Black smoke poured from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel Wednesday indicating that the second and third votes for a Pope have ended with no choice.
The world’s 1.2 billion Catholics are eagerly anticipating the naming of the pope who will succeed the recently retired Benedict XVI. The 85-year-old Benedict stepped down last month claiming that God told him to step aside amid various health issues. Continue reading
The Virginia Board of Health is considering a new set of regulations that have infuriated those who promote abortion.
The new regulations would require abortion clinics to meet the same building standards as newly constructed hospitals. All abortion locations, whether new or previously built, will need to meet the same level of safety for patients regardless of location and size. Continue reading
Arkansas is being called “ground zero” in the fight to protect the lives of unborn babies.
Last week, lawmakers overrode a veto by Governor Mike Beebe to put in place a law that would prohibit most abortions after the 12th week of pregnancy. The law, called the Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act, mandates that an abortion is no longer legal if a heartbeat is detected during an ultrasound at the 12th week of pregnancy. Continue reading
Sinkholes aren’t the only problem plaguing Florida this year.
LiveScience has reported that weather conditions are right for an outbreak of a giant mosquito that has a “ferocious bite.” Continue reading
Members of the Legislative Assembly in Northern Ireland are debating an amendment that would ban abortions at private clinics in the nation.
The amendment is being attached to a criminal justice bill.
Opponents of the measure say the bill will keep women from being able to obtain abortions as prescribed by current law but the author of the bill says those claims have no basis. Continue reading
Monday morning’s magnitude 4.7 earthquake in Riverside County was followed by more than 100 small aftershocks that radiated northeast, indicating that the quake occurred on a secondary fault of the San Jacinto fault, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Continue reading
People from Los Angeles to Tokyo have been gathering to honor the victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan two years ago.
KNX 1070′s Claudia Peschiutta reports a memorial service held on Sunday near Little Tokyo included a panel discussion on how residents in the Southland can prepare for the next major quake. Continue reading
Out near the orbit of Jupiter, a faint speck of light is moving through the black of space. At first glance it doesn’t look like much, no brighter than a thousand distant stars speckling the velvet sky behind it; indeed, it takes a big telescope make out that it is a comet.
But what a comet it could turn out to be…. Continue reading
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Excitement continues to rise among both professional and amateur astronomers about Comet ISON, which on Nov. 28 of this year might become one of the brightest comets ever seen, outshining such recent dazzlers as Comet Hale-Bopp (1997) and Comet McNaught (2007).
Fortunately, Comet ISON was discovered 14 months before this perihelion passage — its closest point to the sun — while still distant and faint, thus giving observers time to plan. Another major advantage is that this fine object will be favorably placed for viewing, first in the morning sky before perihelion passage on Nov. 28, and then both in the morning and evening sky afterward.