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Nine killed as business jet crashes into South Florida neighbourhood
A business jet plunged into a South Florida neighbourhood on Sunday, killing all nine people aboard and exploding into a fireball near homes and a busy road. The pilot had reported icing, precipitation…
Some defense politics is local
The direction of defense policy and corresponding federal spending within many states hinges on the outcome of Election Day.
Business jet nose-dives into Florida neighborhood, killing all 9 people on board
Business jet crashes in Florida, killing all nine on board
The aircraft was en route from Texas to the Bahamas when it crashed in a West Palm Beach, Florida, neighborhood, the FAA said.
Nine people killed after jet from Austin crashes in Florida, transportation secretary says
At least 9 people are dead after a business jet flying out of Austin crashed in a Florida neighborhood, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.The Federa
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A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball that appeared to just miss homes before crashing near a busy roadway. All...
All 9 people aboard a jet that crashed in Florida have died, transportation secretary says
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — All nine people died aboard a business jet that crashed into a Florida neighborhood, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, erupting in flames
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Business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, erupting in a massive fireball
Business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, erupting in a massive fireball
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball that appeared to just miss homes before crashing near a busy roadway, creating a giant fiery crater in the pavement.
Business jet carrying nine people crashes in Florida neighborhood
It is unclear if anyone on the ground was hurt and no details yet on whether anyone onboard survived
Business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, erupting in a massive fireball
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball that appeared to just miss homes before crashing near a busy roadway, creating a giant fiery crater in the pavement.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashes in Florida neighborhood, erupting in a massive fireball
The Learjet 60 was carrying nine people when it crashed in a residential area in Florida’s Palm Beach County, federal officials said.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashes in Florida neighborhood, erupts in massive fireball
A business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood Sunday, erupting in a massive fireball.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashes in Florida neighborhood, erupts in massive fireball
A business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood Sunday, erupting in a massive fireball.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashes in Florida neighborhood, erupts in massive fireball
A business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood Sunday, erupting in a massive fireball.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashes in Florida neighborhood, erupts in massive fireball
A business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood Sunday, erupting in a massive fireball.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, erupting in a massive fireball
A business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood Sunday, erupting in a massive fireball.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, erupting in a massive fireball
A business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood Sunday, erupting in a massive fireball.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashes in Florida neighborhood, erupts in a massive fireball
First responders are at the scene of a jet crash in Palm Beach County, Florida. The Federal Aviation Administration said a Learjet 60 crashed in a residential area near Cresthaven at around 12:50 p.m. Sunday. It was
Business jet carrying 9 people crashes in Florida neighborhood, erupting in massive fireball
A business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood Sunday, erupting in a massive fireball.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, erupting in a massive fireball.
A business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood Sunday, erupting in a massive fireball.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, erupting in a massive fireball
A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived into a S. Florida neighborhood Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball that appeared to just miss homes before crashing near a busy roadway.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, erupting in a massive fireball
A business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood Sunday, erupting in a massive fireball.
A business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, er
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, erupting in a massive fireball.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashed in a Florida neighborhood, erupting in a massive fireball
A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball that appeared to just miss homes before crashing near a busy roadway, creating a giant fiery crater in the pavement.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashes in Florida neighborhood, FAA says
Nine people were on board the aircraft bound for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, authorities said. It was not immediately clear how many people were injured.
Business jet carrying 9 people crashes in Florida neighborhood, FAA says
Nine people were on board the aircraft bound for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, authorities said. It was not immediately clear how many people were injured.
Jessica Biel wants to ‘modernize’ ‘7th Heaven’ for reboot: ‘We have less limitations now’
Jessica Biel says the ‘7th Heaven’ reboot will not ‘hold back’ from tackling difficult teen issues.
Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods' GOT Costumes
HBO Max reveals how elaborate prosthetics and special-effects makeup transformed the newlyweds into the Night King and a White Walker.
Business Briefcase: Workshop to explore using AI virtual clinic
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — People are being alerted to “join Schuylkill LaunchBox,” powered by Penn State, for “an informative virtual workshop exploring how small business owners can use artificial intelligence, social media and influencer marketi…
Where to go Sunday for Dia de Los Muertos celebrations
Neighborhoods and towns all over the region have been observing Dia de los Muertos for decades as a way to remember the loved ones who are gone.
Being community: Candidate Portia Riggins says District 1 needs neighbors
For a 34-year-old candidate, Portia Riggins has had a remarkably diversified career.
