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‘Significant casualties and damage are likely,’ according to the US Geological Survey. What we know so far • A 7.4 magnitude earthquake was recorded Monday in western Colombia, according to the US Geological Survey. • The epicenter was located in San José del Palmar, in the department of Chocó, about 280 kilometers (or about 173 miles) west of Bogotá. The tremor was felt strongly in the nation’s capital — alarms sounded, and in many buildings people evacuated to the streets as a precaution. • The governor of Colombia’s northwestern area of Chocó confirmed “there are injured people and severe damage...

[Catholic Caucus] Texas Bishop Expands Latin MassBishop Michael Sis of San Angelo, West Texas, will expand access to the traditional Latin Mass with a new monthly celebration at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Midland, beginning August 30.Rev. Ryan Rojo, the diocese’s Vocations Director and Director of Seminarians, announced the development on X.com.The Mass will be celebrated on the last Sunday of each month at 3 p.m.Rev. Rojo promised that this is “just a beginning”: “The diocese discerns a path forward to provide for our people.”He added that other diocesan priests will learn to celebrate the Roman rite in the coming...

I ask for your patience, this is an experiment. This is an AI summary of a video that Jay Martin released yesterday so that you don't have to spend 25 minutes watching the video, which I recommend but which few of you would bother doing. I firmly believe that we are heading down a perilous economic path that few here have an understanding of. Executive Briefing: 2008 vs 2026 — The Same Dominoes Are Falling1. Executive Summary & Core Thesis• High-Level Overview: This briefing provides a detailed structural breakdown comparing the subprime mortgage mechanics of the 2008 Financial Crisis with...

The Senate can institute a rule that once a month, the citizen constituents of each state will be able to vote electronically on whether they wish to retain or dismiss their senator. It’s that the possibility of removal changes behavior long before Election Day.

President Donald Trump is expected to be in northeast Ohio on Tuesday, Aug. 11 for the final day of the Patriot Games. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted to X on Sunday: “President Trump looks forward to attending the Patriot Games in Ohio on Tuesday as we continue to celebrate 250 years of American greatness!” The Patriot Games are a national youth sports competition organized as part of the nation’s 250th birthday celebration. According to a media release, the games are designed to “highlight the next generation.” “The competition will include rounds that test excellence in skillsets of beloved...

A new poll puts the AfD on course for a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt, while the CDU may need support from other parties to prevent an AfD government. The right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has surged to a record 42% in a new poll in Saxony-Anhalt, putting the party 20 percentage points ahead of the governing centre-right CDU just four weeks before the state election. The Insa survey, published on Monday, August 10th, puts the AfD up one percentage point from its previous result, while the CDU of Prime Minister Sven Schulze has fallen two points to 22%. Insa chief...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejected President Donald Trump’s 15-point Gaza peace plan on Sunday, declaring that Israeli forces will not withdraw from the territory until Hamas has been “genuinely” disarmed. “Israel rejects the 15-point document,” Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting, dealing another setback to the U.S.-backed effort to end the war in Gaza. כל עוד אני ראש ממשלה, לא תקום מדינה פלסטינית – לא בעזה ולא ביו"ש. לא פת״חסטאן ולא חמאסטאן. pic.twitter.com/C1W8BIjckQ — Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) August 10, 2026 The Israeli military “will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed and will...

AUSTIN, Texas - An immigration enforcement operation unfolded directly outside Austin City Hall on Thursday morning, interrupting a city budget meeting and drawing sharp condemnation from local officials and community advocates. The backstory: Texas DPS said on Friday, August 7, around 9:30 a.m., troopers initiated a traffic stop at the intersection of César Chávez and Guadalupe Streets. The driver they pulled over was driving the wrong way down a one-way street. "The troopers on scene were federally certified Designated Immigration Officers under Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. After determining the driver lacked proper identification and that all...

A man living as a woman in Michigan may soon become the state’s first transgender lawmaker after winning the Democrat Primary in House District 2 on Tuesday.Joanna Whaley, who took 56 percent of the vote against Frank Liberati who received 34 percent, will face Ron Kokinda (R) in the November general election, the Advocate reported Wednesday.“House District 2 is currently represented by Tullio Liberati, Frank Liberati’s brother. Whaley was one of two transgender candidates running for a Michigan state House seat this year. The other, Toni Mua, lost the Democratic primary in state House District 9,” the article read. “Whaley...

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) has been desperate for attention throughout most of its 30-year history. Caitlin Clark has been trying to change that for a couple of years, but she's out of step with the league's victimhood mentality. Rather than celebrate the winning lottery ticket that Clark represents, most of the rest of the league seems to be trying to run her off or prematurely end her career by injuring her. There's been an interesting by-product to the WNBA's lousy treatment of Clark: the rise to fame of her teammate Sophie Cunningham. Cunningham hit the spotlight in grand...

