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Ever since I logged on tonight, my computer has been S-L-O-W reacting. I have to wait up to a minute for it to go from one webpage to another. This is not normal behavior. Anyone else experiencing this with Xfinity?

I am sitting in a bar in Sheridan, Wyoming. I can’t help but overhear a conversation about a local suicide that the bartender said was precipitated by a man’s wife leaving him. I am acutely attuned to this because an acquaintance, and now friend, whom I met in a bar in Red Lodge, Montana, told me about the suicide epidemic among men in Montana. It’s not the first time I have heard these kinds of stories. They often involve men going through divorce or separation and sometimes losing not only a marriage but also their daily connection to their children,...

According to TRM Labs, which tracks the industry, digital assets worth more than $6.3bn (£4.7bn) have been taken from Binance by North Korean hackers. This would be the largest cryptocurrency hack to date - and one of the biggest in financial history. Cryptocurrency worth more than $6.3bn (£4.7bn) has been stolen from a major exchange - with one industry insider telling Sky News it is "the largest bank heist in human history". The security exploit targeted Binance, one of the world's biggest platforms for trading digital assets, which said it was establishing the facts with urgency. Deposits and withdrawals were...

In September, a letter apparently showed up in a mailbox in Gum Spring in Goochland County, addressed to “Biscuit Rigsby.” It was from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, who informed Biscuit of good news: “Governor Abigail D. Spanberger has restored your right to vote, to become a notary public, to serve on a jury and to hold public office.” Enclosed was the formal document, signed by the governor, which three times listed Biscuit’s name in bold type. This is the type of letter that goes out to convicted felons who, under Virginia’s constitution, lose certain rights that can only be...

Michigan’s Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers claimed he is ahead by almost seven percent on early-returned ballots, contrary to recent polls which lean in favor of his Democratic opponent Abdul El-Sayed. “We’re actually about seven percent ahead on voters that we believe are voting for us returning their ballots,” Rogers said during an appearance on Fox News. Before mentioning the numbers, Rogers said they are “by our models.” Rogers did not provide any further evidence backing up his claim, which is out of step with recent polling on the race. A recent poll from CNN on Thursday found 49 percent...

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has tapped two high-powered Washington, D.C.-based attorneys who have previously represented elected officials at the highest echelon of American politics. Amid dueling federal investigations — one for immigration fraud and another for financial disclosure discrepancies — the embattled Somali-born lawmaker hired Amy Jeffress and Joshua Matz, according to a CBS report. Both are partners at Hecker Fink LLP. The attorneys have in the past represented Democrat clients and taken on left-leaning cases especially those taking aim at President Donald Trump, his administration and his supporters. Amy Jeffress Jeffress is a former federal prosecutor whose biography says...

On the surface, Uranus looks calm. And yet, we've suspected for a long time that inside there must be something very weird going on. So, in 1986, when NASA was finally able to probe Uranus for the first time with its Voyager 2 mission, what they found was nothing short of incredible. While most people probably think that Uranus is filled with gas, we are now realizing that it's actually full of something massive - a strange combination of forces that appears to defy all logic. And it's taken NASA scientists more than 40 years just to get to the...

On the surface, Uranus looks calm. And yet, we've suspected for a long time that inside there must be something very weird going on. So, in 1986, when NASA was finally able to probe Uranus for the first time with its Voyager 2 mission, what they found was nothing short of incredible. While most people probably think that Uranus is filled with gas, we are now realizing that it's actually full of something massive - a strange combination of forces that appears to defy all logic. And it's taken NASA scientists more than 40 years just to get to the...

**SNIP** A spokeswoman for Omar said she "has repeatedly and unequivocally denied this baseless, disgusting conspiracy theory." But indications that Omar faced scrutiny ten years ago make it harder to characterize this as wild, right-wing conjecture emanating from the blogosphere. "Who ordered [the investigation] closed?" Fox contributor Paul Mauro asked. "Reportedly, both administrations had opened cases into this. We now know how much smoke there is." Omar campaigned for the state legislature in 2016. Her campaign released a letter from the U.S. attorney saying it "wasn’t investigating" nor requesting an inquiry into Omar. So was she cleared? Or does word...

