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Daily Readings from the USCCBBecause he spoke this way, many came to believe in him. John 8:30Jesus had been teaching in veiled but deeply profound ways about Who He was. In prior passages, He referred to Himself as the “bread of life,” the “living water,” the “light of the world,” and He even took upon Himself the ancient title of God “I AM.” Furthermore, He continually identified Himself with the Father in Heaven as His Father with Whom He was perfectly united and by Whom He was sent into the world to do His will. For example, just prior to...

I’m writing this article mainly for Windows users who’ve decided to switch to Linux. If you’re already a Linux user, chances are you’ve learned most of what I’m about to share—whether the easy way or the hard way.The main goal of this article is simple: to help you figure out whether a “Linux for Windows users” really exists—and to bridge the gap between what you might expect and what you’re actually likely to experience.Let’s start by taking a quick look at a niche group of Linux distributions that insistently want to look like Windows and then explain why that makes...

At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo's Virunga National Park and have been spotted floating along a major river that feeds one of Africa's great lakes Tests confirmed anthrax poisoning, said Virunga Park director Emmanuel De Merode, on Tuesday, adding that buffalo have been killed too. The exact cause of the poisoning was not yet clear. Images shared by the park show the hippopotamuses motionless on their sides and backs in the Ishasha River, or caught among foliage on the river's muddy banks. The deaths represent a major loss for...

EU funding of non-governmental organisations is "too opaque", auditors found on Monday in a report set to further fan a heated political tussle over the financing of environmental groups. The European Union awarded about 7.4 billion euros ($8 billion) to a plethora of NGOs between 2021 and 2023, but public information about who got the money and how it was used is patchy, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said. "EU funding for NGOs is too opaque and suffers from a lack of transparency," said Laima Andrikiene, the report's lead auditor. "We are not talking about peanuts here," she added,...

Boasberg blocked the administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act for a 14-day period last month to allow the court time to review the case on its merits. The order drew scathing criticism from Trump, who labeled Boasberg an "activist judge" and called for his impeachment – prompting a rare warning from Chief Justice John Roberts. Boasberg has said he will decide as early as this week whether to pursue civil contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials for defying his order. A federal judge is weighing whether to hold Trump administration officials in civil contempt after they defied a court...

The trade war between the world's two biggest economies shows no signs of slowing down - Beijing has vowed to "fight to the end" hours after US President Donald Trump threatened to nearly double the tariffs on China. That could leave most Chinese imports facing a staggering 104% tax - a sharp escalation between the two sides. Smartphones, computers, lithium-ion batteries, toys and video game consoles make up the bulk of Chinese exports to the US. But there are so many other things, from screws to boilers.With a deadline looming in Washington as Trump threatens to introduce the additional tariffs...

As levels of anxiety and depression have continued to rise amid decreasing religious participation in the U.S., a surprising trend has emerged over the last year: the exponential increase in popularity of Christian and Bible apps. Experts say the surge in downloads and views is a sign that a religious revival may be starting to take place under the cultural surface of America. In November, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) reported the continued rise in adults reporting anxiety and depression, with nearly one in five saying they experience one or both symptoms based on data from...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said two Chinese nationals fighting in the Russian army have been taken prisoner in eastern Ukraine. Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukrainian forces fighting in the Donetsk region obtained the Chinese nationals’ documents, bank cards and personal data. “We have information that there are many more Chinese citizens in the occupier’s units than just two. We are now finding out all the facts,” Zelensky said in a post on Telegram. “I have instructed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to immediately contact Beijing and find out how China is going to react to this.”

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A high-ranking city official in Oakland, California, has been fired over a resurfaced note that showed her referring to black people as “tokens,” according to reports. Chief of staff Leigh Hanson was fired Sunday over the alleged note, which was released last week alongside other documents related to an FBI probe that prompted the indictment of the city’s previous mayor, Sheng Thao, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Hanson was hired by Thao as her chief of staff in 2023, and penned the note as part of her then-boss’s doomed bid to fight being recalled, KRON reported.

FIRST DISPATCH. [OFFICIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON. April 7 -- 10 A.M. Maj.-Gen. Dix, New-York: Gen. SHERIDAN attacked and routed LEE's army, capturing Gens. EWELL, KERSHAW, BUTTON, CORSE and many other general officers, several thousand prisoners and a large number of cannon, and expects to force LEE to surrender all that is left of his army. Details will be given as speedily as possible, but the telegraph is working badly. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. SECOND DISPATCH. [OFFICIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 7 -- 11 A.M. Major. Gen. Dix: The following telegrams announcing the victory won yesterday by Major-Gen. SHERIDAN...

