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The University of Maryland's football program is at rock bottom once again, sitting at 2-5 and having just fired head coach Mike Locksley. Attendance is also near the bottom, with their average of 42,264 fans through four home games sitting 15th out of 18 teams in the Big Ten. With the Terrapins in dire straits, the university's athletic department is deciding to lure students in with the promise of giving away one semester's worth of tuition. To win, Maryland students who claim their tickets for Saturday's game against Illinois will need to scan a QR code on the video board...

[Catholic Caucus]Newly Published Letters Refute Vatican Claim That TLM Pilgrimage Failed to Specify Its Request MiL also publishes the text of a June 12 letter to Pope Leo XIV requesting permission to celebrate Mass.(Pilgrims gather in front of the Obelisk to sing the Credo; Photo: Diane Montagna)New letters have emerged concerning the Vatican’s refusal to let the fifteenth annual Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage Ad Petri Sedem enter St. Peter’s Basilica in procession. They confirm reports on the organizers’ Sept. 8 request and directly refute the Vatican’s claim that the request was not specific enough.Today the Italian blog Messainlatino (MiL) published three...

The police chief at Utah Valley University — who has taken the brunt of the blowback over how few campus officers were present when conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed — has stepped down. Jeff Long, who was named UVU’s police chief in November 2024, resigned earlier this month ... Lt. Eric Beveridge has been appointed acting chief while the university conducts a search for a permanent replacement ... will report to Michael Rapich, who was named this week as UVU’s inaugural chief safety officer. That new position is meant to elevate security and emergency preparedness at the...

28 October 2026 Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles FeastSt. Jude the Apostle - Baton Rouge, LAReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).First readingEphesians 2:19-22In Christ you are...

Hennepin County prosecutors on Wednesday said they charged conservative provocateur James O’Keefe and another man with felonies for unlawful voting and identity theft for filming themselves misrepresenting their identities to election judges during the Minnesota Aug. 11 primary. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said they were alerted by the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office that James O'Keefe, Cameron Higby and others were trying to undermine the state's vouching system. Videos posted by O'Keefe’s operation show them wearing burkas outside precincts during the primary. Moriarty said the voter names they used included some residents who were dead and at least one...

Likud is submitting hundreds of testimonies alleging fraud at Arab polling stations • The party cites envelopes holding cash and Ra'am ballots | Right-wing ministers separately demand that all Ra'am votes be disqualified.

The new packaging for Cheerios incorporating Ziploc bags. (Credit: General Mills) ==================================================================================== The question of how long it takes American corporations to give people what they want has been answered. It’s 85 years. General Mills has announced that at long last it will start packaging at least some of its breakfast cereal line, specifically the iconic Cheerios brand which was first introduced in 1941, along with the Honey Nut Cheerios variation, in resealable Ziploc bags. The announcement comes much to the delight of Cheerios aficionados who for decades have employed various methods of repackaging the round delight, a beloved oat-based...

US District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein, a Clinton appointee in the Southern District of New York, passed away at 92. Hellerstein was appointed to the bench in 1998. ""U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, a longtime federal judge in Manhattan who was overseeing the prosecution of deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, died Wednesday morning, according to a court spokesperon," Politico reported. Earlier this year, Maduro was indicted on four counts by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York. Read the indictment here. The grand jury indicted Maduro, his wife, Cilia Flores, and four others on four counts:...

Jonathan Cahn’s new series exposes Marx as not just a (failed) political theorist, but a monster of a man with a love for wickedness personified as well. "As God has snatched from me my all. Nothing but revenge is left to me. I shall build my throne high over head. Cold, tremendous shall its pinnacle be,” said a German youth, according to Jonathan Cahn’s new series, “The Altar of Pergamon.” This same German youth wrote, “I will bring the world to ruins. Then I will wander Godlike and victorious through the ruins of the world. I will feel equal to...

Dolores Huerta, the far-left civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez and honorary chair of the Democratic Socialists of America has died. Huerta was 96 years old. Dolores Huerta came up with the farmworker chant, "Si, se puede!" "We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved mother, Dolores Huerta, has passed away today at the age of 96," a post from the Dolores Huerta Foundation read. "As you can imagine, this is an incredibly difficult time for us, and we ask for privacy as we grieve this incredible loss to our family," the statement...

