BACKFIRE: Many voted Trump

The critical miscalculation, Murillo wrote in a stunning admission in the email, was that Latino voters backed Trump by higher margins than any experts had forecast in the lead-up to the election. Trump’s 29 percent among Hispanics nationally blew prognosticators away, and he hit even higher numbers—about 31 percent—in the key battleground state of Florida, Murillo admitted. MORE

Naomi Osaka played against the one woman she admired. And beat her. But her idol, Serena Williams berated her opponent (who was half Haitian [black]) yelling, “How dare you do this, I’m a mother!” And the tortured Osaka was made to apologize for winning. 

“Blue-collar jobs are growing at their fastest rate in more than 30 years, helping fuel a hiring boom in many small towns and rural areas that are strong supporters of President Trump ahead of November’s mid-term elections,” said the Post, under the headline “Under Trump, the jobs boom has finally reached blue-collar workers. Will it last?” MORE

The Pope Ignores a Plea

A year later, Sr. Lucia’s memoirs were published, bringing widespread attention to Our Lady’s request for the consecration of Russia. Thousands of Catholics responded by signing petitions asking the Pope to perform the ceremony. When Pope Paul VI visited Fatima in May of 1967, Sr. Lucia pleaded to speak with him, but was rebuffed and told to “speak to your bishop.” Her bishop, meanwhile, was not able to make any effective effort to achieve either the consecration of Russia or the revelation of the Third Secret.

Chronology of Four Cover-up Campaigns: Silencing of Sister Lucia MORE

Could California be broke after this?

The agency is down to its last $11 million after spending $432 million on July and August fires alone, Kim Pimlott, director of the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection — known as Cal Fire — said in a letter sent to lawmakers and obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle. MORE

ANTWERP, Belgium (JTA) — Come autumn, hundreds of men and their children stream out of the dozens of synagogues of this Belgian city’s Jewish quarter, and walk quietly to its main park. MORE

For some, it’s the best four years of their lives. For others, it’s a period of constant struggle, whether academically, socially, or both. College brings about new experiences and challenges for young adults that can be difficult to adapt to and overcome, so perhaps it’s no surprise that a new study reports high rates of stress and mental health conditions among students. MORE