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Indigenous leaders in Saskatchewan are asking Catholics to stand in solidarity with residential school survivors by skipping Sunday mass. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations held a press conference Friday morning saying Pope Francis needs to apologize for the church’s role in residential schools. They asked Catholic congregants to help push for an apology by not […]
Cruise ships were the site of a number of massive COVID-19 outbreaks at the start of the pandemic last year. Now, even with strict COVID health and safety policies, it appears that two passengers have tested positive for the virus on a fully vaccinated Royal Caribbean ship, People reports. The Celebrity Millennium left St. Maarten on […]
At the G-7 summit in southwest England this week, G-7 nation leaders including Joe Biden came together and pledged to donate at least 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to other countries around the world. The Associated Press reports that both Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have committed to leading efforts to help out countries struggling amid […]
A newly discovered exoplanet, or planet outside of the solar system, may contain water clouds, CNN reports. Located 90 light-years from Earth, the exoplanet, known as TOI-1231 b, is believed to have clouds in its atmosphere, based on observations of the planet’s radius and mass. Researchers suspect TOI-1231 b is low density, and quite comparable to another […]
A California man spent two days trapped inside a piece of vineyard equipment before he was eventually rescued by authorities. However, his explanation for the incident has been met with skepticism. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office announced the rescue on social media Tuesday, just hours after the found a 38-year-old man stuck inside a giant […]
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been accused of deleting video footage which allegedly showed her assaulting a man during an arrest two years ago, CBS Los Angeles reports. Nicole Bell, 27, is accused of assaulting the man while he sat in the back of a patrol car after responding to a call in the city of Lancaster […]
Two Florida cousins have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder related to the shooting of a 17-year-old in a Polk County park earlier this week. Fox 13 reports deputies have identified the 16-year-old suspects as Jevon Berrien Jr. and Margus Johnson, of Bartow, Florida. According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, the deadly shooting occurred when the […]
A Wisconsin woman has been arrested after she allegedly set her sleeping husband on fire because she suspected him of poisoning her chicken wings. CBS News reports Tuhonsty Marie Smith, 29, is facing charges of arson of building mayhem, domestic abuse, and first degree recklessly endangering safety after lighting her husband’s head on fire earlier this month at […]
Joe Biden has issued an executive order that will invalidate the Trump administration’s efforts to ban TikTok, WeChat, and eight more communications and financial technology apps linked to China. According to CNN, Biden’s new order requests the Commerce Department to conduct a broad review of the applications, with the secretary of commerce, director of national […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci is again reminding Americans of the importance of securing high vaccination numbers when it comes to the fight against variants. During a press conference on Tuesday, Fauci turned the proceedings to a topic he said has gained “a lot more attention” in recent days, i.e. variants. More specifically, Fauci pointed to the […]
