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The archbishop of San Francisco will also write an apology letter to each survivor under the proposed settlement The Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed in principle to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 child sex abuse lawsuits, marking yet another hefty payout by the US Catholic Church over widespread molestation claims in recent years.The proposed agreement announced on Monday is tied to the archdiocese’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case and would resolve all lawsuits brought against it under California Assembly Bill 218, a 2019 law that temporarily revived decades-old civil claims that would otherwise have been barred…

German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd said on Sunday that chaos is the “new normal” in the Strait of Hormuz, with the constant threat of Iranian attacks looming even though the regime in Tehran supposedly agreed to reopen the strait in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) it signed with the United States. “The situation has been fluid for us since the beginning of the conflict,” Hapag-Lloyd spokeswoman Hanja Maria Richter told Fox News Digital on Sunday. “We have been making and still make regular risk and situation assessments with our security partners, all relevant authorities and our people on shore and, of…

A Texas Democrat on Friday defended radical leftist James Talarico, who is the Democrat nominee for the state’s U.S. Senate race. The Democrat nominee for the Lone Star state’s Land Commissioner, Ben Flores, told the crowd at the Texas Democrat Convention in Corpus Christi, “Next time they say that James is trans, we’re all trans.” “When they say that James is a gay, tofu-eating vegan, we’re all gay tofu-eating vegans. And when they say James is going to hell, we’ll say we’re all going to hell,” he added: Flores’ comments came as voters are gearing up to vote in the…

The socialist government of Venezuela has documented 1,450 people killed by twin massive earthquakes last week, over 3,000 injured, and potentially upwards of 50,000 people missing as international rescue missions deploy to the South American nation. Venezuela suffered two earthquakes, one magnitude 7.2 and one 7.5, on Wednesday night, centered in La Guaira state. The earthquakes devastated La Guaira and parts of the capital, Caracas, resulting in large numbers of collapsed buildings and the destruction of much of what remains of the dilapidated Venezuelan power grid. After over 25 years of socialism, Venezuela does not have a functional healthcare system…

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin declared Syrians and Haitians needed to return to their native land to be repatriated. He argued that those who no longer have temporary protected status could help by going back to “restore their country.” Host Jake Tapper said, “You said you’re going to give them a plane ticket if they want to get out and go back to Haiti. How logistically, what had happened? Because the FAA prohibits commercial flights to Port au Prince because of the gunfire from terrorists and gangs. Civil aviation, by the way, is…

At least three people were injured in what authorities described as an intentional “attack” An explosive device packed with shrapnel seriously injured Ukrainian-born businessman Vadim Ermolaev and two members of his family at the entrance to a residential building in Monaco on Monday evening, according to local media reports.The explosion occurred shortly before 9pm on Rue Révérend Père Louis Frolla, a street in the principality near the French border. Investigators believe the device had been hidden in a backpack left near the entrance to the building. Monaco’s Minister of State Christophe Mirmand told AFP that the device likely contained bolts…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that half of the $12 billion in frozen Iranian assets held in Qatar will soon be “released and transferred back to Iran,” with the fate of the other half yet to be determined. Pezeshkian described the $6 billion in assets to be released under Iran’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United States as the spoils of war, collected from a defeated enemy, as reported by Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA): [Pezeshkian] said that despite the martyrdom of senior officials, military commanders, prominent figures, and students during the recent war imposed…

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said President Donald Trump is trying to “rig the election” with the SAVE America Act. Murphy said, “In Connecticut, you know, we have safe and secure elections. This whole idea behind the SAVE [America] Act is trying to push a mythology that our elections aren’t secure. Our rigged. That’s not true. The problem with the SAVE [America] Act is that they don’t really care about the voter ID provision. That’s not why they’re pushing to say that they care about a provision that would create a national voter list, that…

The Grayzone editor-in-chief says Israeli strikes aim to undermine the fragile US-Iran ceasefire by opening a new front Israel will continue trying to escalate the conflict in Lebanon after failing to “break Iran’s deterrence,” Max Blumenthal, editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, has said.Israeli officials have criticized the memorandum of understanding signed by Washington and Tehran on June 17, arguing that it does not serve the Jewish state’s interests. Meanwhile, the IDF has continued striking what it describes as Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, in violation of the MOU’s terms, risking the fragile deal.“Israel cannot do anything without US firepower, and the US…

New York socialist congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier hyped up communism, Marxism, and Soviet figures in posts on her social media account, which have since been deleted. The Mamdani-backed candidate who defeated Democrat Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) in New York’s primary race has made headlines for her radical positions. For example, she stands as the co-founder of an organization that claims to fight for the “total eradication of Western civilization,” as Breitbart News detailed. In the past, the 32-year-old socialist was very outspoken about her views. Her past posts on what was formerly known as Twitter include calls for the…