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New York was a picture of pandemonium on Saturday night as the city's rowdy NBA Championship celebrations culminated in police officers tackling manic fans as they clambered on top of cop cars and school buses. Thousands of the Big Apple's raucous citizens invaded the streets to celebrate the Knicks' first NBA Championship in 53 years. The Knicks completed a fairytale playoffs with the ultimate prize as they produced another epic comeback on the road to beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in a dramatic Game 5 in front of a star-studded crowd that included even Prince Harry. The Knicks won...

Daily Readings from the USCCBEleventh Sunday in Ordinary TimeAt the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9:36As Jesus went “to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness” (Matthew 9:35), He was moved with deep compassion for the crowds. The Greek verb splagchnizomai is often translated as “moved with pity” or “moved with compassion.” It appears twelve times in the Gospels—eight times describing Jesus’ own compassion and four times...

Newsdump Alert: US President Donald Trump Announces Mid-Day Saturday The Sunday Signing Of An Agreement... Newsdump Alert: Five Killed In Latest Israeli Attacks In Southern Lebanon... Newsdump Alert: Tanker Hit By Projectile In Strait Of Hormuz Near Oman... "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" John 3:16 NIV Bible... The "China War Update"... Shades of 1940 with Japan this week three major Chinese businesses getting the target painted on them by the US "Department of War" we had that back in...

Several demonstrators gathered outside a small Iowa church Sunday to protest a sign declaring, “Ditch Pride. Embrace Humility!” But the church’s pastor says the message was not intended to target anyone or spread hatred. The demonstration took place outside Fort Des Moines Church of Christ in Des Moines... Despite the tensions, Demastus said several members of the congregation brought doughnuts to the protesters, who accepted them. He also said the church prayed for the demonstrators during its worship service.

The New York Knicks are NBA champions. In a Game 5 of the NBA Finals Saturday night that looked much like the previous four, the San Antonio Spurs took a double-digit lead in the first quarter. But like in three of the previous four games, the Knicks rallied — this time from a 16-point deficit — to secure a 94-90 Game 5 win and a 4-1 series victory in the NBA Finals. Jalen Brunson led the way with a legacy-securing 45-point effort as New York’s only reliable source of offense on a night in which both teams struggled from the...

[Catholic Caucus] Women’s group approved by German bishops demands abortions in Catholic hospitalsThe Catholic Women’s Association of Germany demanded access to abortion in Catholic institutions as a matter of ‘physical and mental health of those with unwanted pregnancies.’The Catholic Women’s Association of Germany (kfd) has demanded that abortion be carried out in Catholic hospitals.The kfd adopted a position paper, titled “Between the Protection of Life and Self-Determination: Positions and Perspectives of the kfd on Section 218 of the German Criminal Code,” at its assembly in Mainz last weekend.The document states: “The kfd demands that abortions must also be available in...

What is it with law professors that they come up with the worst takes on X? And then they end up pumping out attorneys like Jasmine Crockett. W. Burlette Carter claims that convicted murderer Karmelo Anthony is entitled to a new trial because he is entitled to a jury of his peers. What would be a jury of his peers? Black teens who provoke and then stab white teens to death? She goes on and on, adding that Anthony's court-appointed lawyer (because he claimed he was indigent after raising $600,000 on GiveSendGo) "also seemed unable to appreciate and counter the...

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods had zero patience for media games Thursday when a reporter tried to hijack a press conference about a major child predator sting to ask about an unrelated Florida Highway Patrol lawsuit. The press conference was called to announce the results of “Operation Bad Habits,” a six-day undercover operation conducted in early June that resulted in 58 child predators being taken off the streets, the largest such sting in Marion County history. Detectives posed online as children ranging from 7 to 15 years old (and sometimes as parents) to lure sickos looking to meet kids for...

While most news reports have focused trivially on Elon Musk’s status as the first trillionaire resulting from SpaceX’s successful initial public offering (IPO) last week, the real story of that IPO has to do with SpaceX itself and how that company’s extremely bright future is going to change human history. Let me run some numbers.

On Dec 31 2020, a line was drawn under half a decade of political turmoil and deep societal division, as the UK formally stepped away from the European Union. Britain was now free to pave its own way. Immigration, which for years has been largely dictated from Brussels, could start to fall to levels promised by consecutive Conservative governments. Instead, the new year would mark the start of the single greatest mass movement of people to the UK in history. Between 2021 and 2024, some 4.2 million people entered the country as the UK opened its doors to hundreds of...

Girl said she pulled hatchet and knife after male migrant pushed her and told her, ‘Come here sexy. I will show you how to have a good time’. Migrant attempted to accuse girls of racism, saying they called him an 'f****** migrant,' which the court rejected and said was warranted due to his behavior. A court in Scotland this week convicted two migrants of attacking a group of girls last August, prompting one of the girls to brandish a hatchet and a dagger to ward off the attackers in a video that went viral.At the time, the 12-year-old girl in...

