Thursday, February 05, 2026
Wednesday, February 04, 2026
Prediction Market Polymarket to Launch Free Grocery Store in NYC
The grocery store will be open on February 12.
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Cryptocurrency-based prediction market platform Polymarket is launching a free grocery store in New York City.
As announced by Polymarket via Substack, the company has signed a lease to open what they’re calling New York’s “first free grocery store.” Titled after the company, the grocery store coincides with a $1 million donation to Food Bank For NYC, which helps feed struggling families across all five boroughs of the city.
“The Polymarket is fully stocked. No purchase required,” the announcement reads. “We're open to all New Yorkers. A real, physical investment in our community. The Polymarket's grand opening is on February 12th @ noon ET. Free groceries. Free markets. Built for the people who power New York. We'll see you at The Polymarket's grand opening next week. We love you, New York City.”
After months of planning, we're excited to announce 'The Polymarket' is coming to New York City. New York's first free grocery store. We signed the lease. And we donated $1 million to Food Bank For NYC — an organization that changes how our city responds to hunger. 🧵
12:00 PM · Feb 3, 2026
The Polymarket is fully stocked. No purchase required. We're open to all New Yorkers. A real, physical investment in our community. The Polymarket's grand opening is on February 12th @ noon ET.
Polymarket has yet to announce the address of the store. A spokesperson for Food Bank for New York City told Business Insider that the company did, in fact, donate $1 million to their cause. The move comes not long after Polymarket partnered with the Golden Globes and Dow Jones.
The Polymarket is fully stocked. No purchase required. We're open to all New Yorkers. A real, physical investment in our community. The Polymarket's grand opening is on February 12th @ noon ET.
Polymarket has yet to announce the address of the store. A spokesperson for Food Bank for New York City told Business Insider that the company did, in fact, donate $1 million to their cause. The move comes not long after Polymarket partnered with the Golden Globes and Dow Jones.
From southern India to Canada’s far north: New archbishop serves Indigenous Catholics
By The Associated PressOpens in new window
Published: February 02, 2026 at 7:25AM EST
The Rev. Susai Jesu, recently named archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, gives an interview at the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples where he was once pastor, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers went into the fields. He directed the choir, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood.
Little did he know that this dedication would take him halfway around the world on a vast cross-cultural journey — ministering among Canada’s Indigenous Catholics, learning their language, culture and historical traumas. He hosted Pope Francis at his Edmonton parish when the late pontiff visited Canada in 2022 to apologize for the Catholic Church’s collaboration with the “catastrophic” system of Indigenous residential schools.
And as of Jan. 26, Jesu is now an archbishop for northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He’ll oversee ministry to about 49,000 Catholics, mostly Indigenous, dispersed across a region larger than Texas.
In a ceremony punctuated by traditional drumming — as well as songs and prayers in an unusual combination of Cree, Dene, English, French, Oji-Cree and his native Tamil — Jesu was consecrated archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas.
Jesu’s first order of business is simply to spend time with the people. At each of the far-flung parishes he visits, he plans not only to preside at worship but to be “physically present with them,” he said in an interview. He hopes to build trust over time in a population that includes many loyal Catholics but also many who remain wounded and alienated from the church.
“For the first year, let us build a relationship,” said Jesu, 54, who was appointed archbishop by Francis’ successor, Leo XIV, in November. “With all those residential schools (and their legacy), what kind of Jesus are we giving today?”
As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers went into the fields. He directed the choir, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood.
Little did he know that this dedication would take him halfway around the world on a vast cross-cultural journey — ministering among Canada’s Indigenous Catholics, learning their language, culture and historical traumas. He hosted Pope Francis at his Edmonton parish when the late pontiff visited Canada in 2022 to apologize for the Catholic Church’s collaboration with the “catastrophic” system of Indigenous residential schools.
And as of Jan. 26, Jesu is now an archbishop for northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He’ll oversee ministry to about 49,000 Catholics, mostly Indigenous, dispersed across a region larger than Texas.
In a ceremony punctuated by traditional drumming — as well as songs and prayers in an unusual combination of Cree, Dene, English, French, Oji-Cree and his native Tamil — Jesu was consecrated archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas.
Jesu’s first order of business is simply to spend time with the people. At each of the far-flung parishes he visits, he plans not only to preside at worship but to be “physically present with them,” he said in an interview. He hopes to build trust over time in a population that includes many loyal Catholics but also many who remain wounded and alienated from the church.
“For the first year, let us build a relationship,” said Jesu, 54, who was appointed archbishop by Francis’ successor, Leo XIV, in November. “With all those residential schools (and their legacy), what kind of Jesus are we giving today?”
Military stands down troops ordered to prep to deploy to Minneapolis
More than 1,500 federal troops in Alaska had been placed on alert.
BySteven Beynon
February 3, 2026, 9:53 AM
1,500 troops on standby for Minnesota deployment, 2 defense officials saySome 1,500 active duty Army paratroopers have been put on alert for a potential deployment to Minnesota, according to two defense officials.
Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images
The Pentagon’s Northern Command over the weekend stood down more than 1,500 federal troops placed on alert for potential deployment to Minneapolis, according to two U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the situation.
ABC News first reported that roughly 1,500 active duty soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska had been ordered to prepare for a possible mission to the Twin Cities in Minnesota.
Additional units across the country, including some 200 Texas National Guard troops, also had been directed to make preparations.
