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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is implementing a data privacy policy that allows people with private jets to hide travel information from the public. “Starting today, they can submit a request through the Civil Aviation Registry Electronic Services (CARES) to withhold this information from public display on all FAA websites.” In its statement, the FAA said the data protection decision was taken based on a privacy provision included in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. The provision allows aircraft owners to request that certain personally identifiable information not be made publicly available via FAA websites. “The FAA will publish a...

According to ShoutYourAbortion.com (yes, that is a real website), women who want children are the abnormal ones. For example, Syd, who identified herself as a convert to Catholicism, wrote, “Thanks to my abortion, I will have a future.” Another wrote, “Abortion gave me a chance to focus on my own life.” An anonymous college student stated, “My future was worth it, and I am more than just a vessel to produce new life.” She then compared her baby to a tumor standing between her and her career. This website is among the legacies of a society now well into its...

A man who was arrested after leaving his children in a McDonald's to attend a job interview has received an outpouring of support from the general public. Chris Louis, a 24-year-old father from Augusta, Georgia, took his 10-year old, 6-year old, and 1-year old children to a McDonald's with a playground close to where his job interview was on March 22, and left them for a short time so he could try to get employment, according to The Augusta Press. A customer called the police, and Louis was arrested and charged with "deprivation of a minor." Now, his story has...

A California man accused of plotting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 intends to plead guilty, his attorneys said Wednesday. Nicholas John Roske, 28, of Simi Valley, California, was arrested in June 2022 near Kavanaugh’s Maryland home, armed with a handgun, a knife, and zip ties, according to federal authorities. Roske allegedly threatened to kill Kavanaugh because he was upset that the justice may overturn Roe and allow states to protect unborn babies from abortion The arrest came shortly after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion indicating the court would overturn Roe v. Wade, which...

Susan Crawford, a Dane County judge and outspoken abortion advocate, won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, defeating conservative Brad Schimel in a fiercely contested election that shattered spending records. Crawford’s victory preserves the court’s 4-3 liberal majority, ensuring progressive influence over pivotal cases on abortion, voting rights, and redistricting. With nearly 95% of votes counted by late Tuesday, Crawford led Schimel by approximately 9 points. A former prosecutor and private attorney, Crawford has long been a lightning rod for controversy due to her ties to Planned Parenthood, where she represented the abortion business in legal battles...

US decision to amass B-2 bombers at Diego Garcia is result of Gulf Arab monarchs closing airspace to American warplanes in event of war with Iran Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have imposed a ban on US warplanes using their air fields or skies to attack Iran after US President Donald Trump over the weekend threatened to bomb the country. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait have all told the US they will not permit their airspaces or territories to be used as a launchpad against Iran, including for refuelling and rescue operations, a senior US official told...

A group of state workers protested over the weekend, outside the Governor’s residence in St. Paul, after a new policy was announced requiring employees to be back in the office more often. “They are mad — we’ve been doing our work from home for the last five years during the pandemic, and we’re more productive at home, “said Megan Dayton, president of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees. “We don’t understand why this is happening.” Last week, Governor Tim Walz announced the policy change that will require most Minnesota state agency employees to work in-person for at least 50% of...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis escalated his attacks against Randy Fine on Wednesday, blaming the representative-elect’s “unique problems” for a special election victory he said should have been won by a higher margin. Appearing at a press conference in Ocala, Florida, the day after the election, DeSantis argued that President Donald Trump’s involvement in the 6th District race pushed Fine over the line. He added voters had not wanted to support Fine, who Trump had endorsed, and that the president “really had to bail him out in the end.”

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Aguer: Our vocations crisis must be addressed. Here is what I proposeCareful reflection and a variety of experience enable me at this point in my life to attempt a synthesis on priestly formation and propose ways to overcome our present vocations crisis. Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a multi-part series addressing the decline in the number of Catholic priests and seminarians worldwide.(LifeSiteNews) — On numerous occasions I have referred to a crucial issue for the Church: the formation of candidates for the priesthood. Today I take it up again, without pretending, of course, to exhaust...

An air traffic control supervisor at Reagan National Airport punched a colleague Thursday during a dispute in the control tower that forced others to step away from their duties to intervene, according to two people with knowledge of the incident. Damon Marsalis Gaines, 39, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was arrested Friday and charged with misdemeanor assault and battery “following reports of an incident in the ATC control tower at DCA,” a Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokesperson said. He was taken to the Arlington County jail, served with a misdemeanor summons and released. The two people familiar with the incident, speaking...