Lansing History: Third-generation baker brings the family business — Calumet Bakery — to Lansing
The original Calumet Bakery was located on 106th Street just east of Bensley Avenue in the South Deering neighborhood of Chicago. It arrived in Lansing by the third generation —
NYC business owner says e-bike takeover is driving away tenants, customers as city struggles to rein in chaos
A New York City neighborhood is at the center of a growing battle over food delivery e-bikes, as residents say hundreds of riders have taken over their streets, blocking driveways, attracting rats and hurting local businesses.
Why Joanne's New Nemesis on 'Nobody Wants This' Season 3 Looks So Familiar
Wondering where you've seen 'Nobody Wants This' star Andrew Rannells before? From his memorable HBO comedy role to his latest Hulu appearance, here's where you might recognize the actor.
Scientists discover metals that defy the deep freeze at -424°F
Scientists have discovered a surprising mechanism that allows certain metals to resist cracking at temperatures as low as -253°C (-424°F), when similar materials typically become dangerously brittle. Instead of breaking, two experimental alloys reorganize their internal structures, creating new ways to absorb stress and remain flexible.
Flooding sends water into Arts District small business shops
Business owners and neighbors worked to keep shops open near Commerce and Imperial
Flooding sends water into Arts District small business shops
Business owners and neighbors worked to keep shops open near Commerce and Imperial
Flooding sends water into Arts District small business shops
Business owners and neighbors worked to keep shops open near Commerce and Imperial
Flooding sends water into Arts District small business shops
Business owners and neighbors worked to keep shops open near Commerce and Imperial
Flooding sends water into Arts District small business shops
Business owners and neighbors worked to keep shops open near Commerce and Imperial
Flooding sends water into Arts District small business shops
Business owners and neighbors worked to keep shops open near Commerce and Imperial
Weekend Watchlist: What's new in theaters, on streaming
Ready, set, binge! Here's a look at some of the new movies and TV shows coming to theaters and streaming services this weekend:Netflix TNCMS.AdManager.render({region: 'fixed-big-ad-top-asset', slot: 1, fold: "above"}); The One About Matthew Perry: This docuseries follows the life of the Friends actor Matthew Perry.SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of: Watch this new documentary about the classic Canadian comedy series.HBOThe Gilded Age: Season 4 of the New York-set drama series makes its premiere. Paramount+ Dexter: Resurrection: The second season of the Dexter sequel series stars Michael C. Hall as the titular serial killer.Apple TVNocturne: Liev Schreiber and Zazie Beetz star in this new crime drama series about a town under attack by an imprisoned serial killer. Movie theatersThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York: John Turturro leads this film where he plays a pickpocket who supports his wife in New York City. That’s all for this week’s Weekend Watchlist – happy streaming!Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved. Thank you for reading kmaland.comAt KMA, we attempt to be accurate in our reporting. If you see a typo or mistake in a story, please contact us by emailing kmaradio@kmaland.com.
Community Health Fair connects Normaltown neighbors with UGA resources
A group of UGA schools and colleges united to promote community health resources during the annual Normaltown Community Health Fair.
Study links Chicago school closures to rise in neighborhood shootings
A study found a 10.2% increase in shootings near 50 Chicago schools closed in 2013. Reusing vacant school buildings appeared to mitigate the increase.
A City Doesn’t Grow at One Speed
Using decades of Landsat and Sentinel-2 images, researchers discover the Urban Pulse to help track the cycles and rhythms of how neighborhoods within cities change.
Community Halloween Safety Reminders
As neighborhoods prepare to celebrate Halloween, the Central MA Regional Health Department would like to remind residents and motorists to take simple precautions to ensure a fun, healthy, and injury-
The dashboard misses the mark against Genoa
Juventus controlled the ball on paper, but a complete lack of urgency proved numbers can't measure heart.
Spot available on Mental Health Board - Illinois Times, the capital city's source of news, politics, arts, entertainment, culture
Sangamon County Board is seeking to fill a vacancy on the Mental Health Board in the next few weeks. Interested individuals should submit a résumé, letter of interest and “any supporting documents, such as letters of recommendation” in person to 200 S. Ninth Street or to County@SangamonIL.gov by Nov. 5 at 5 p.m. Sangamon County […]
Maine adopts $600K mental health safety net for people affected by PFAS
The program will provide counseling and peer support to farmers, workers and neighbors coping with contaminated land and water.
Opinion | What he thinks about when he mutes political ads
Election Day cannot come soon enough.
