Today, March 31, my diocese will stand before the Supreme Court of the United States to defend our right to continue our decades-long mission of serving the most vulnerable. It’s shocking it had to come to this. Yet, officials in Wisconsin seek to impede our efforts by claiming this charitable ministry is not religious. Guided by Catholic…
Attorneys for a South Carolina death row inmate whose execution is imminent are making a last-ditch argument that their client is incompetent to be executed partly because of his belief that he is a sovereign citizen. Steven Bixby and his father, Arthur Bixby, led a 12-hour gun battle with law enforcement in Abbeville, South Carolina,…
A suspected illegal immigrant convicted in a deadly Colorado crash last year involving a semi-truck he was driving was detained on Sunday by federal immigration authorities. Ignacio Cruz-Mendoza, 47, a Mexican national, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the lobby of the Jefferson County Detention Center shortly before 8:30 a.m. on…
Warning: This story contains disturbing details. A Honduran illegal alien accused of murdering a Georgia mother of five in a random attack earlier this month, faces additional charges including rape and necrophilia. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said David Hector Rivas-Sagastume, 21, has been the subject of a deportation order since July 2023. Earlier…
Several New York Yankees used redesigned bats during the team’s season-opening series against the Milwaukee Brewers. The new design places the barrel closer to the hands instead of the more standard placement toward the end of the bat. Brewers closer Trevor Megill took issue with the use of the «torpedo» bats and shared his frustrations…
Even a casual reader of history will have noticed over the past many years that the antiseptic term Common Era (CE) has slowly but surely replaced the elegant Anno Domini (AD) as the marker of the time period that began 2,025 years ago in most historical works. Though at first glance this may appear to…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously decided not to hear a last-minute attempt by a state attorney general seeking to prevent Elon Musk from giving away million-dollar checks on Sunday. The news came just before the Tesla CEO was set to host an America PAC town hall in Green Bay on Sunday night, where he is…
The Houston Cougars’ formidable defense helped keep the Tennessee Volunteers in check during Sunday’s Elite Eight game. The nation’s stingiest defense held the Vols to 15 first-half points, the fewest in an Elite Eight game since 1979. The 69-50 victory secured Houston’s first trip to the Final Four since 2021. The Cougars have now advanced…
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., said that the Democratic Party’s brand is «really problematic» and castigated his party for losing touch with working people on NBC’s «Meet the Press» Sunday. «I agree that the Democratic Party brand is really problematic… it’s a brand that’s associated with New York and California, is associated with the educated elite…
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is urging the 1.7 million Wisconsinites who voted for President Donald Trump to get out and cast their ballots in another «crucial» race – this time, filling in the bubble for state Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel. «If you want to see him [Trump] be president and be effective for the…
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