LANSING, MI — Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed sought to reassure nervous Jewish citizens that if they vote for him, he will kill them last. El-Sayed estimated that it will take him about one year to murder all of the Jews in Michigan, so a vote for him could give Jewish residents the chance at a whole extra year of life. "I solemnly vow that I will put you at the bottom of my kill list," said El-Sayed, speaking at a local synagogue. "You and your family will be absolutely safe until it is your turn for me to kill...

27 October 2026 Tuesday of week 30 in Ordinary Time St Frumentius, Via Cavriglia, RomeReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingEphesians 5:21-33Give way to one another...

SummaryMore than $29 billion would go to replace expended munitions, Pentagon data obtained by Reuters showsMore than $6 billion would be needed from ​Congress for equipment and platform lossesLatest estimate compares with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's July estimate ‌of $37.5 billionWASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The US military has spent over $47 billion so far to prosecute the war in Iran, more than 25% higher than the Defense Department's estimate in July, according to Pentagon data obtained by Reuters.The Pentagon did not immediately ​respond to a request for comment on its estimate, which has not been shared publicly. The disclosure...

LaLiga president Javier Tebas has met with China's Ambassador to Spain, Yao Jing, to "find solutions" to the Kylian Mbappé alleged dictator comment. Comments made by the Real Madrid striker regarding a "meme" comparing him to Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic of China, sparked controversy in the Asian country. EFE reported that Chinese state broadcaster CCTV suspended evening broadcasts of LaLiga matches and any games involving Mbappé. "Today I held a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Spain to discuss the situation arising from Kylian Mbappé's comments and to seek solutions to move past this incident," Tebas...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican warns of ‘extremism’ in faithful who ‘raise issue of’ Communion in hand Receiving Communion on the tongue is important in part because the priest’s hands alone are consecrated to touch the Eucharist.The Vatican has warned of “extremism” by those who “raise the issue” of receiving Communion in the hand and standing or kneeling.In a summary of an ad limina visit of the Episcopal Conference of Panama at the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the dicastery, led by Cardinal Arthur Roche, listed topics discussed during the meeting.On the subject of the liturgy, the...

Beloved, what’s going on in Europe at present? Michelle Bachmann gives full insight! What about America? We are not too far behind! So many Americans are absolutely clueless! Without the Word of God and the Holy Spirit’s teaching we will be in the dark! Awake children of Light! Awake! Eph. 5:15-20! Be sure to check out this 40 minute YouTube video! The Day of the Lord is at hand! Maranatha 🙌☝️

Islamic bigot Cenk Uygur’s attack on Israel in the context of the El-Sayed ad raises serious reminds about a resurgent antisemitic double standards. Pretending Israel isn’t fighting for its survival against armed groups backed by Iran and other hostile forces is a gross distortion of reality. Blaming Jews—or singling out aid to Israel as the culprit behind grocery prices—echoes a long and ugly history of antisemitic scapegoating. Foreign aid to any country is not a direct explanation for rising grocery bills, and isolating Israel for special condemnation demands scrutiny. When Israel alone is singled out, while its security threats are...

Precipitation monitors recorded more than seven times normal rainfall in parts of southeastern Utah over the past month, driving a dramatic rise in Lake Powell and transforming the San Juan River. ... SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A month of extraordinary rainfall across southeastern Utah has sent water pouring into Lake Powell, lifting the reservoir's elevation by nearly 10 feet and turning the normally placid San Juan River into a raging torrent. Precipitation monitors in Bluff and at the Hans Flat Ranger Station tell the story. While southwestern and northern Utah received about twice their normal precipitation over the last...

New York City's socialist experiment is going great. So great, in fact, that the city's comptroller, Mark Levine, is sounding the alarm after 30,000 private-sector jobs left the city in just two months. Levine calls the trend "concerning."Here's more:Private-sector employment dropped by 23,000 in September after losing 7,400 jobs in August — with gigs in finance and tourism leading the private sector in declines, according to a new report by City Comptroller Mark Levine’s office.“Despite a relatively strong tourism season, Leisure & Hospitality employment fell 7,700 in September alone and is down 17,000 jobs over the past year,” Levine wrote,...

Baiju Bhatt, the billionaire co-founder of Robinhood. A Billionaire Just Unveiled His SpaceX Rival... And the Internet Has THOUGHTS | 10:48 Ellie in Space | 232K subscribers | 2,069 views | October 28, 2026