If Roseanne proved that the left will stop at nothing to pull a sitcom star off the air over political views, Tim Allen continues to demonstrate that it’s possible to avoid that fate. Not only has he enjoyed recent success as the lead in “Shifting Gears,” he’s also been at the center of talks about a reboot of his classic series “Home Improvement.” That project has been stalled lately, though, and the right-leaning funnyman addressed the issue for fans who are looking forward to new episodes of the ‘90s sitcom. As the Daily Wire reported: “They keep talking about how...

By Dr. John BergsmaOne of the more memorable events of my childhood was the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, when I was 10 years old. My family watched it on TV. Even though we were Americans, political heirs of a bloody revolution that kicked the hated British and their Redcoats off the American continent roughly 200 years previously, nonetheless we, along with millions of our compatriots, were still absolutely fascinated with the pomp and trappings of the British royalty. A total of 750 million people tuned in worldwide. Even American girls grow up wanting to...

Reactions to Oct 7 genocidal Islamic Palestinian onslaught: radical left, "Palestinian," so-called "pro palestine" activism, neo-Nazis and Islamic.Most notable are those who have since hurled the genocide slur at the very people defending themselves against the genocidal Hamas regime in Gaza.Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank Celebrate on October 7. Oct 29, 2023. https://www.memri.org/tv/palestinians-gaza-west-bank-celebrate-october-seven-massacre-hand-out-sweets-fire-guns Palestinians in West Bank city of Nablus celebrate Hamas infiltration operation into Israel. AP Archive. Oct 12, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxMzV0MMmKE Al-Jazeera Praises Hamas Attack. MEMRI. Oct 17, 2023. https://www.memri.org/reports/presenters-reporters-qatars-al-jazeera-praise-hamas-attack-celebrate-israels-disaster Pro-Hamas extremists and neo-Nazis flood social media with calls for violence. Law enforcement officials are concerned about attacks...

The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help in locating the person who donated a real human skull to the Jericho Ministries Thrift Store in Brooksville, Florida, last month. Corporal Michael Terry said that while the Sheriff's Department is looking for answers, it does not suspect criminal activity, telling the Hernando Sun, Nothing criminal in nature. We just want to ensure the people who donated realized it was a real skull, not a prop. [We're] thinking it might have been passed down by a family member. Even with that caveat, I don't think the person who donated...

MAKING ASSUMPTIONS A story making the rounds this past week told of a policeman who was heading home after a long, hard day on patrol. He had dealt with a whole succession of difficult people, and a mountain of frustrating paperwork. All he wanted at this point was to kick back, unwind, enjoy some peace and quiet, and maybe watch a few innings of baseball on TV. But, as he neared home, he was startled by a vehicle that came careening around a sharp curve and narrowly missed his squad car. As the car passed within a few inches...

A federal judge appointed by Barack Obama is facing calls for impeachment after an investigation found she engaged in sexual activity with a high-ranking Atlanta police officer inside her courthouse chambers during business hours, loud enough for her law clerks to hear through the walls on multiple occasions. U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross of the Northern District of Georgia has been accused of carrying on an extramarital affair with Atlanta Police Deputy Chief Kelley Collier. . . The investigation also found that she attended a partisan political event, which violated judicial conduct rules.

The UK is on a path towards the “poisonous” politics of the US under the current Labour leadership, Andy Burnham has said. Discourse is becoming more polarised and “communities don’t work together any more”, he said during a campaign speech. The Greater Manchester mayor, who hopes to return to Westminster in next week’s Makerfield by-election, and has made no secret of his Labour leadership ambitions, has been critical of Sir Keir Starmer’s direction. He asked the audience: “Does anyone here feel that we can just stay on the path that we’re on as a country? “It doesn’t feel doable, does...

President Trump announced that a deal to end the war in Iran is scheduled to be signed Sunday, with the Strait of Hormuz opening right away. “The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL,” he posted Saturday on Truth Social. “We look forward to working with Iran, and the entire Middle East, long into the future. Hopefully, this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly,” he added. “If it doesn’t, we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again!” ... Iranian Foreign Ministry...

As the sun sets on a Friday evening, preparations for Shabbat are in full swing in South Brooklyn... Inside one of the few grocery stores still open, a man who left Damascus in the 1990s greets one of his regular customers in Syrian Arabic as a Hebrew song plays in the background. The pair part ways with a “Shabbat Shalom.” These Brooklyn streets—home to the largest Syrian Jewish community outside of Israel, with an estimated 75,000 members—echo the spirit of the once-bustling centers of Jewish life in Damascus and Aleppo. Today, Syria’s historic Jewish quarters are a dimmer scene. Only...