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A boat capsized off the Baja California coast, leaving several people missing and others with shark attack injuries. Sixteen individuals have been rescued since the incident occurred on Friday, Oct. 16, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press. The survivors were given life-saving aid while being transported to San Diego. Several of the survivors “were suffering from severe injuries consistent with shark bites,” the agency said. Eleven people are still believed to be missing, per the USCG. The boat capsized in an area often used by smugglers, according to the USCG. It...

Jesuit-run Georgetown University celebrates pro-LGBT ‘OUTober’ Some of Georgetown's upcoming 'OUTober' celebrations include a Catholic 'Mass of Belonging,' a Jewish 'Pride Shabbat,' and 'Queer Space Pumpkin Decorating.'Georgetown University, the nation’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit university, is hosting several pro-LGBT events as part of its celebration of “LGBTQ+ History Month,” or “OUTober,” while trying to claim a Catholic identity.In an October 1 announcement, the university touted the fact that it was the first “Catholic, Jesuit higher education institution” to create an “LGBTQ Resource Center,” and emphasized that it is proud to celebrate the “LGBTQIA+ community” throughout “OUTober,” which the Church commemorates...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Bernardin: An example for the Church and the world Thirty years after the death of Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin, archbishop of Chicago from 1982 to 1996, the Italian archdiocese of Trento has organized various events in memory of the prelate, whose origins lie in the region.We are publishing the full text of the Lecture delivered Friday evening, 16 October 2026, by Cardinal Blase Joseph Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, as part of the initiatives carried out at Fiera di Primiero, in Trento, in memory of Cardinal Joseph Louis Bernardin thirty years after his death.Cardinal Bernardin, born in the...

Following days of riots, violence, arson, buildings destroyed and mass looting, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a national address to the people of France. Remarkably, in the beginning of his remarks Macron says no one in the French government understands what is happening, but he is demanding an investigation. A few paragraphs into the prepared transcript and Macron says high fuel prices driven by President Trump’s war against Iran, “a war we had nothing to do with,” is certainly the cause of the protests that have mysteriously turned violent for some unknown reason. Macron further notes those protests are righteous,...

18 October 2026 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Luke Parish in Middleburg, FLReadings 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 readingIsaiah 45:1,4-6I have taken Cyrus by his...

President Donald Trump has declared that major progress is being made toward ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, while launching a blistering attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for targeting Russian oil facilities and sending shockwaves through global diesel markets. In a Truth Social tirade on Sunday afternoon, Trump insisted he was making headway in negotiations to end the four-and-a-half-year conflict, claiming a breakthrough could be jeopardized by fresh sanctions against Moscow. But the president reserved his fiercest criticism for Zelensky, accusing the Ukrainian leader of prolonging the bloodshed while devastating energy markets and hurting American farmers, ranchers and...

My decision on Russia is a very simple one. I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and don’t want to do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table. Great progress is being made, and that includes current hostage negotiations! Signing that document at this time will do that, and I can sign it later, or any time that I want! Perhaps more importantly, Russia is doing very little, if anything, to help the Islamic Republic of Iran, compared to what they could be doing, and I want to...

The mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, will apparently have to leave office after revised election results gave his opponent a 12-vote lead. Nearly a year after voters cast their ballots in a local mayoral election, a new candidate has taken the lead after 37 disputed ballots were finally counted. Adam Alharbi became the mayor of Hamtramck, a Detroit suburb of about 28,000, after last year’s election results showed him defeating Muhith Mahmood by just 11 votes. But those results did not include 37 absentee ballots that were mistakenly excluded from the initial count. Now, after a prolonged court battle, those ballots...

Former president Barack Obama denounced the Trump administration’s investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), saying Sunday that any use of federal power to punish a critic of the president violates democratic principles. “The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president,” he said in a social media post. “The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.” .....

