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Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @DrewPavlou The Church of England partnered with “Punjabi, black and brown diaspora, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ groups” to produce the graffiti covering the interior of Canterbury Cathedral. A metaphor for modern Britain. Pissing on the ruins of a beautiful civilisation

Yet another slate of college football came and went this weekend, and it was pretty brutal for some of the nation's most notable programs. The preseason's No. 1 and 2 teams—Texas and Penn State—both fell out of the AP Top 25 rankings after losses to Florida and UCLA. Elsewhere, Bill Belichick and UNC were once again embarrassed to start ACC play, Kalen DeBoer seemingly has Alabama back on track thanks to a comfortable win over Vanderbilt, and the Miami Hurricanes have jumped back into the top two after taking down Florida State in Tallahassee.

Mutha Trucker, a YouTube news source covering the trucking industry has reported that Montgomery Transport LLC, a Birmingham, Alabama-based trucking company, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and ceased operations effective immediately. 1000 employees out of work as trucker files for bankruptcy The sudden shutdown has left hundreds of drivers stranded across America as the company’s leadership instructed them to halt operations. This abrupt closure represents a significant disruption in the trucking industry and has created immediate challenges for both drivers and clients dependent on Montgomery’s freight services. Details of the Bankruptcy Filing The company officially announced its Chapter 7 bankruptcy...

Three activists stripped to their underwear during a Maine school board meeting this week in protest of the district’s policy allowing trans athletes to compete in women’s sports. The morally-tinged burlesque show, spearheaded by local activist Nick Blanchard, unfolded in Augusta on Wednesday in front of the city’s school board members, according to the outlet Central Maine. Two women and a man slowly and perfunctorily took off their clothes at the close of Augusta School Department meeting as Blanchard, who goes by the name “Corn Pop,” delivered an impassioned monologue. “I’m about to show you guys how uncomfortable it is...

A woman has been accused of using dating apps to meet men and then burglarize their homes, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Adva Lavie is wanted for a string of burglaries in which she allegedly targeted older men, posing as a romantic companion on virtual dating platforms and social media, according to officials. She is also known to use the aliases Mia Ventura, Shoshana or Shana, according to officials.

The Trump administration revealed in a court filing that more than 4,000 federal workers were fired Friday as a result of the ongoing partial government shutdown. The mass layoffs will affect government workers in at least seven Cabinet-level agencies, according to the document filed in the District Court for the Northern District of California, where federal employee labor unions are suing to stop the Trump administration from downsizing amid the lapse in federal funding. The bulk of the layoffs took place at the Treasury Department and the Department of Health and Human Services, where approximately 1,446 employees and up to...

Indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James repeatedly listed her Virginia home as an “investment” property in financial disclosure forms – despite allegedly making false claims to a bank to obtain a favorable loan that barred her from using the house as a rental. The three bedroom Norfolk, Va., home James purchased in August of 2020 – named in Thursday’s federal grand jury indictment – is listed in the “real estate” section of James’ 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 disclosures to the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government as an “investment,” valued at between “$100,000 to...

“After the two days He went forth from there into Galilee. For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast. Therefore He came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and...

Of major assassinations in the past 65 years, JFK, RFK, Lee Harvey Oswald & Charlie Kirk were executed in the presence of large numbers of witnesses or with significant, direct media coverage of the assassinations. The question, perhaps unanswerable, is, is there a message or effect intended here, with the high public exposure in those cases? Jeffrey Epstein and, strangely, MLK, were either "suicided" or outright assassinated in a relatively confined environment, in the absence of a high number or witness or with only limited media exposure of the actual killings. The determining issue about Epstein's secretive "suiciding" seems obvious....

Sir Tony Blair met with Jeffrey Epstein in Downing Street while still prime minister, following lobbying by Lord Peter Mandelson, the BBC has confirmed. A memo written by senior civil servant Matthew Rycroft, dated 14 May 2002, briefs Sir Tony about "super-rich" financial adviser Epstein ahead of a meeting scheduled at 17.00 GMT that day. The meeting was six years before Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor in June 2008. A spokesperson for Sir Tony said: "As far as he can remember, Mr Blair met with him for less than 30 minutes in Downing Street in 2002,...

