1+ min ago  (256+ words) Explanation: Only two days after the February New Moon's annular eclipse of the Sun, a slender lunar crescent poses above the western horizon after sunset in this wintry twilight skyscape. Its nightside faintly illuminated by earthshine, the young Moon is…...

8+ min ago  (147+ words) Victor Schwartz, 67, became the face of the battle to strike down the president's controversial tariffs when he sued the government last April. Schwartz has owned VOS Selections in Manhattan since 1987 and feared the tariffs would devastate his small business. He…...

8+ min ago  (276+ words) More recently, when the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe resulted in the release of an estimated 134-million gallons of crude offshore in the then Gulf of Mexico'roughly one-half of the sewage volume pouring into the Potomac River in a dense population zone'news…...

35+ min ago  (275+ words) Four election integrity groups filed an amicus brief in support of a case that requests the U.S. Supreme Court not allow state laws that permit counting ballots arriving after Election Day, with experts saying that the recent normalization of late ballots…...

37+ min ago  (966+ words) By Dr. John Bergsma The Readings for this Sunday are exceptionally rich, so we will have to limit ourselves to following just a few themes. The First Reading is the account of the Fall, in which Eve, followed by Adam,…...

42+ min ago  (164+ words) Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich argued Gov. JB Pritzker got "outplayed and outflanked" as the Chicago Bears look to leave the state for Indiana. On Thursday, an Indiana House panel approved legislation to help finance a potential new NFL stadium…...

1+ hour ago  (386+ words) Louisiana public schools got the go-ahead to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms after a federal appeals court on Friday lifted an order that had stopped the state from enforcing a law requiring the displays. The majority opinion by the…...

1+ hour ago  (268+ words) To avoid It Kiev must resume oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline, Robert Fico said PRAGUE, February 21. /TASS/. Slovakia will suspend electricity supplies to Ukraine from February 23 if Kiev does not resume oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline, Prime Minister…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago  (774+ words) Liturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II). Lent: self-love and self-discipline. From passive to active. Learning to do. Julian of Norwich and "Revelations of Divine Love" (25 minutes)Episode notes.Play KEYWORDS: catholic; lent; lk5; prayer 27. And after these things he went forth, and…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago  (186+ words) President Trump said Saturday he's going to bump his newly imposed global tariff to 15%, in the wake of the Supreme Court decision blocking his sweeping import taxes on international trading partners. "During the next short number of months, the Trump…...