Los Angeles-based flights for JetBlue and Southwest were struck by lightning amid Thursday’s storm and were able to safely divert and land. MORE

A restaurant in San Mateo, Calif., has announced it will refuse service to anyone wearing a Make America Great Again hat. Wursthall restaurant’s chef-partner J. Kenji Lopez-Alt mentioned the coming ban in a since-deleted tweet.23 hours ago

Dear Friends – This Special Edition of Chiesa Viva in English has quite a bit of good information on the Vigano Affair and Opus Dei. It’s one of the first popular Italian exposés I’ve seen on Opus Dei. It’s about time! Randy Engel 

P.S. Mark Your Calendar for February 23, 2019 – the Feast day of St. Peter Damian under the Old Roman Calendar,  and the opening of the League of St. Peter Damian. More information will be available at that time. God bless.

At a time when border waits can stretch for hours, the plan seems almost too good to be true: a major new international crossing between Tijuana and San Diego, where trucks and passenger vehicles would wait no more than 20 minutes to reach the border. MORE

The Republican caucus in the Virginia House of Delegates tweeted: “Democrats proposed legislation to allow abortions up to just seconds before that precious child takes their first breath.”

Mr Trump said: “Do you remember when I said Hillary Clinton was willing to rip the baby out of the womb? That’s what it is. That’s what they’re doing. It’s terrible.” MORE