Guest columnist: Science of finding cancer early just proved itself
Residents of Houston’s Fifth Ward live adjacent to documented creosote contamination. The neighborhood is 94% non-Hispanic Black. It is a state-designated cancer cluster. Those who live there do not need […]
Las Vegas Sports Jobs Have More Than Doubled in a Decade, UNLV Data Shows
Updated CBER dashboard reveals nearly 19,000 regional sports-related jobs, $860 million in annual visitor spending, and growing youth participation.
Placemaking effort Vivid Junction launches with five murals
The Historic Valley Junction Foundation unveiled five new walkway murals in October as part of its new Vivid Junction redevelopment and place-making effort. The murals are the largest public art investment made in Valley Junction, the historic neighborhood in West Des Moines. Vivid Junction is a collaborative effort in the business district meant to honor…
What to stream in November 2026: ‘The Altruists,’ ‘Blade Runner 2099’
Here's what's coming to Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV, HBO Max, Prime Video, Peacock, Paramount+ and other streaming services in November.
With new digital dashboard, Morrisey promises to move at ‘the speed of business’
West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey launched a new digital dashboard that offers a one-stop shop for businesses applying for permits. The system, which had a soft launch Oct. 1, pulls together permit applications from 13 different agencies. It will also include a fast-track application process. The One Stop Shop Permitting Portal is part of the Speed to Build initiative.
John Stamos to replace Beach Boys amid Mike Love's 'serious health challenges'
John Stamos has seemingly replaced The Beach Boys at a slate of Disney shows after sharing that Mike Love was grappling with major health concerns.
Rivera-Mariani co-authors study on long COVID and neighborhood health factors
Félix Rivera-Mariani, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a co-author of a new study published in the Delaware Journal of Public…
Hybrid Work Is Boosting Local Business Sales by 30 Percent—and RTO Could Put That at Risk
Hybrid employees now account for nearly a quarter of weekday customers at neighborhood businesses, shifting workweek spending away from downtown office districts.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities to Sell Fenway Life Science Property at 421 Park Drive in Boston
BOSTON— Alexandria Real Estate Equities has agreed to sell its development property at 421 Park Drive in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood to an institutional buyer, a transaction expected to generate significant […]
Shenanigans abound in quirky comedy
Get ready for laughter, surprise, and plenty of neighborhood shenanigans! Art Center Theatre at the Art Center of Citrus County invites audiences to enjoy "Love Thy Neighbor," a comedy by
A Dinner for Two Helps Keep Care Rolling Across the Shenandoah Valley
Augusta Health Foundation’s Dinner to Go. Care in Motion. funds Neighborhood Clinics and the Mobile Medical Unit; orders close Oct. 30 FISHERSVILLE, VIRGINIA — Each month, Augusta Health’s Mobile Medical Unit travels to neighborhoods across the Shenandoah Valley, where getting to a doctor is not always easy. The doors open, a familiar face says hello, […]
Sarah Snook to star in 'The Birds' limited series at HBO
A photo of Sarah Snook. (Alex Vaughan) | The poster for the film 'The Birds.' (Universal Pictures)
Business owners meet with Neighborhood Services Dept. about paid parking
The department heard feedback from the community, with DECI also attending the meeting after conducting multiple surveys for businesses.
