WQOW, by Stephanie Rodriguez: A proposal in President Biden’s budget reconciliation package could give the IRS access to millions of bank accounts. Banks and financial institutions across America have been sending out letters warning customers about a new IRS reporting…

Reuters, by Philip Pullella: Pope Francis met on Saturday with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic who has come under criticism from some bishops in the United States for her support for abortion rights. Their meeting took place several…

USA Today, by Bailey Schulz: Starting Oct. 30, the Canadian government will require all air travelers and passengers on interprovincial trains to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The new policy, first announced in August, will affect all commercial air travelers, passengers…

AP News, by Sarah El Deeb and Bassem Mroue: Lebanon on Friday mourned seven people killed in gunbattles on the streets of Beirut the previous day, a confrontation that erupted over a long-running probe into last year’s massive port blast…

News•in-24, by Janice: The Hessian state government under Volker Bouffier (CDU) has passed new corona rules. The 2G option was expanded to include the entire retail sector. This means: even supermarkets and grocers can decide to only let in those…

Los Angeles Times, by Michael Hiltzik: There’s something unquestionably alluring about claiming religious exemptions from government mandates and employer policies. For one thing, religious beliefs are almost impossible to disprove. Courts have said that they don’t have to conform to…

End Time Headlines, by Ricky Scaparo: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has reportedly struck just south of the Big Island of Hawaii at 2:48 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, according to the USGS. According to KTLA News, The quake struck at a…

End Time Headlines, by Ricky Scaparo: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska early Monday in what the Alaska Earthquake Center called an aftershock of an 8.2 quake from late July. According to the Associated Press, Monday’s…

AP News, by Sylvie Corbet: Pope Francis expressed “shame” for himself and the Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday for the scale of child sexual abuse within the church in France and acknowledged failures in putting the needs of victims first….

CNN, by Pedram Javaheri: Extreme, climate-fueled rainfall broke records this week in a part of Italy known for its rain and an area in Oman not known for rain at all. On Monday, a series of storms put on the…

The Blaze, by Carlos Garcia: Three parents filed a lawsuit accusing the California state school curriculum of violating the U.S. Constitution over an Ethnic Studies lesson that asks kids to pray and chant to Aztec gods. “Our clients are not…

CNN, by Tami Luhby: Food stamp recipients will see their monthly payments go up in October thanks to a major update to the program, even though a special pandemic boost has now expired. Benefits will jump 27% above pre-pandemic levels,…