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Joe and Jill Biden traveled to Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday morning. The funeral service for Pope Francis was held at St. Peter’s in Rome on Saturday as world leaders gathered. .... Snip.... At one point, Joe Biden needed assistance walking down the steps. He grabbed Nurse Jill and a priest for dear life as he made his way down the steps. Biden’s death grip on the priest’s arm was something else. WATCH:

With the death of Pope Francis, the attention of the world naturally turns toward the Church, and mostly toward Rome. But this focus on Catholicism should also prod an examination of the massive Catholic shift away from Democrats across America. Specifically, Catholics now overwhelmingly disapprove of the Democratic Party by a massive 25% margin, with only 31% approval and 56% disapproval. Admittedly, political parties are generally not popular with voters. But for context, the Republican Party is only -2% underwater among Catholics, with 44% approval and 46% disapproval. So, by comparison, the Democrats face an absolute crisis collapse among Catholics...

Today, President Emmanuel Macron joining other world leaders at the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome at the Vatican. Mr. Macron and the Pontiff had met each other during the papacy of Francis but when it came to French government policies there were differences. Francis took a swipe at restrictive policies adopted to deal with migrants when he spoke in Marseille in 2023. President Macron's push for assisted death... The controversy over alleged acts of abuse at a Roman Catholic school decades ago is engulfing President Macron's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou... This afternoon from Paris video from "The First Yellow...

News broke this week that the Alice Cooper Band was getting back together to make new music for the first time in more than 50 years, and it didn’t take long for fans to get a taste of the new tunes. The band released its first single, “Black Mamba,” since 1973’s album, “Muscle of Love.” You can see the song below. “It was very much like this was our next album after ‘Muscle of Love,’” Alice Cooper told Billboard of the new music. “Just like, ‘OK, this is the next album.’ Isn’t that funny after 50 years? All of a...

Pro-abortion extremists knew this was coming but frankly they don’t care. A man posted on Reddit asking for advice. He and his girlfriend became pregnant. “We talked for about a week deciding whether to keep the baby or not…” The “not” didn’t mean making an adoption plan for their child. They were in a long-distance relationship, attending separate universities. Their baby was seventeen weeks along, yet they chose the chemical abortion pill. This was an illegal abortion, far beyond the FDA guidelines. The young man’s girlfriend had to go through the gruesome process alone. In the end they were both...

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NASA updates the UN that it has detected on its radars: "Three unusual heat spots were observed in the Bandar Abbas area. There is concern that an underground nuclear facility in the area may have been damaged."

On Monday Governor Sanders signed a good law to help teach public school students about unborn children. S.B. 450 by Sen. Breanne Davis (R — Russellville) and Rep. Kendra Moore (R — Lincoln) lets public school students see a recording of a high-definition ultrasound video as part of human fetal growth and development education courses. The law also makes it possible for students to learn important facts about how unborn children develop in the womb. Similar legislation has passed in North Dakota, Tennessee, Idaho, and Kansas. With the governor’s signature, S.B. 450 is now Act 915 of 2025. Act 915...

Freeport, New York — At eWorks in Freeport, New York, piles of dusty televisions, personal computers, printers and other old tech are the start of an electronic treasure hunt. "There is a value that would be there," eWorks CEO Mark Wilkins told CBS News. "Maybe it's a small value, but it's our job to really go through that process and evaluate each one of those components." Wilkins' team first tests to see if electronics still work. If not, they are disassembled, because anything with a chip can contain gold, and more than you might think. And it's not just the...

I'm using Duck Duck Go. Tried to download Google but Microsoft (I'm using Windows 10) popup said I was trying to install an app not approved by MS. They want me to go through their store. I'll try something else. Brave? Is that FR approved? Suggestions? thnx

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a pro-life bill protecting the conscience rights of medical professionals like doctors and nurse who don’t want to be forced to participate in abortions. The bill creates conscience protections for doctors who are morally opposed to certain medical practices, including abortion. While Tennessee is one of a couple dozen states with abortion bans that protect the lives of unborn children, abortions can still be done in very limited situations. Also, if the law is ever overturned, pro-life doctors and nurses want to be sure their conscience rights are protected to excuse themselves from abortions...