After two decades treating heart disease, clogged arteries, and metabolic dysfunction, I began to notice a pattern. Many of my patients thought they were doing everything right — like exercising regularly and managing stress — yet they still ended up in my office with serious cardiovascular issues. The common thread? Everyday food choices. Some of the most harmful foods in the American diet don't come with warning labels. Instead, they're marketed as "heart smart," "plant-based," or "low-fat." But behind the buzzwords are ingredients that fuel inflammation, spike blood sugar, and quietly damage your arteries over time. As a cardiologist, there...

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A powerful storm off the East Coast with tropical winds and rains could develop into a nor’easter over the weekend into Monday. It’s forecast to bring heavy rain, gusty winds, rough surf and coastal flooding. The coast from North Carolina to near New York City will be significantly impacted, according to AccuWeather. On Friday afternoon, New Jersey declared a state of emergency ahead of the dangerous storm. The Staten Island Half Marathon, scheduled for Sunday, has also been canceled due to the storm. “A coastal low is expected to develop off the Southeast U.S. Coast early Saturday and strengthen through...

Mayor Brandon Johnson issued an executive order "banning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from entering any city property to enforce federal laws against illegal immigration. This includes streets and parking lots. Further, City Police are instructed to ignore any 911 calls from ICE personnel being attacked by protesters." Gov. JB Pritzker hailed this "strong response to the federal invasion of Chicago and our state. In support of Mayor Johnson I have filed a lawsuit seeking a court injunction to prevent Trump from using National Guard troops to fight crime in our state. We going to use every lever at...

A Democrat-led bid to force through a bill to pay the military during the government shutdown was blocked in the House on Friday. Democrats and some Republicans have been demanding a House vote on ensuring U.S. troops do not miss their coming Oct. 15 paycheck or any others as the government shutdown barrels into a third week. But GOP leaders have largely dismissed the request, panning it as a Democrat bid to save face after rejecting Republicans' funding bill that would have kept the military and other federal workers paid. Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Md., attempted to ask for unanimous consent...

Top of 15th inning in Seattle...Game 5...Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners...Winner will play Toronto Blue Jays...For the American League Championship... It is a long game...It is not on cable...It is on regular Fox channel...

(10-8-25) Massillon Washington (Ohio) and Cardinal Ritter (Missouri) football players scuffled during the handshake line at the end of the game leading to Massillon Police pepper spraying players from the Missouri school. The incident took place after Massillon Washington had just beat Cardinal Ritter 28-14. Cardinal Ritter College Prep President Tamiko Armestead said- “We are still working toward a satisfactory resolution to the absolutely unacceptable incident that happened at the high school football game in Massillon, OH, in which numerous Cardinal Ritter students and coaching staff were maced by police after the game.” “Neither the school where the game took...

The U.S. State Department issued a revised travel advisory pertaining to the Republic of the Maldives Oct. 7. "Exercise increased caution in [the Maldives] due to terrorism," the Level 2 travel warning notes. The advisory indicates that "terrorist groups may attack with little or no warning." Tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets, shopping malls and local government facilities are listed as possible targets. Officials warn that attacks may also occur on remote islands, lengthening the response time of authorities in the event of an emergency. Travelers who have trips planned are encouraged to monitor local and breaking news. While in the...

Everywhere I go, people ask me: What can we do about all the farms we’re losing?The truth is, our local farms cannot survive without us. Supporting them isn’t optional—it’s essential. Go to farm-to-table dinners. Visit your farmers’ market. Buy a meat box or a CSA (community supported agriculture) share. Drive out to the farm. Use farms as venues for weddings, baby showers, or birthday parties. Every single action matters.But let me be honest: individual support alone, while necessary, is not enough. Please don’t take that as an excuse not to support—that is still the most critical piece of the puzzle....

If there are two issues that dominate America’s online discourse, they’re the soaring cost of housing and the even steeper price of staying healthy.The U.S. pours almost $13,000 per person into healthcare, yet average life expectancy is below nearly every other high-income nation.It’s a study of contrasts.As Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao notes, the country boasts of state of the art facilities and cutting edge research, while nearly 10% of Americans can’t afford healthcare.This number comes from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data that lists the share of surveyed adults who skipped seeing a...