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VIENNA (AP) — A woman in Austria was found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19 in 2021, her second pandemic-related conviction in a year, according to local media. A judge sentenced the 54-year-old on Thursday to four months’ suspended imprisonment and an 800-euro fine ($886.75) for grossly negligent homicide. The victim, who was also a cancer patient, died of pneumonia that was caused by the coronavirus, according to Austrian news agency APA. A virological report showed that the virus DNA matched both the deceased and the 54-year-old woman, proving that the defendant “almost 100 percent” transmitted it, an...

At least four people are believed to have been killed and about 30 others injured in a shooting at Apalachee High School in northern Georgia Wednesday morning, according to a report. A suspect – who is of student age – is in custody, the sources said. “I have directed all available state resources to respond to the incident at Apalachee High School and urge all Georgians to join my family in praying for the safety of those in our classrooms, both in Barrow County and across the state,” Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said. A neighbor of an Apalachee High School...

Former President Barack Obama made it abundantly clear during his DNC speech Tuesday evening that former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, is living rent free in his head, going on and on about him in his divisive diatribe before later suggesting that it is the political right that lacks tolerance. Obama opened up his speech by praising President Joe Biden, whom he identified as a friend. But it did not take long for the 44th president to devolve into a long attack on Trump, perhaps signaling that he is truly concerned there could be a second Trump...

The Honenu organization sent a rushed request to the Israel Police Force on Wednesday demanding it oversee the release of the 14-year-old terrorist who stabbed Moriah Cohen in the Shimon Hatzaddik (Sheikh Jarrah) neighborhood in Jerusalem in December 2021. The request comes after the publication of the list of prisoners who are expected to be released as part of the deal to release the hostages, in which the terrorist's name appears. The letter sent by Cohen's lawyer, Adv. Ofer Steiner from Honenu demands the assurance that the terrorist will not be released until steps are taken to protect the family,...

New video footage shows the moment a white neighbor unleashes his garden hose on guests at a Queens dinner party as the mostly black revelers scatter for cover in what they claim was a deliberate attempt to make them feel like “less than” animals. The footage — released Wednesday night by attorneys for the partygoers — opens with surprised attendees wiping their faces from the initial spray of water and laughing while enjoying a surprise party for Rosevony Duroseau at her Forest Hills home on Sept. 17, 2022. Neighbor Marcus Rosebrock allegedly began his aquatic attack by lightly spritzing the...

An 8-year-old girl riding a scooter outside her home in Chicago was shot dead Saturday by an aggravated neighbor who had complained about neighborhood kids making noise. The girl, identified as Sarabi Medina, was on her scooter heading home from an ice cream truck at about 9:40 p.m. when the gunman ran over from his apartment across the street and shot her in the head, WGNTV reported. The gunman was then tackled by the girl’s father, who witnessed the shooting, according to a witness report obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times. The gunman was shot above his left eye and his...

A Louisiana man allegedly shot a 14-year-old girl in the back of the head as she played hide-and-seek with a group of friends on his property — where he told police he opened fire after seeing “shadows.” David Doyle, 58, has been charged with aggravated battery, four counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, and the illegal discharge of a firearm, police said. The incident occurred Sunday morning in Starks, a small town near the border with Texas, where police received reports of a shooting. Detectives determined that “several juveniles were playing hide and seek in the area and were...

A 79-year-old Illinois man is accused of fatally shooting his neighbor, all because the man was using a leaf blower, according to authorities. Ettore Lacchei was arrested on murder charges Tuesday over the killing of his next-door neighbor William Martys, 59, in the village of Antioch on April 12. Martys was using a leaf blower in his own yard when he was approached by Lacchei and the pair began arguing. Lacchei allegedly shot Martys in the head around 7:35 p.m., the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said. When deputies arrived at the home on North Black Oak Avenue, they found Martys...

VALDOSTA — Four teenagers have been indicted for murder and other charges in the wake of a fatal shooting. Jeremy Tucker, Jushon Ramsey, Zhamari Jacquis Williams and Mickey Stallings, all of Valdosta, were indicted recently by the Lowndes County Grand Jury, court records show. All four were indicted for felony murder in the death of Steven Boothe, said Brad Shealey, district attorney. The four were also indicted for possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony armed robbery, criminal attempt to commit a felony and aggravated assault, records show. Tucker and Ramsey were 17 at the time of...