Animals Starves while the Kardashians Miss the Charts Again
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Before we get going, I’d like to offer congratulations to Jonathan Funke, whose suggestion “midflicks” won the poll for what I should call straight-to-streaming films which aren’t big or cinematic enough to go to theaters but seem too expensive for a TV movie. It’s so useful a term, I just used it last week! Now I just need to add this term to my data dictionary! Okay, on to this week’s issue. We’re starting out looking at Netflix/Ben Affleck’s latest crime thriller, Animals. I’ll also look at Disclosure Day heading to Peacock (it did better than you’d remember in theaters...) and a new movie based on toys. Plus, a long-time streaming flop returns for its eighth season...will it finally chart? (No.) Will anyone at Disney care? Probably not. All that, plus another look at new shows landing on streaming on 1-Oct from Reelgood, what streamer hasn’t had a film make the Luminate charts since August, Reacher’s long run on the charts, M_onster: The Lizzie Borden Story’s_ short run, the top shows in 2026 according to Samba TV, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. And I mean that last part: putting this week’s issue together, I assembled OVER 25 images, most of which are bespoke looks I made just for this report. Really, publishing articles like this takes the work of writing two articles: one is the narrative and the other is making charts/graphs. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the week of October 5th to October 11th, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Film - Netflix’s Latest Star-Studded Thriller Goes For Glory The tempting angle for anyone writing about streaming film this month, like yours truly, is to ask, “Is this why Dan Lin lost his job at Netflix?” Take Animals, the Ben Affleck-starring-and-directing, Artists Equity-produced crime thriller that opened on 9-Oct. (Kerry Washington and Gillian Anderson are also in it.) If it did really well, then one could argue that Lin has another success on his resume. If it underperformed, then it’s another example of a Netflix underperformance this year. So where did Animals fall? Kinda in the middle, but that means it’s more “not a hit” than “big hit”. On Nielsen, it opened to 12.0 million hours, and here’s how that stacks up for 2026 films so far this year: Obviously, that’s not great. It’s both under my 15 million opening bar for “fine” for a Netflix film and 20 million bar for “great” opening. It did a bit better on Samba TV, getting to first place. That’s very, very good, though again, looking at the Nielsen data, it probably means that it was a light week overall. Luminate’s data is a bit closer to Samba TV’s, tied for 17th all time for single weeks since May of 2024: To top it off, no one seemed to like it. It has a 33 on Metacritic and only a 5.7 on IMDb. Both of these numbers could have been impacted by the stories about Affleck’s comments about using AI to make the film. Given the controversy, the film might not have been as bad as the ratings suggest, but it’s also not a bullish sign. All to say…yeah, on net this film isn’t a point in Dan Lin’s favor. At this point, Netflix’s slide has been long enough—going on since February—that I’m almost tempted to lower the bar for what a “hit” is on streaming. Post-February of 2026 or so, it seems like straight-to-streaming films just haven’t hit the same heights as they did from 2022 to 2025. Before we head onto the “Quick Hits” for film, I want to shout out a fellow newsletter whose articles I’ve been loving this year, LA Material, a new LA-based news outlet. For just a highlight of my favorite articles since July... I loved this article on Ghost Town, a group on Venice that clears homeless encampments. As a Los Angeleno, obviously I adore their articles on LA parking issues. Their article on illegal parking tickets got the City Council to address the issue! Also check out their article on people parking in medians. Check out their deep dive on what went wrong with the LA Jazz Festival and how it fell apart, or what’s wrong with USC’s finances. Finally, they wrote up a voter guide on voter guides for the LA General Election. So meta! In search of a city? L.A. Material is an independent news outlet covering the people, politics, culture and glorious chaos shaping Los Angeles. L.A. Material brings you intel on the city you can’t get anywhere else. From exploring how Reddit short stories became Hollywood’s hottest commodity to reporting on the survival jobs keeping entertainment workers afloat. And answering, once and for all, why the AMC Burbank escalator is always broken. Through their newsletters, podcast, videos, events, and member community, L.A. Material is designed to help Angelenos connect to Los Angeles and each other. Sign up now for the free weekday newsletter. Quick Notes on Film Steven Spielberg’s latest film, Disclosure Day, came to Peacock on 9-Oct, and I’ll admit that, after pulling its stats, I did a pinch of a double take. As I wrote throughout my deep, deep, deep dive on summer box office/Obsession/Backrooms/IP/superheroes, oftentimes the film media discusses films as “flops” or “misses” or “hits” without clarifying what they specifically mean. Since Disclosure Day didn’t make $250 million in the US or $500 million globally, it was definitely a disappointment by Spielbergian standards, who is the highest-grossing director of all time, and arguably even more ahead in adjusted grosses. But it did make $245 million globally on a $115 million budget, so it isn’t as big of a miss as I remember. That’s still probably not enough to break even in the theatrical window, when you factor in marketing costs…but it’s close. And it grossed a lot more even in the US than some titles with about ten times more coverage. Anyways, lots of preamble to say this one only did 4.5 million hours according to Nielsen, so it did make the charts, but on the low end. Here’s how it stacks up to other Peacock titles: Apple TV (née +) followed up their “success for them” Mayday with Matchbox The Movie. This one doesn’t look like a success even for them, but at least it’s not a miss. Apple/Skydance clearly tried to take advantage of the success of Barbie at the box office—let’s greenlight all the toy properties!!!