Explanation: Yes, but have you ever experienced the Eagle Nebula with your ears? The famous nebula M16 is best known for the feast it gives your eyes, highlighting bright young stars forming deep inside dark towering structures. These light-years long columns of cold gas and dust are some 6,500 light-years distant toward the constellation of the Serpent (Serpens). Sculpted and eroded by the energetic ultraviolet light and powerful winds from M16's cluster of massive stars, the cosmic pillars themselves are destined for destruction. But the turbulent environment of star formation within M16, whose spectacular details are captured in this combined...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday issued a warning to US President Donald Trump following his endorsement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel's October 27 Knesset election. In a social media post, Araghchi challenged Trump's threats of further action against Iran and accused Netanyahu of attempting to draw Washington into another military confrontation. "Last time you wanted to 'finish the job', Iran emerged even stronger. Want to try your luck again? Be our guest. But be careful; we have unfinished jobs too," Araghchi wrote. "Netanyahu is driving America into another war to stay out of jail, whatever...

A “grossed-out” diner nearly swallowed a cow tooth that was stuffed in a takeout taco from a Texas-based chain restaurant, a new lawsuit claims. Nohemi Castillo is suing Torchy’s Tacos after she discovered a cow tooth in a “Democrat” taco — consisting of beef barbacoa made with beef cheek — from a South Congress location of the fast-casual Tex-Mex restaurant on June 9, KVUE reported. The restaurant offers both Democrat and Republican tacos, according to its menu. Castillo was “grossed out and sickened” by the foreign cow canine and had to visit a doctor that night, where she was prescribed...

The Fields Medalist Terence Tao is on the front lines of a debate about artificial intelligence and the future of his field. Terence Tao is typically described as one of the world’s greatest living mathematicians, but right now he is doing very little math. “I’m on a war footing,” he said while grabbing coffee during a two-day math workshop at the University of California, Los Angeles, that was rife with talk about the existential crisis that artificial intelligence has created in his field. Days earlier OpenAI had announced that it had solved the Navier-Stokes problem, one of seven “Millennium Prize...

Devastated Long Beach homeowners launched a scathing attack on Mayor Rex Richardson after Tropical Storm Rachel destroyed their multimillion-dollar beachfront houses. Dennis Poulsen, 84, built his beachside mansion on Ocean Boulevard 21 years ago and saw “just a little bit of water” seep inside last week, but his anger toward city hall ran deep. “The mayor of Long Beach doesn’t give a damn about this community… His natural constituency is not here and he doesn’t really care,” he told the Daily Mail. For some residents, the storm turned dream homes into devastating losses. Natalie Cabrera, 59, who had rented a...

This video by Fight for Canada criticizes Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the federal Liberal Party, arguing that despite frequent anti-American rhetoric, Canada remains deeply reliant on the United States for essential resources. Key takeaways from the video: Electricity Dependency: The speaker notes that Ontario has contracted to buy over 600 megawatts of electricity from the United States for the winter, citing ongoing renovations at the Pickering nuclear plant (0:45-1:30). He claims that 100% of Canada's electricity imports originate from the U.S. (1:13). Economic Integration: The video highlights that Canada's economy is heavily tied to the U.S., with over 72%...

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A Kansas mom who was behind the wheel when her truck crashed through a youth soccer field, killing two people — including a 6-year-old boy — has been released without charges, cops said. The unidentified 34-year-old driver smashed into the crowd of people at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita on Saturday afternoon — injuring 10 people and killing Adrian Cole, 6, and Nicholas Schafer, 35, both of McPherson, Kansas. She has since been released without charges pending the results of toxicology testing and a mechanical examination of the vehicle, the Wichita Police Department announced on Sunday. “No charges have...

In a statement Sunday, the former president said the administration is targeting the Minnesota Democrat based on her political beliefs. Former president Barack Obama denounced the Trump administration’s investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), saying Sunday that any use of federal power to punish a critic of the president violates democratic principles. “The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president,” he said in a social media post. “The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to...

Young people have been taking to the streets in countries across Europe, including Spain, France and Portugal, to protest over their unhappiness at the state of schools and the wider cost of living crisis. In France, high school pupils have clashed with police in often violent protests over long hours, missing teachers, dilapidated classrooms and an opaque university admissions system. Pupils routinely miss months of teaching due to unfilled staff absences. Other demonstrators have then joined student marches to voice their unhappiness about rising living costs, including over fuel prices after US bombing caused the effective closure of the strait...