Argentina’s President Javier Milei continues to govern in ways that conservatives in America can only dream of. Now he’s come up with a new proposal that the U.S. would do well to copy. When Milei came into office, he promised to slash government spending, balance the budget, embrace free trade, deregulate the economy, and get hyperinflation under control. (“Experts” such as Paul Krugman said it would end in disaster.) Milei’s lived up to his promises. Month-over-month inflation was running at 25% when he took office; it’s below 2% now. Argentina ran a budget surplus in 2024, the first time...

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Republican Party is suing to keep the America First Party off the November ballot. The GOP lawsuit asks Lancaster District Court Judge Darla Ideus to overrule Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen’s decision not to intervene with the party’s creation, declare that the party’s language is meant to confuse voters and therefore breaks state law, and stop the party from being officially recognized. The lawsuit argues that Omaha Tribe Attorney General John Cartier, the sponsor for the America First Party, “dressed up” the party with “conservative talking points: cracking down on illegal immigration, defending the Second...

It’s an ill wind that is blowing in the Democratic Party’s direction. At the beginning of the year — with President Donald Trump’s approval ratings in steady decline — it was conventional wisdom that Democrats would take control of Congress in November and spend the next two years pursuing, among other things, the president’s impeachment. Then, with the war in Iran further testing Trump’s support, a Democratic win in November became even more certain. But dramatic events can change things, and the growing dominance of the Democratic Party by Democratic socialist candidates is a phenomenon that could be a game-changer....

A female homeowner who allegedly kidnapped, chained and padlocked an intruder before taking a baseball bat to his suspected accomplices is an NDIS support worker. Kylee Barbette Robinson, 52, allegedly found a thief in her shed at her home in Raymond Terrace, north of Newcastle, NSW, and attacked him with the baseball bat. She is then accused of tying him up by the neck with a padlock and chain before ordering him to take her to other items that had already been stolen from her.

Representatives of the largest American artificial intelligence laboratories met in the White House on August 4. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta were called in to review a framework, recently completed and largely classified, that would give the government 30 days to review AI models before the public sees them and test how well they break into computers. Participation is voluntary, but the timing is not. Twice in two weeks, AI systems built to test how well they could break into computers broke into real companies instead. On July 21, OpenAI admitted that two of its programs, locked in what was...

A court temporarily blocked an anti-voting measure from happening in a red-leaning California county where it would have imposed restrictive voter ID rules and stopped early voting. The new election policies, called Measure B, were passed by Shasta County voters in June. The measure would have also eliminated mail voting, required hand-counting ballots and created a separate voter registration system disconnected from the state’s voter rolls. In granting a preliminary injunction to halt the initiatives, Shasta County Superior Court Judge Benjamin Hanna said most of them violated state law. “Measure B seeks to create a whole new electoral system that...

Taylor Farms, the agricultural giant whose lettuce has been linked to the deadly cyclospora outbreak, is recalling several prepared products made with jalapeño amid a salmonella outbreak linked to the peppers. The products, which include pico de gallo salsa and guacamole, were distributed to national retailers, including Walmart and Target, in 26 states, the company said in a statement on Sunday. Taylor Farms said it isn't aware of any reported illnesses linked to the products. Taylor Farms said it voluntarily recalled the prepared foods after Coast Citrus Distributors, which had provided the company with its peppers, recalled its fresh jalapeño...

Piker demands moderates be purged as Democratic Socialists of America candidates flood the party's ranks. Hasan Piker, a close ally of Abdul El-Sayed, is calling for "Marxist-Leninist" punishment for those who criticize Michigan’s Democratic Senatorial candidate. As radicals and antisemites like Piker flood the Democratic Party, establishment figures are struggling to justify their alliance with extremist candidates. Ironically, Democrats are now fulfilling the false narrative that they used against President Donald Trump after the Charlottesville protests. They are maintaining that there are "many fine people" in the Democratic Socialists of America party, despite its leaders seeking to destroy our constitutional...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (8/10/26)[Prayer]Personalities2 Samuel 2:1-7 David Anointed King Over Judah 2 In the course of time, David inquired of the Lord. “Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” he asked. The Lord said, “Go up.” David asked, “Where shall I go?” “To Hebron,” the Lord answered. 2 So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 3 David also took the men who were with him, each with his family, and they settled in Hebron and its towns. 4 Then the...

10 August 2026 Saint Laurence, Deacon, Martyr Feast St. Lawrence, Lafayette IN Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).First reading2 Corinthians 9:6-10God loves a cheerful giverDo not forget: thin sowing means thin reaping; the more you sow, the more you reap. Each one should give what he has decided in his own mind, not grudgingly or because he is made to, for God loves a cheerful giver. And there is no limit to the blessings which God can send you – he will make sure that you will always have all you need for yourselves in every possible circumstance,...