If the FBI officials who buried the Hunter Biden laptop story aren’t held responsible, it will be impossible for Americans to have any faith in the agency — or the electoral process.. A new report released on Tuesday shows the FBI imposed a “gag” order in relation to the Hunter Biden laptop to conceal the truth about its authenticity from voters ahead of the 2020 election. Internal FBI chat messages obtained by investigative journalists Catherine Herridge and Michael Shellenberger show that “senior bureau officials actively [shut] down discussion of the laptop’s credibility days before the 2020 presidential election.” According to...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has long portrayed itself as America’s humanitarian aid organization, delivering assistance to developing nations. With an annual budget of nearly $40 billion and operations in over 100 countries, it represents one of the largest foreign aid institutions in the world. But recent disclosures reveal its true nature as something far more systematic: an architect of global consciousness.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has officially caved, telling her nation’s press corps that she has no intention of escalating a trade war with the United States if President Donald Trump makes good on his promise to levee new tariffs on imports from her nation. Addressing the media on Tuesday from the National Palace in Mexico City, Sheinbaum declared that she would not pursue “retaliatory” tariffs if Trump slaps new ones on Mexican-made imports such as vehicles, agriculture, manufacturing products, and other goods. She promised on Thursday to “announce a comprehensive program, not a tit-for-tat on tariffs.” Instead, her administration will...

As part of Apple's iOS 18.4 update, iPhone users will have access to eight new emoji. And there is one face that everyone is already saying will be their favourite. The new emoji list includes some items that some iPhone users might find helpful including a harp, a shovel, a leafless tree and a root vegetable. The update also includes a few stranger choices, such as the purple 'splatter', a bright blue fingerprint, and the flag of Sark – a small Channel Island with a population of just 500. But it is the exhausted-looking 'face with bags under eyes' emoji...

In an interview, the Texas attorney general attacked Senator John Cornyn as out of touch, and said he had talked to people close to President Trump about an endorsement.

Four-time National Basketball Association champion Stephen Curry is teaming up with former first lady Michelle Obama to release a healthier sports drink option. Curry and Obama on Wednesday announced the launch of Plezi Hydration, through Obama’s public benefit company, Plezi Nutrition. The drink adds to Curry’s growing portfolio of off-court ventures as the 37-year-old nears the final years of his playing career. The sports drink market is a crowded space, but Curry said the beverage’s focus on health and wellness makes it different. The drink touts no added sugar or artificial sweeteners, less sodium than leading rivals and a full...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has joined Bluesky, following in the footsteps of former president Barack Obama, who made his first post on the platform last week. Clinton confirmed her Bluesky account's legitimacy in an Instagram story and a post on X. (snip) Though Bluesky's reach is smaller than that of the platform formerly known as Twitter, the open source network has north of 33 million users. But as Bluesky attracts high-profile users like Clinton and Obama, the platform is building more legitimacy as a competitor to X.

Elizabethan Catholics and the MassThis spine-stiffening piece featured in our December 1974 edition; the concluding article in a series penned for Christian Order by the renowned Jesuit historian and author. Though familiar to a greater or lesser extent with the faith, courage and characters involved, we do well to recall and ponder them anew since we should prudently expect the screws of the corporate-state and Occupied Rome to be turned with even greater ferocity against the Holy Faith and Mass of the English saints and martyrs. Father Crane prefaced the article thus: "Father Caraman brings out with the utmost clarity...

In January, the Palisades fire in Los Angeles burned 6800 buildings. In the two months since the fire was extinguished the City has issued only four permits to rebuild in the area. Residents who lost their homes are eager to build, but are finding that comedian Adam Carolla's prediction that it would be near to impossible to get a building permit is proving accurate. Democrat Mayor Karen Bass insists that "it would be foolish to rush things. With a fire of such magnitude we must carefully consider so many factors. I'm reminded by what I was taught growing up that...

Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz was so impressed by the record-breaking speech by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) this week that he thinks the Democratic Party may have a new leader in its midst. “I want to emphasize what Cory Booker did over the last 24 hours may have changed the course of political history,” he told NewsNation’s Leland Vittert. Booker spoke for a record 25 hours and 4 minutes as he railed against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, generating viral moments on social media. “What I saw over the last 25 hours absolutely blew me away,” Luntz admitted, then...