—but of course, this didn’t make it to theaters. And it stars John Cena, who, as I argued earlier this summer, NEEDS to get his movies back in theaters. Anyways, this one has mixed-to-bad numbers. It missed the Samba TV and Nielsen charts in its first week, but did make Luminate with 7.1 million hours. That’s just enough to not be an outright miss, and about half what Mayday did earlier this summer. Speaking of Apple Studio’s Mayday, it ended up lasting five weeks on Luminate, which isn’t bad for Apple TV. On Nielsen, it had a three-week run, racking up 13.5 million hours total. Again, like Matchbox, the issue is the budget; I doubt that this viewership earned enough to justify that budget. Also, to be clear, neither of these films are “midflicks”; both should have gone to theaters. Toy Story 5 is not hanging around on the streaming charts on Disney+, so it’s not as leggy as either Zootopia 2 or Moana 2, and definitely not in the same class as Encanto. (It did make all the money at the box office, so Disney is going to be fine…) The Breadwinner on Netflix (from Sony) is down to 3.9 million hours in its third week. It only lasted for one week on the Samba TV charts. Netflix’s Doing Life had a smaller-than-normal binge release curve bounce, only going to 7.1 million hours from 6.0 to start, but it made Samba TV at fifth place in its second week. The Netflix documentary, The Widower: Til’ Death Do Us Part, also had a small binge release curve bounce to 6.5 million hours, but did make a second week on Samba TV. Meanwhile, Netflix’s Unabomber fell off after two weeks on Nielsen—which is not great at all—and Demon Slayer fell off after just one week. Over on Luminate, the two smaller titles The Swan: Behind the Mirror and Kill. Bury. Print both fell out of the Luminate top ten charts. The story of library film at the first of the month is the arrival of the Ice Age films on Netflix. Now, here’s a small example of optimizing your library that even Netflix could do better. Say you want to rent/license a new film series from Disney**.** A streamer could pay a big paycheck and then drop each Ice Age film on the exact same day of the month, the fourth of October. That’s one choice. In contrast, the streamer could have released each film one week apart, and make each one a mini-event for folks watching Ice Age films. Or even roll them out monthly. Netflix opted for the former strategy, and as a result, only three of the films made the Nielsen charts this week. The “Miss of the Week” goes to Tubi’s YA-ish horror film_, R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2_, which didn’t even make the Luminate charts like Tubi films usually do, or, should I say, “used to”? Tubi films, most of which are straight-to-streaming, used to reliably make the Luminate film charts (which only covers straight-to-streaming films), but a Tubi film hasn’t made it since August. The first Pumpkinhead got 1.4 million hours last year according to Luminate. As I wrote about this film before, it seems to be a bit muddled in terms of age: too scary for young kids but probably not scary enough for older kids. Speaking of Luminate, Netflix’s latest doc about a comic (expect more docs about comedians all month), Who Is Martin Mull?, flopped, getting just 200K and 700K hours according to Luminate. Three other film/special misses belonged to Hulu, including a standup special, Jamie Foxx: Take Care of Yourself, Neon’s latest horror film, Hokum, which made $17 million in the US, and a Family Guy Halloween special. (That last one was only 22 minutes, so it’s not a surprise it missed.) Finally, another Netflix standup special missed the charts, Mojo Brookzz: I Know You Lying missed too. I can confirm last week’s misses, most notably Paramount+’s Jackass: Best and Last, MUBI’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and HBO Max’s Evil Dead Burn. Television - I Can’t Visualize Nothing: The Kardashians Story Normally, in the mini-dive essays that open the Streaming Ratings Report, I focus on shows that do well or, at the very least, make the charts. Why? Because as I’ve said time and again, I can’t visualize nothing like, say, the Kardashians’ TV shows. Here’s the TV debuts chart for this week with a missing spot for The Kardashians, whose eighth season just landed on Hulu:
Neighbors, businesses cry foul over trees removed near Independence Boulevard billboard
The goal is to improve visibility for a billboard along the highway, but business owners say they had no chance to weigh in.
Kansas megachurch pastor rejects anti-trans politics
Democrat Adam Hamilton, who is challenging Sen. Roger Marshall, says his faith calls him to love transgender neighbors — and rejects turning them into campaign targets.
HBO Orders Development of The Birds Limited Series With Sarah Snook in Lead Role
HBO is developing a limited series inspired by Hitchcock's The Birds, with Sarah Snook as Myra Massey and Tom Spezialy writing the pilot.
As Cleveland’s grocery stores continue to close, this city official steps up to ensure food access
Zainab Pixler, Cleveland's first local food system strategist, is championing a new Good Food Retailer tax credit program to keep grocery stores open in city neighborhoods.
Chicago police investigate Lincoln Park business break-ins
More than a dozen businesses were broken into overnight in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Windows smashed at multiple businesses on Clark Street in Lincoln Park
Vandals broke into multiple businesses along Clark Street in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood overnight Monday into Tuesday.