The steel scandal behind the collapse of Thailand’s State Audit Office (SAO) building has deepened after fresh test results revealed another failure by Chinese manufacturer Xin Ke Yuan Steel — marking the second time its materials have failed to meet Thai industrial standards. Yesterday, April 23, Industry Minister Akanat Promphan confirmed the findings, citing results from the Iron and Steel Institute of Thailand (ISIT). The substandard steel sample was taken from the collapsed SAO building on April 11 and subjected to rigorous testing. “The Chinese company’s SD40T 20-millimetre steel bar failed the mass-per-metre test, consistent with the previous results,” said...

Right To Life UK is calling for an immediate end to the ‘pills by post’ at-home abortion scheme, after a jury was told that one of the UK’s largest abortion providers, MSI Reproductive Choices (previously Marie Stopes) supplied pills through this scheme, which the jury heard were used to end the life of an unborn baby through an abortion at 26 weeks gestation. Right To Life UK is alo calling for a full inquiry into the abortion provider, MSI Reproductive Choices, whom the prosecution told the court had provided the abortion pills that were used for the abortion at 26...

Rodrigues was arrested as part of a broader investigation into an alleged coup plot against the newly-elected President Lula da Silva. The 39-year-old hairdresser apologised for writing "You lost, idiot" on the statue of Justice outside the Supreme Federal Court - an incident dubbed the "lipstick coup". She maintains that she did not take part in any violence. "I went to the protests and I didn't imagine that they would be so turbulent," said Rodrigues. "I have never done anything illegal in my life". Rodrigues' lawyers said that she did not enter any buildings during the riots and acted impulsively...

Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed a bill forcing Colorado taxpayers to fund abortions. Polis signed SB25-183, a recently approved state measure that would allocate a minimum of $1.5 million per year of taxpayer funds to cover elective abortions. With Colorado having abortions up to birth, that means taxpayers will be on the hook for paying for killing viable babies who could easily live outside the womb. And with the $1.5 million figure a minimum, Colorado residents may be forced to pay even more to kill thousands of babies. “One thing pro-life and pro-choice people agree on nationwide is that...

DOGE: While teachers scrape by, union "executives" like Randi Weingarten gorge themselves on salaries nearly eight times higher, raking in close to $600,000 a year. They neither teach a single child nor train a single teacher. They are not educators, they are parasites, draining a system they pretend to serve. ... She also flies in a private jet.

A newly discovered fossil of a four-legged whale in Peru sheds new light on the evolution of whales and their journey across the oceans. ***************************************************************** A fascinating new discovery has been made off the coast of Peru, where paleontologists have unearthed the remains of a previously unknown four-legged whale species. This remarkable find, which was made about 42.6 million years ago during the middle Eocene, is shedding new light on the evolutionary transition of whales from land-dwelling mammals to the aquatic giants we recognize today. As reported in Current Biology, the whale species, named Peregocetus pacificus, was found in the...

COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. — A Columbia County sheriff’s deputy is dead and another hospitalized after a traffic stop turned into a shootout. According to ABC affiliate WJBF, the deputies were performing the traffic stop near Exit 194 on Interstate 20 around 6:30 p.m. WJBF reported that the driver, James Blake Montgomery, opened fire, hitting both deputies, then drove off in a camper or RV. Members of law enforcement told WJBF that the vehicle is currently surrounded and investigators are searching the nearby area for Montgomery. Columbia County investigators told WJBF that the officers had been trying to serve Montgomery with...

Here is the mugshot of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan who was arrested for aiding a violent illegal alien to escape ICE. Please add your label for this mugshot.

Chinese geologists just uncovered a gold deposit so massive, it’s turning heads in the mining world. Early reports hint at billions in untapped value buried deep beneath northeastern soil. Chinese geologists have announced the discovery of a massive gold deposit in the northeastern province of Liaoning, describing it as an “easy to mine” reserve. The site is estimated to contain about 1,000 tonnes of gold, a find that follows closely on the heels of another high-value discovery made just months ago in Hunan province. These back-to-back breakthroughs are credited to China’s advancements in mineral prospecting technology, which researchers say are...