My husband’s Aunt Judy passed away last week, in the early morning hours of Good Friday, the same hours I imagine Christ would have been praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. It was fitting. Judy was a faithful Army veteran who had undergone her own passion over the past few years, beginning with a house fire that covered her (already disabled) body with third-degree burns. A profound sense of peace filled the church during her funeral mass, which was punctuated by the cries of joy and...
From the column: "Pity will not help people with disabilities — or anyone for that matter."
A filmmaker captured the moment a legendary grizzly bear, known as “The Boss," had an incredibly close call with an oncoming train. [Read More]
Tariq Stokes was reportedly defending his daughter when he was beaten to death, his family says. Now, they want justice.
First responders received a rather unusual call involving a goat in Kansas City, Missouri.
First responders received a rather unusual call involving a goat in Kansas City, Missouri.
A man accused of killing a Toronto police officer in a parking garage
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Dr Yolanda Martins, from Canada (left), was living with LAM and died via Canada's MAiD. In San Diego, Betsy Davis (right) was suffering from ALS and had a party to say goodbye to loved ones.
Trump visited a Harlem bodega where a worker killed an ex-con in self-defense. The former president made the stop after the second day of his criminal trial. Trump received a raucous reception as he arrived at the bodega on Tuesday
Dearborn has the highest proportion of Muslim-Americans in the U.S. The post Protesters Chant ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel’ at Dearborn Rally first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) On 25 July 1945, the new U.S. President Harry Truman decided to accept the advice from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and especially from Truman’s personal hero, General Dwight Eisenhower, that if the U.S. Government would not ultimately take over (create the world’s first global empire to include) the entire […]