Baltimore health department offers free lead testing during Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
As National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week continues, the Baltimore City Health Department is bringing free lead testing and resources directly into neighborhoo
‘It affected my health’: Neighbors complain about building implosion, cloud of dust
“My eyes were watering and burning, my nose was like a sieve."
Padre Island business matches candy donations to keep Hawksnest, Eagles Nest bowls full for Halloween
Island Tire Automotive has collected more than 400 pounds of candy for Hawksnest and Eagles Nest neighbors, matching every pound donated as candy prices climb.
New Jersey Cannot Prescribe Better Health Without Making Healthy Food Accessible
By Assemblyman Kenyatta Stewart We tell people with diabetes to watch their blood sugar. We tell people with hypertension to reduce their sodium. We tell families to eat more fruits and vegetables to prevent chronic disease. But what happens when the food we recommend is beyond their budget or unavailable in their neighborhood? That is[...]
Southeast Queens neighborhoods experienced significant job and business growth over decade-long period: Report
The neighborhoods of Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill and Howard Beach experienced significant growth in jobs and private-sector businesses across a
Owners of two LSU hangouts say they want to bring safe, nightlife options. Some neighbors aren’t happy
Both businesses have lit up a once-quiet residential street next to LSU academic buildings, with the owners hoping to provide a safe, fun place for students to let loose.
These are the best local businesses in Columbia for 2026, Nextdoor neighbors say
The 2026 Fave Award Winners on Nextdoor were finally revealed. Columbia residents said these are the best businesses in the city.
Lee Health: What it means to be a safety net for our community
At Lee Health, being a community-focused, nonprofit, safety-net health system is a point of pride. It is also a responsibility we take seriously every day and night. Throughout Southwest Florida, our patients, families, and neighbors count on us to be there when they need care. And for 110 years, we have been. Our teams are committed to carrying that legacy forward and continuing to earn the trust of our community.
Fresno police investigate shooting at Airbnb rental in Tower District
The Fresno Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred early Sunday morning in a Tower District neighborhood.
Missile makers see multi-year deals as politics-proof
Executives at the military’s biggest suppliers say the Pentagon’s new multi-year munitions deals are the surest way to navigate an uncertain funding climate.
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Make Your Phone Hot. Here’s How to Keep It Cool
Powering a car dashboard is more demanding on your handset than you might think. These tips will save battery life and help your phone chill out.
UCLA Health expansion raises costs and concerns
UCLA Health has fast expanded its number of hospitals and number of clinics in recent years. Critics say the expansion is raising healthcare costs and question why it hasn’t included lower-income neighborhoods.
UCLA Health expansion raises costs and concerns
UCLA Health has fast expanded its number of hospitals and number of clinics in recent years. Critics say the expansion is raising healthcare costs and question why it hasn’t included lower-income neighborhoods.
Kansas City leaders, non-profits and businesses turn unity into investments
Neighborhood leaders, nonprofits and businesses packed into Kansas City, Kansas, on Saturday, focused on turning unity into real investments.
On the agenda: Chevron health risk findings, gun violence study and 23rd Street safety
The Richmond City Council meets Tuesday, October 27, to hear the Bay Area Air District's health risk assessment of the Chevron refinery, consider competing traffic safety proposals after two pedestrian deaths on 23rd Street, and hear a presentation about the city's Office of Neighborhood Safety. A special meeting
Unleashed Potential: Lantana sisters build growing dog treat business - Cross Timbers Gazette | Southern Denton County | Flower Mound
Alexis and Aubrey Gray are pretty proud of themselves. Over the past five years, the entrepreneurial-minded sisters, who are 15 and 12, respectively, have built a successful business selling homemade dog treats and snuffle mats to neighbors and even a handful of retailers. They’ve been invited to markets and trade shows, caught the attention of […]
What is it like being a business neighbor to Foy’s Halloween Store? Here’s what some of them said
Editor’s note: This article originally published in October 2025.
Shaker Heights lists two century-old train stations for sale after a decade of vacancy
The historic Coventry Station and the Lynnfield Station hit the market on Oct. 9 without an asking price.