Lulu Garcia-Navarro, hosting CNN, NewsNight, Oct. 30, 2026. Regarding Haley Stevens’ demand that El-Sayed denounce Hasan Piker’s uncle, Cenk Uygur [both Islamic bigots], for [falsely] blaming grocery prices on [Jews] aid to Israel, Stevens graciously gave El-Sayed an opportunity to reject hate, which he refused to do.A. She equated the epidemic of Goliath antisemitism with what the Kamala Harris campaigner Mike Nellis kept talking about and defined as “Islamophobia.” She omitted the serious Muslim Brotherhood questions and denied that El-Sayed’s letter supported the MB.B. She took the time to replay an audio clip of El-Sayed in which he (peddled the...

A Travis County judge has sentenced a 36-year-old man to probation after finding him guilty of manslaughter in the death of Killeen Fire Department Capt. Marvin Taylor III, who was killed in May 2025 when a speeding Dodge Durango slammed into his vehicle in Austin. Rodney Earl Bremby II will serve 10 years of straight probation, along with 403 hours of community service and $535 in fees. Bremby pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony charge and was found guilty of manslaughter, according to The Killeen Daily Herald. Court records cited by the outlet show the plea was entered in Travis...

JD Vance tore into Abdul El-Sayed at a rally in Michigan on Tuesday. JD Vance has laid into Abdul El-Sayed by accusing the Democratic Senate hopeful of spreading "anti-white racial hate, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The veep, 42, used his speech in Michigan as a last-ditch pitch to swing voters, with polls showing the left-wing politician virtually tied with or leading Republican Mike Rogers one week from Election Day

A FEW GOOD WORDS The accuracy of lie detector tests has never been completely decided upon. Although it is inadmissible as evidence in court, even the proponents of lie detector testing agree that it is not always accurate. Among the first lie detectors, considered by some to be the most accurate, was the donkey's tail! That's right, in ancient India, a suspect would be escorted to a darkened room. Only three would be present: the accused, the interrogator, and a donkey. The person being questioned was told that the donkey would bray if his responses were not truthful, and...

Since it's Halloween - here's a story of spacecraft that returned from the grave, spacecraft which died and were abandoned and then somehow, returned from the dead. Well there's also a story about a hacker bringing a spacecraft back to life, with the help of a 'Frankenstein' satellite model assembled after a grave robbing incident.

[Catholic Caucus] 21st-Century Rosary Miracles in South America The two Rosary miracles recounted below occurred in the South American countries of Colombia and Chile, in the early 21st Century.Colombia: On the Verge of War In 2008, Colombia was on the verge of going to war with its neighbors, Ecuador and Venezuela. The cause of the conflict was a raid conducted within Ecuador’s borders by the Colombian military on March 1, 2008, as part of its “Operation Phoenix.” The Colombian government was attempting to eliminate a cell of Marxist terrorists, which strove to destabilize their government and sought immunity from reprisals...

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Fifty-two years after the body of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith was discovered by hunters in Utah, DNA evidence has now confirmed she was a victim of prolific serial killer Ted Bundy. This is the second time this year that investigators have tied Bundy to a murdered Utah teenager—the other being Lisa Ann Aime, who was also murdered in 1974 at 17 years old, just days after Smith. In fact, police and forensic scientists used insights and evidence from Aime’s now-closed case to make the breakthrough on Smith’s case. Melissa Ann Smith Back in April 2026, the Utah State Crime Lab...

SNIP “Tensions are NOT RISING. Profound differences of opinion are,” Feldshuh, 77, wrote via Threads on Friday, October 30, addressing rumors the cast is feuding. “Please do not conflate the two — And none of it will be brought to the set.” SNIP Last month, Adam Brody, who plays a rabbi in the Netflix series, spoke up about the Middle East strife. “I have spoken a lot about it privately. I haven’t spoken much about it publicly,” the “O.C.” alum shared in GQ. “Put me down as thinking it’s a genocide. Put me down as wanting a free Palestine. “It’s...

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31 October 2026 Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time St. Wolfgang Altar, Regensburg CathedralReadings 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 readingPhilippians 1:18-26Life to me is Christ;...