Won’t you be my neighbor? You’ll need $2.4 million, though. During his 2020 campaign, now-President Joe Biden was compared to children’s television figure Mister Rogers — and now you can really be Joe and Jill Biden’s neighbor. A property next to Biden’s custom-built three-bedroom, four-and-a-half bathroom Wilmington, Delaware, home was listed Monday for $2.39 million, according to Realtor.com. Biden, who also owns a Delaware beach house but spent this past holiday weekend at the White House, purchased his Wilmington plot for $350,000 in 1998. The property, including the 6,850-square-foot mansion, is now estimated to be worth at least $2 million,...

Dozens of demonstrators showed up Monday at the home of a South Jersey man who was caught on video belligerently hurling racial slurs at one of his neighbors. Edward Cagney Mathews, 45, attempted to address the crowd of around 100 people who gathered outside his Mount Laurel home before being forced back inside by police. He was eventually escorted to a waiting SUV, and protesters threw water bottles at the vehicle as it drove away. Mount Laurel police said they responded to a report shortly before 8 p.m. Friday from a resident who said she and her family were being...

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — A burglary in Pierce County turned into a kidnapping situation on Wednesday when a victim walked into a crime in progress. The incident started just after 10 a.m. in the 8700 block of 18th Avenue East in Midland. According to deputies, a homeowner received a Ring doorbell camera notification that someone was at his home, so he asked a friend to stop by and check in. Aiden Bullock drove over and said he saw someone coming out from a side door. “This dude just pops his head out, and I look at him, and I’m like,...

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He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings:...

Full Title: Neighbor broke into family's new home and took off his pants inside a 12-year-old girl's bedroom and GROWLED when confronted by her father who shot him six times

Sen. Rand Paul was awarded over $580,000 in damages by a Kentucky jury on Wednesday after he was attacked by his neighbor in the fall of 2017. Paul, R-Ky., was awarded $375,000 in punitive damages and $200,000 for pain and suffering, plus $7,834 for medical expenses. SEN. RAND PAUL TO UNDERGO HERNIA SURGERY IN CANADA AFTER ATTACK BY NEIGHBOR The lawmaker was violently attacked by his neighbor, Rene Boucher, in November 2017 while he was mowing his lawn. Paul was tackled from behind and suffered six broken ribs, including three displaced fractures. His recovery was complicated by fluid and blood...

Where Are You from? A Reflection on Recent Tensions over Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity Msgr. Charles Pope • January 14, 2018 • A priest friend of mine who immigrated to this country from Jordan back in the 1970s is often asked, “Where are you from?” He humorously answers, “I am from my mother’s womb.”True enough! There is an even more fundamental answer, rooted in Scripture, which speaks to the origin of every human person: You are from the loving will and heart of God. Before you were ever formed in your mother’s womb, God knew you and thought about...

Who Is My Neighbor? Answered by a Touching Christmas Commercial Msgr. Charles Pope • December 16, 2016 • In these days of nearly instant information availability, we think we know a lot about people, things, and issues. Truth be told, we may know more in a quantitative sense but less in a qualitative sense. Too much information can make us less discerning.The Christmas commercial below is touching and enlightening at the same time. Basically, it plays off the Scrooge/Grinch theme. The commercial shows a grouchy fellow who is touched and converted by the Christmas kindness of some children. That’s...

Millions of gallons of toxic chemicals and raw sewage are being dumped by Mexico into the Tijuana River, surrounding valleys and U.S. beaches at the U.S.-Mexico border, sickening border patrol agents, but those on the front lines say the U.S. has done little to force Mexico to literally clean up its act. Some 59 Border Patrol agents have reported getting sick in the last three months after exposure to pollutants while at work along the border. One agent suffered severe chemical burns on his feet after toxic chemicals burned through his boots, according to documentation provided by the U.S. Border...

Every now and then I’m reminded of just how clever Satan can be, especially during Lent.Consider, for example, a pernicious little sin that seems to have taken root and grown in the age of social media: detraction. I’ve been seeing it more and more. Nobody really talks about it or the harm it inflicts — though the pope has stressed, often, the inherent evil of its close cousin,  gossip. (The pontiff has even compared gossip to terrorism.)So what’s the big deal? Let me count the ways.First, the catechism teaches that detraction is a sin against the eighth commandment: 2477 Respect for the reputation of persons forbids every attitude and...