Pope hope, that’s entertainment, and getting ahead in the CIA
Happy Friday friends, I want to start by just breathing for all of us a big long collective sigh of relief at the news this week that the pope’s doctors have basically blown the all clear for Leo’s health. Going from knowing nothing to him declaring to the world he needed surgery, to a cancer diagnosis, to bouncing out of the hospital in barely even days, to ringing the bell in less than two weeks is whiplash inducing. But in the best possible way. We are living in a world in which the Roman pontiff, by dint of history, biography and circumstance, is once more at the epicenter of global affairs. Not just conversations about religion, or Christian and post-Christian values, but the bleeding edge of the most pressing issues of human affairs. Think I am exaggerating a touch? Consider the images of the crowds who greeted Leo in Paris just weeks ago, and juxtapose them with the absolute photo negative scenes unfolding there recently. Ask yourself how many world leaders are talking about AI right now and directly citing the pope as they do so. Try to name a country who has had as many top-ranked diplomats in and out of both Russia and Ukraine in the last three years as the Vatican has in the last three months. It has been fascinating to watch Leo XIV emerge as not just a kind of pop culture reference point or totem to be cited (Francis was often name-checked this way) but as a kinetic force in global conversation. Given the state of things, we need global figures of gravitas and values, even better if they have real wisdom behind what they are saying. So news of Leo’s illness was, it seemed to me, a tremor with potentially Richter Scale implications. That not only has the worst not come to pass but instead we’ve had the best of outcomes announced is something to really be grateful for. Humanity, it seems to me, is entering one of its irregular but cyclical phases where the pace of change — technological, social, and geopolitical — outstrips the ability of previously settled norms and received wisdom to cope. Such periods – and I think the first decades of the last century were a similar such time – throw into question the viability of all kinds of institutions. And many of ours have been straining to breaking point for a few years now. The papacy has the power and the potential to be a steadying pole in all of this. That’s my hope, anyway. It’s a lot to freight the office with, though it is arguably its ultimate purpose from its founding, to be a steadying rock on which all that matters can be anchored. It’s also, of course, an intolerable weight of responsibility to place on a single man. But I am encouraged to have hope in – and for – Leo. The apostle whom he succeeds, after all, was famously unequal to some moments, failed some tests of faith, and resiled from taking the road which led ultimately to the circus on Vatican hill. Human frailty and limitations, of health, of character, of temper, can open us to Christ, whose strength is greatest in our weakness, so St. Paul learned. That gives me hope, and I am sure it consoles Leo, too. And so I will continue to pray for him. Because we need apostles of rock right now. Here’s the news. Subscribe The News The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued yesterday a new document “Venite ad me: Considerations on the Transmission of the Faith in an Epochal Change.” It’s not a short document, and it is at pains to stress this isn’t a doctrinal note from the dicastery, either. Rather, it brings together reflections on an important issue from the Church around the world. Some of it I actually found really rather powerful. It is, however, 25,000, which is a lot for a busy reader to get through on a weekday. So, you can read our busy reader’s summary right here. — News broke yesterday of an Oct. 22 meeting of U.S. bishops with President Donald Trump. The meeting was organized by an official at the Heritage Foundation, according to several sources close to the meeting. Video of several U.S. bishops praying in the Oval Office over President Trump was posted on social media Thursday afternoon, first by White House Communications Advisor Margo Martin, and then by the official twitter.com account of the Archdiocese of Denver. The meeting has drawn sharp criticism because of its proximity to the upcoming midterm Congressional elections, in which Democrats are widely expected to win control of the House of Representatives, while control of the Senate remains closely contested. Sources close to the bishops’ conference told The Pillar that some USCCB senior officials were surprised by the existence of the meeting when video of it first emerged online. And a source close to conference president Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City told The Pillar that the archbishop was “deeply frustrated” by the occasion of the meeting. An official conference spokesperson told The Pillar that the meeting was “not organized with or by the USCCB” and was “not affiliated with the conference.” You can read the whole story here. — The next National Eucharistic Congress will be held in Indianapolis in 2029, a return to the city that hosted the last gathering in 2024. You read it here first. By here, I don’t mean this newsletter, I mean at The Pillar. We broke the story this week. It’s a big deal, in as much as the last congress was a roaring success and the next installment has the potential to be a real focal point for evangelizing efforts in the coming years. Read all about it here. — As Pope Leo prepares for the longest trip of his pontificate, Church leaders in Uruguay say the pontiff will encounter a highly secularized culture, in a country with a very different Catholic history than many of its South American neighbors. The nation has not had a papal visit since 1988, and leaders who spoke with The Pillar say it has a dire need for evangelization, even amid the prospect of a small revival in faith. This is real reporting on the Church in the country, and frankly a story you simply are not going