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Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus said to his disciples, “Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to light. Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear.” Mark 4:21–23What guides your life? What influences your decisions? Many are motivated by worldly desires, such as wealth or status. Others seek fulfillment in fleeting pleasures. Some take their inspiration from cultural icons or those deemed successful by society. But...

You know what the common thread is here, but we have a deep dive into the leftist mayhem over Immigration and Customs Enforcement. For some reason, these progressives think the law doesn’t apply to them, their self-righteous disposition being a legal and physical shield from harm. That is precisely wrong, as Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two activists who’ve been shot and killed by immigration officers for interfering in law enforcement actions, have learned. It’s also set the city of Minneapolis on fire. Kevin Bass posted an excellent Twitter thread about these incidents and found that two-thirds of the confrontations...

With the clock ticking down to a potential government shutdown this Friday, Senate Republicans are reportedly considering a move that could leave the southern border wide open to invasion.A group of Republican senators is now openly discussing whether to split the Homeland Security appropriations bill away from a six-bill funding package in order to avert a partial government shutdown that would impact the Pentagon and several other major federal departments, according to The Hill.The six-bill package includes funding for the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, Labor, Education, Transportation, State, and financial services-related agencies.DHS, the very agency responsible for...

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US stocks sank in mid-morning trading on Thursday on a tech-driven selloff as investors came away from megacap tech earnings fretting about AI spending. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) led losses, shedding roughy 2.6% amid an over 10% plunge from Microsoft (MSFT). The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) followed the tech sector down, shedding 1.5% and 0.8%, respectively, following Wednesday's muted performance.

A South Carolina woman who believed she was buying a puppy was ambushed by three brutes who fatally shot her, set her body on fire and left her to burn inside a car on the side of the road.Dana Marie Kinlaw, 40, was lured to a rural road in Effingham, South Carolina, on Jan. 22 when she was allegedly killed by 19-year-old Iryanna Jarissa Fleming and 31-year-old Daquinn Taheen Thomas and Nikko Christopher Carraway, according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office. Officials believe Kinlaw’s death was part of a retaliation murder for a recent killing in neighboring Darlington County, WBMF...

According to a statement released by University College London, a team of researchers led by Simon Parfitt of University College London and London's Natural History Museum reviewed materials unearthed at the Boxgrove Paleolithic site in southern England in 1990. Among the artifacts, the scientists identified a 500,000-year-old tool made of elephant or mammoth bone. The outer layer of elephant bone would have been softer than stone, and yet harder than the bones of other animals. "Elephant bone would have been a rare but highly useful resource, and it's likely this tool was of considerable value," Parfitt said. The age of...

Kristi Noem has been left utterly humiliated as her hard-charging ICE agents were given new rules last night to ignore 'agitators' and only arrest 'criminal' migrants as part of Trump's new deportation agenda. *** Trump appointed Homan to take command of immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Homan is a longtime rival of Noem and her rumored lover, Corey Lewandowski. [Ed. note: gratuitous, superfluous] 'This is common sense cooperation that allows us to draw down the number of people we have here. Yes, I said it. Draw down the number of people here,' Homan told reporters.New guidance for ICE directs agents to...

According to a Live Science report, hafted stone tools dated to as early as 160,000 years ago have been discovered in central China. More than 2,600 stone tools were uncovered at the site of Xigou, and some of them appear to have been attached to a handle or shaft, making them the oldest known composite tools in eastern Asia. Michael Petraglia of Griffith University explained that the use of a handle improved tool performance by allowing the user to increase leverage, and by providing more force for actions such as boring holes. These tools are thought to have been used...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Wednesday that his time as an elected official will permanently end when he finishes his term as governor. “I will never run for an elected office again. Never again,” Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, said in an interview with MS NOW. Walz had said this month that he would not seek re-election as governor — sending shock waves through state and national politics — but he did not go so far as to say he would not consider another elected position down the line. In explaining his decision Wednesday, Walz talked about the...