On August 6, 2019, David Dell’Aquila and others filed a civil class action lawsuit against Wayne LaPierre, the NRA Foundation, and the Brewer law firm for fraud by soliciting donations for specific purposes and then spending them for other purposes, specifically benefiting LaPierre and others.Over the next five years, the complaint was amended twice. In its latest form, the defendants are the NRA and Wayne LaPierre. The NRA Foundation’s advertising agency Ackerman McQueen is accused of fraud. The plaintiffs class are those who donated to the NRA from 2015 to the present. CEO LaPierre is accused of being at the...

Dyan Cannon revealed she's not ready to stop having fun just because she's approaching her nineties. While attending the 10th Annual Hollywood Beauty Awards on Sunday, the 88-year-old actress revealed that she still likes to juggle multiple 'friends with benefits' — and there are still 'more to come,' according to People. When she was asked if she was still dating, she responded with an 'of course,' before clarifying that she's only interested if the person is 'somebody very special.' Dyan — who caught an LA Lakers game last month — added that she was seeing 'several special [people]...' at the...

Billionaire Republican megadonor and Home Depot founder Ken Langone has ripped the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs as “bulls–t” — claiming the president has been ill-advised amid the raging trade war. “I don’t understand the Goddamn formula,” Langone, a veteran GOP campaign donor, told the Financial Times on Monday. “I believe he’s been poorly advised by his advisers about this trade situation — and the formula they’re applying.”

The Social Security Administrations’ already-fragile computer systems are suffering more glitches than usual, according to reports. ......One breakdown recently resulted in the agency sending an erroneous message to millions of recipients that said their payments had ended, creating panic. .....That’s as critical IT staff are leaving amid steep payroll cuts..... The Social Security Administration’s already-fragile and antiquated technology has been having ........more glitches than usual, . ..sources told CNN.

Jasmine Crockett does not want illegal immigrants to be deported from this country. And do you know why? Watch: Jasmine Crockett: “So I had to go around the country and educate people about what immigrants do for this country… The fact is ain't none of y'all trying to go and farm right now... We done picking cotton.”Oof. pic.twitter.com/NSNgU2ZI8f— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 8, 2025She made this comment at a Baptist church in Connecticut. Essentially what she means is we must keep illegals in this country so they can work slave wages and pick cotton for us. Jasmine, we knew you...

The supply of many foreign-made goods into the US is likely to grind to a halt as a result of President Trump’s tariffs, sources told The Post Monday. A baseline tariff of 10% was applied to many countries Saturday, with heftier percentages applied to the “worst offenders,” which levy high tariffs on US goods they import, in two days. Companies producing everything from toys to luxury wristwatches said they are holding off shipping goods — risking America going from the land of plenty to the land of plenty unavailable. The first luxury items to leave circulation: Jaguar, Range Rover and...

The body’s immune system is a surveillance and attack force. It functions normally as a protective mechanism against such invaders as viruses, bacteria, and malignant cells. It is actuated by cellular and chemical mediators. In auto-immune disease, normal bodily structures functioning as nature intended are perceived as invaders, and are attacked by a population of abnormally reactive immune mediators. The underlying causes of auto-immune diseases remain unknown. Their activation is loosely ascribed to genetic predisposition (many tend to be familial) or environmental events (triggered by viral infection). Nearly 100 auto-immune diseases have been described. In lupus, many structures and organ...

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our communities. Rising seas and flooding are swallowing our homes. And record-breaking heat waves are reshaping our way of life. The good news is we know how to turn the tide and avoid the worst possible outcomes. However, understanding what needs to be done can be confusing due to a constant stream of climate updates, scientific findings, and critical decisions that are shaping our future. That's why the ABC News...

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro said that the market is “finding a bottom” at the moment, predicted that the Dow Jones will surge in the future and argued that the gains in the S&P 500 over the past couple years “have been basically seven stocks, the magnificent seven, the AIs. Most of the stocks in the S&P 500 have gone nowhere. Now, they’re going to go crazy” due to increased investment in the United States. Navarro said, “[W]hat I see is 50,000 on the Dow....