to be able to read anywhere else. Read the whole thing. — The Archdiocese of Detroit announced this week a plan that would see the vast majority of its parish priests reassigned next summer, amid a restructuring process expected to dramatically shrink the number of parishes in the archdiocese. Archbishop Edward Weisenburger said this week that the plan “asks much of our priests,” but is a “sacrifice they are making as brothers of one, unified presbyterate.” The thing is, as JD pointed out in an analysis yesterday, pastors of parishes have a legal right to stability in office, so the only way this kind of wholesale reassignment goes ahead is if all of the archdiocesan clergy agree to resign. That creates its own kind of legal issues, though, and re-raises longstanding questions about the effectiveness of canonical due process protections for priests when dealing with coercive exercises in authority. Read the whole thing here. — More than three months after the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued its decree declaring the excommunication of the leadership of the Society of St. Pius X, questions remain about the full effects of the society’s schism. Specifically, the DDF’s July claim that marriages witnessed and confessions heard by SSPX priests are now invalid remains contested — and it emerged this week it appears that the Vatican’s own legal experts don’t agree. You can read my whole analysis of the situation and what it means here. All I would add is that the DDF’s undeveloped, some would say unsubstantiated, claim about the invalidity of some SSPX sacraments came in their July Explanatory Note on the schismatic consecrations by the society that month. It touches directly on both papal acts of governance — indeed it purports to nullify them — and the most intimate pastoral encounters possible in a parish setting. If there is one aspect of the Francis-era style of governance I would like the curia to finally cut out, root and branch, it would be these attempts to try to effect extraordinarily sensitive legislative acts via a note. — At least a dozen French bishops have spoken out following an eruption of violence on the country’s streets Oct. 17. Not surprisingly, they unanimously condemned the violence, but the length and content of their interventions varied significantly. Several sought to distinguish between the actions of rioters and what they suggested were the legitimate concerns of peaceful young protesters. Many also evoked Pope Leo XIV’s Sept. 25-28 visit to France, suggesting it offered a powerful counter-image to the scenes of looting and destruction. A number of bishops also stressed their solidarity with law enforcement officials who struggled to contain the disorder, as well as the owners of the roughly 3,000 damaged or looted businesses. What’s the background to the nationwide unrest that the French media calls “les violences du 17 octobre”? And what exactly are the bishops saying? Read all about it here. — A Polish bishop called for the firm defense of unborn children as well as compassion for their mothers this week, as the lower house of Poland’s parliament passed two bills seeking to liberalize the country’s abortion laws. The bill on decriminalizing assistance in an abortion passed by 217 votes to 213, while the abortion in cases of fetal abnormality bill passed by 233 to 203, thanks to the government’s majority in the lower house. Both bills will now move to the Polish Senate, the upper house of parliament, where the ruling coalition has a larger majority. The fetal abnormality bill is symbolically significant because if it became law, it would effectively overturn a 2020 ruling by Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal that a 1993 law permitting abortion for a severe and irreversible disability or a life-threatening incurable disease was unconstitutional. Read the whole story here. Subscribe **[The St. Paul Center App | Bible Study On-The-Go Read and understand the Bible with St. Paul Center’s new app! With today’s leading Catholic Scripture scholars as your guides, the St. Paul Center app empowers you to read the Bible](https://stpaulcenter.com/app?utm_source=pillar&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=applaunch)** from the heart of the Church. Download the app for free at either the Apple or the Google app stores. https://stpaulcenter.com/app That’s entertainment I have written before about my deep and sincere reservations about the celebrity exorcist subculture which has taken root in American Catholicism. And, because I am very ill at ease with the entire thing, I try to keep a weather eye on the phenomenon without being drawn into the kind of online back-and-forth which these figures sometimes generate. Earlier this week, JD noted that one such celebrity exorcist type, Fr. Chad Ripperger, has undertaken, on the request of his bishop, a year’s fast from interviews and public speaking. I’m sure that will be salutary for him, if for no other reason than that receiving with docility requests from one’s rightful ecclesiastical superiors always comes with graces. Then a second thing happened this week which caught my eye. Apparently, another fixture in the celebrity exorcist world, Fr. Carlos Martins, has initiated a lawsuit against two lay men — apparently associates of Rippenger, though I am unclear in what way, exactly — for allegedly defaming him and his ministry on a podcast. It seems the suit was initiated nearly a year ago and is now pending. At issue, I read, is that the two men described Martins on a podcast as “not who he says he is” with regard to his exorcism ministry and that he “doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” These statements Martins considers to be false and defamatory and, his suit claims, “directly affected the sale and reception of [his] The Exorcist Files book that was newly released at the time these episodes aired.” I don’t want to get too into the weeds of the details here, but a couple of things struck me about all this.
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