SciNews reports that a new study of the bones of small animals recovered from Mezhyrich, the Upper Paleolithic site of four mammoth-bone structures in central Ukraine, indicates that at least one of the buildings had been used for more than 400 years. The four structures, made with hundreds of mammoth bones and tusks, range in size from about 130 to 260 square feet. It was not clear if the structures had been used as dwellings, or if they were created as bone beds, food caches, burials, or for religious purposes. Wei Chu of Leiden University and his colleagues dated the...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. – Today, Governor Patrick Morrisey announced that the West Virginia National Guard, the West Virginia State Police, and the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation have received signed Memorandums of Agreement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to participate in the 287(g) Program, enabling designated local officers to perform certain immigration officer functions under ICE’s direction and oversight. “The Biden administration’s border policies allowed millions of people to unlawfully enter our country as massive amounts of deadly fentanyl flowed across the southern border and into West Virginia,” said Governor Morrisey. “We are proud to partner with...

MINNEAPOLIS — The head of a major Twin Cities police union slammed local officials for blocking cooperation between local cops and ICE and Border Patrol agents – saying if they had been involved, “there would be no loss of life.”It comes as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz agreed to have his top cop work with President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan after he rushed to Minneapolis Monday — after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was sidelined.St. Paul Police Federation President Mark Ross blamed state and local officials for the anti-ICE protest violence — saying that if highly trained cops were allowed...

Teenage victims of a sicko teacher at the progressive Saint Ann’s School say he used school resources to obtain nude photographs of the two teens — and sent them across the school during class in an act of “revenge porn,” a new federal lawsuit claims. The two teens — both 13 at the time — bring new details about the convicted sexual predator and former “Jeopardy!” star, Winston Nguyen, who was sentenced to seven years in prison last spring. The lawsuit also claims the school and specific employees failed to investigate Nguyen before his hiring, and retaliated against those who...

Following a month where the trade deficit hit its lowest level since early 2009, it shot up to $56.8 billion, an increase of 94.6% from October...On a year-over-year basis, the deficit through November stood at $839.5 billion, or about 4% higher than the same period in 2024.

Wild video shows a wheel falling off a British Airways flight just after it took off from a Las Vegas airport. Flight BA274 had just taken off from Harry Reid International Airport en route to the UK at around 8:45 p.m. Monday when sparks could be seen flying out of the right landing gear. As the plane started to ascend, it retracted its landing gear — just for one of the wheels to fall off and onto the runway. Despite the scare, the flight continued and “landed safely” at London Heathrow Airport nine hours later, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...

In this exciting episode, Pastor Jack simplifies how we are to view the book of Revelation and how you can’t fully understand the Old Testament without this special and unique book. Revelation unveils how the promises, patterns, and prophecies of the Old Testament find their ultimate fulfillment in Jesus and God’s final restoration of all things. Tune in to this beginner's guide as we look forward to diving deeper into the book of Revelation moving forward. Video is 31:15 long.

Brothers Hamid and Vahid Arzanlou were two well-known entrepreneurs in Iran’s furniture industry who despite their wealth still chose to raise their voices in anti-government protests this month and paid with their lives. During mass killings by security forces in the Tehranpars area east of Tehran on January 9, Hamid Arzanlou was shot in the head and Vahid was shot twice in the neck while trying to save him, according to sources close to the family. Both brothers later died from their wounds. At their funeral, a third brother Kiomars Arzanlou asked mourners to clap if they believed his brothers...

SPOKANE, Wash. - 18-year-old Brenna Doyle, accused of sending threatening voicemails to a Minneapolis FBI Agent, appeared in Federal Court Wednesday for a detention hearing. (snip) According to court documents, on January 14 FBI agents in Minneapolis were called to a shooting scene. While investigating, a large group of protestors entered the area, prompting FBI agents to leave on foot and abandon two vehicles. Court documents allege these vehicles were later vandalized, and personal information of several FBI agents was discovered inside. Court documents state that this information was posted on social media. Doyle, a Spokane resident, allegedly accessed this...

New video appears to show Alex Pretti spitting at federal agents and damaging a government SUV days before he was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis.