search LoginJoin NEWS Christianity Today Staff Made Extensive Campaign Donations Between 2015 And 2022…All Went To Democrats By Megan Basham Oct 11, 2023 DailyWire.com FacebookTwitterMail US President Barack Obama (L) talks to Dr. Russell Moore, Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, TN, during a meeting with faith leaders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC on April 15, 2014. AFP PHOTO/YURI GRIPAS YURI GRIPAS/AFP via Getty...

Brain inflammation is a common side effect of ongoing chemotherapy and a catalyst for a range of debilitating physical and psychological symptoms for which there's no solution. But now new research has shown that using a supplement to increase fiber intake while undergoing chemotherapy can significantly reduce brain inflammation and the associated health issues. "Using pre-clinical models, we found that fiber supplementation directly causes positive changes in the gut microbiome and has the potential to alleviate brain inflammation following chemotherapy," Dr. Cross said. "Our study showed fiber reduced inflammation in the brain region responsible for memory by as much as...

In a completely unsurprising ruling today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has placed a stay on the lower court ruling on the constitutionality of California's outright ban on "high" capacity magazines. Last month, a lower federal court judge overturned that ban as unconstitutional. On Tuesday, the larger “en banc” panel stayed that decision — stopping it from taking effect — pending an appeal by the state. The decision divided the judges along ideological lines. The court’s liberal majority found that the state of California had made “strong arguments” for why the ban on ammunition magazines with more than 10...

Many Latin American governments have condemned the attack on Israel by Hamas. They have also made a point of expressing their solidarity with Palestinians.

For two decades, the dominant idea in HIV research has been that antiretroviral therapy effectively wipes out active viruses that cause devastating infections but leaves behind a reservoir of infected cells seemingly invisible to the immune system — until treatment is stopped. Then the virus comes roaring back. Now two new studies reveal that the virus continues to put the immune system through a workout. Some infected cells churn out bits of viral RNA and protein that elicit an immune response, researchers report in the Sept. 13 Cell Host & Microbe. While not infectious, those damaged viral particles appear to...

A day after Hamas terrorists paraglided across the border from Gaza into Israel, trucked machine gun-toting killers into a music festival, mowed down families and took women, children, and grandmothers hostage, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced a series of actions to loosen Israel’s strict gun control laws. The minister announced his intent to “allow as many citizens as possible to arm themselves and protect themselves and their environment when necessary.”

The shock attack by Hamas on Saturday has claimed over 1,000 lives in Israel and has set the stage for a new era in Israel-Palestine relations and Israeli politics. In Israel, the event is being referred to as a national trauma equivalent to the 9/11 terrorist attacks that destroyed New York’s Twin Towers and sparked a US-led global "war on terror". Israeli retaliation for the attack has so far killed more than 1,000 in the Gaza strip, where Hamas holds power, and looks set to kill many more. As macabre details of Saturday’s attack continue to emerge, the shock in...

Israel’s defense minister has told soldiers near the country’s border with Gaza that he has "removed every restriction" and "we will eliminate anyone who fights us" ahead of an expected ground invasion of the Hamas-controlled territory. The comments from Yoav Gallant came as Israeli airstrikes hit the family home of Mohammed Deif -- the reclusive leader of Hamas’ military wing – in the Gaza city of Khan Younis late last night, killing his father, brother and two other relatives, a senior Hamas official told The Associated Press. The Israel Defense Forces have been unrelenting in their retaliatory strikes against Gaza...