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On his first day out black bear hunting in the Snowy Range Mountains, River Mossberg got his pickup hopelessly stuck and had to hike out to find help. His luck changed the next day, however. He spotted a “5XL”-sized bear and stalked to within 118 yards for a clean rifle shot. His dad and best friend also got large bears, making them some of the most successful hunters so far in Wyoming’s spring bear hunting season. The Allure Of Spot-And-Stalk Hunting There are two methods of hunting bears in Wyoming. Some hunters use bear bait, usually in barrels that are...

Iconic burger chain Carl’s Jr. is under increasing financial pressure from both California’s cost of doing business, $20 minimum wage rules and public safety issues that employees allege are spilling into the workplace. Carl’s Jr. has 588 stores in California as of 2025, but that number declined by 25 from 2023, when it had 613 stores in the state, according to internal franchise documents. Last month, a major franchisee filed for bankruptcy, affecting 11% of operations across the state. The doomed franchisee, Friendly Franchisees Corporation, last month explicitly blamed the state’s relatively new $20 minimum fast-food wage touted by the...

The biggest issue for the Irish community in the United States is a current “sense of vulnerability”, Minister of State for Diaspora Neale Richmond has said. Speaking to RTÉ News during a visit to the US, he said that both those who live legally in the US and those who are undocumented are worried about their own immigration status and that of their neighbors. When asked about increased efforts to arrest and detain migrants, he said people are scared. “They’re not necessarily seeing ICE in their neighborhoods. They’re not necessarily feeling under immediate threat. But between media reports, between the...

In recent days, President Trump’s face has started popping up around New Delhi. His portrait, splashed across the red, white and blue of American flag, from the back of dozens of rickshaws buzzing all over the Indian capital. “Happy Birthday America!” the words read. “250 years old.” The campaign was launched last month by Sergio Gor, the U.S. ambassador to India, who has established a flair for spectacle since he arrived at his post in January. The U.S. Embassy announced the rollout on social media last month, saying “Freedom is on the move … literally!” Dozens, possibly hundreds, of...

At a rally in a car park outside his campaign headquarters in Florence, Kentucky, on Saturday, congressman Thomas Massie said that the Republican politicians who joined him had made a brave choice. "I'm sure they'll be punished for coming here today," he said. It didn't take long for Massie's warning to prove prophetic, as Donald Trump took to Truth Social to make his displeasure known. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who had been barnstorming with Massie all weekend, and Rand Paul, the Kentucky senator who endorsed Massie and shares his unorthodox small-government libertarianism, were "parading around like fools for the...

This video provides a pre-election analysis of the 2026 Republican primary for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District, where incumbent Representative Thomas Massie faces a significant challenge from Donald Trump-endorsed candidate Ed Gallrein (referred to as "Gowrine" in the video). Key takeaways from the analysis: Polling and Betting Markets: The narrator highlights recent polling data and betting market trends showing that while the race was previously closer, momentum has shifted in favor of Ed Gallrein in the days leading up to the election (0:42-1:46, 1:51-2:47). Context of the Race: The video compares this contest to the recent primary loss of long-term Senator...

The twelve apostles included "Bartholomew [Nathanael]" (Matt. 10:3). God knows your heart and will honor your search for truth. Despite Nathanael's prejudice, Jesus knew he was an honest, sincere, Jewish believer in whom there was no religious hypocrisy or deceit (John 1:47). He truly sought after God and looked forward to the Messiah's coming. Most of the Jewish people of Jesus' day believed that every circumcised descendent of Abraham was a true Jew and a beneficiary of the Abrahamic covenant. But in Romans 2:28–29 Paul explains that salvation is an issue of the heart, not of national origin: "He is...

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Two U.S. Navy EA-18G Growlers collided midair during a demonstration at the Gunfighter Skies Air Show in Idaho. In this video, Captain Steeeve breaks down the formation flying involved, what may have happened during the maneuver, and why airshow flying leaves very little margin for error. We’ll analyze the footage, discuss the ejection sequence, and explain how all four crew members survived this terrifying incident.

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Daily Readings from the USCCB“I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours, and everything of mine is yours and everything of yours is mine, and I have been glorified in them.” John 17:9–10Though the Church has traditionally summarized sin under the seven capital sins, sin is also understood to arise from three primary sources: the flesh, the world, and the devil. The “flesh” refers to the disordered desires and passions that stem from our fallen human nature. The “world” signifies the societal values, materialism, and...

INTRODUCTION On April 29, 2026, Sen. Bernie Sanders convened a 75-minute panel in the US Capitol on “the existential threat of AI.” Two of the four panelists were Chinese government affiliates: Zeng Yi, Dean of the Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance, and Xue Lan, a Tsinghua University professor who chairs China’s national AI governance expert committee and serves as a Counsellor of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. From a US Senate platform, Xue called the US-China AI race “an inaccurate narrative” and argued for “safe zones” of cooperation on AI safety. The event was...

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday efforts to combat per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during a roundtable.During the roundtable, the EPA proposed advancing a comprehensive, lifecycle-based strategy to address unsafe levels of PFAS, known as "forever chemicals," in drinking water. As part of the new strategy, RFK Jr. announced nearly $1 billion in new funding to states set to address PFAS in drinking water. "EPA and HHS are addressing PFAS at every stage contamination, exposure to treatment, monitoring and long-term research. Americans want honest science, accountability...

President Donald Trump has called for the Department of Justice to open an investigation into the state of Maryland for sending out mail-in ballots to individuals of the incorrect political party ahead of the state’s closed primary elections. #BREAKING: Trump demands DOJ probe into Maryland voting, allegedly 500,000 illegal mail-in ballots were issued.— Insider Wire (@InsiderWire) May 18, 2026After the mistake, the Maryland Board of Elections made the decision to mail out additional correct ballots despite having no ability to indicate which ballots were originally sent out incorrectly. Elections officials have not publicly released a plan for how to invalidate...

Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down pic.twitter.com/Zes4VRdZxX— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) May 18, 2026

Spencer lays it out for all to see. 1:55 VIDEO AT LINK..............

WEEEEE!Oh, muh gosh, this is going to be so much fun, I can hardly stand the thought.What I especially love about the whole concept is being able to turn the progressive mantra about 'paying your fair share' right on its ear and right back at them. blockquote>Electric car owners could be forced to pay as much as $150 annually under a new tax that is being proposed by bipartisan leaders of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.A new proposed EV fee that will start at $135 annually beginning in October 2026 is included in a new bipartisan draft of...

This week, the new Star Wars picture – the first live action film since 2019’s commercially successful but largely ridiculed Rise of Skywalker – will come out in cinemas. Clunkily entitled The Mandalorian and Grogu, it is a big-screen spin-off of the once-successful and now largely passé Mandalorian series. A lot is riding on its success, and Lucasfilm, now controlled by Dave Filoni, will be very relieved if it is a hit.Unfortunately, audiences don’t seem especially interested. Advance word on it has been mediocre for some time now – the words “feature-length television movie” have been used more than once...