No specific mission was ever outlined, and placing units on alert is a relatively routine step when commanders anticipate a potential presidential order, according to officials familiar with the planning. The New York Times was the first to report that units were being taken off high alert.
Tuesday, February 03, 2026
Monday, February 02, 2026
“Most Seventh Day Adventist are going to Hell according to The Bible”. U...
“Most Seventh Day Adventist are going to Hell according to The Bible”. Unless?
If you are a Seventh Day Adventist, this video is for you. Most Seventh-day Adventists sincerely believe they are walking in truth—but what if something is missing?
In this video, we take an honest, biblical look at the spiritual condition of the SDA Church. This isn’t an attack or a hate piece. ''It’s a warning'', a call to self-examination, and an invitation to return to the gospel of Jesus Christ—faith, grace, and truth found in Scripture.
- We’ll examine:
- Why so many SDA members are spiritually confused
- Where tradition may have replaced the gospel
- What the Bible actually teaches about salvation
- How sincere people can still be led astray If you’re SDA, former SDA, or simply searching for truth, this video is for you.
Sunday, February 01, 2026
Leftist and liberal gun groups are seeing a rush of new members
By
Harmeet Kaur
People light candles at a makeshift memorial for Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on January 24. Octavio Jones/AFP/Getty Images
Several niche, left-leaning gun advocacy groups said that since the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, they can hardly keep up with the surging demand for firearms training.
With President Donald Trump sending armed federal agents into communities around the country, even more once gun-shy liberals and leftists are considering getting armed. And while Americans tend to think of gun owners as leaning more Republican and male, already more women, gay people and people of color have taken up arms in recent years, particularly after 2020.
Weekend classes at L.A. Progressive Shooters are sold out through March. Registrations for permit-to-carry courses at Pink Pistols Twin Cities, which serves LGBTQ people in Minneapolis and St. Paul, are up from an average of five people per class to 25 — the group recently added seven more courses to accommodate increased interest, and those are filling up, too. To paraphrase a recent meme: The right is arguing for gun control, and the left is buying guns.
“In the past couple of days, there has been a shift,” Lara Smith, national spokesperson for the Liberal Gun Club, says. “This changed views on the left.”
Alex Pretti, a beloved ICU nurse who cared for ailing veterans and an outdoorsman who was concerned about the environment, was also, like one-third of Americans, a gun owner. He was carrying his lawfully owned weapon in a holster before federal agents disarmed him and then fatally shot him.
Jordan Levine, founder of the inclusive gun community A Better Way 2A, says his organization has seen an influx of gun groups and instructors asking to join its resource page in the last few weeks — Ready Rainbow in Chicago, Grassroots Defense in Iowa and Solidarity Defense in Sacramento are a few recent additions. “People are scared and angry and want to equalize the power imbalance that we’re seeing on the news, where you’ve got ICE steamrolling people with no recourse,” he adds.
Philip Smith, founder and president of the National African American Gun Association, says membership in his organization has grown since Trump’s second term began and since Pretti was killed. “People join when they’re scared,” Smith says. “People join when certain people get in office, because it scares them. People join when they see these shootings across the country, and it seems like it’s just madness starting to grow more and more.”
Harmeet Kaur
People light candles at a makeshift memorial for Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on January 24. Octavio Jones/AFP/Getty Images
Several niche, left-leaning gun advocacy groups said that since the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, they can hardly keep up with the surging demand for firearms training.
With President Donald Trump sending armed federal agents into communities around the country, even more once gun-shy liberals and leftists are considering getting armed. And while Americans tend to think of gun owners as leaning more Republican and male, already more women, gay people and people of color have taken up arms in recent years, particularly after 2020.
Weekend classes at L.A. Progressive Shooters are sold out through March. Registrations for permit-to-carry courses at Pink Pistols Twin Cities, which serves LGBTQ people in Minneapolis and St. Paul, are up from an average of five people per class to 25 — the group recently added seven more courses to accommodate increased interest, and those are filling up, too. To paraphrase a recent meme: The right is arguing for gun control, and the left is buying guns.
“In the past couple of days, there has been a shift,” Lara Smith, national spokesperson for the Liberal Gun Club, says. “This changed views on the left.”
Alex Pretti, a beloved ICU nurse who cared for ailing veterans and an outdoorsman who was concerned about the environment, was also, like one-third of Americans, a gun owner. He was carrying his lawfully owned weapon in a holster before federal agents disarmed him and then fatally shot him.
Jordan Levine, founder of the inclusive gun community A Better Way 2A, says his organization has seen an influx of gun groups and instructors asking to join its resource page in the last few weeks — Ready Rainbow in Chicago, Grassroots Defense in Iowa and Solidarity Defense in Sacramento are a few recent additions. “People are scared and angry and want to equalize the power imbalance that we’re seeing on the news, where you’ve got ICE steamrolling people with no recourse,” he adds.
Philip Smith, founder and president of the National African American Gun Association, says membership in his organization has grown since Trump’s second term began and since Pretti was killed. “People join when they’re scared,” Smith says. “People join when certain people get in office, because it scares them. People join when they see these shootings across the country, and it seems like it’s just madness starting to grow more and more.”
Interfaith vigil remembers immigration enforcement victims
Dozens formed a tight circle at Joe Creason Park Friday night in the cold to unite their voices in support of neighbors living in fear for their safety.
By Meredith Lea
Published: Jan. 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM EST
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Dozens of people who originally planned to meet inside St. Agnes Catholic Church instead formed a tight circle at Joe Creason Park Friday night, holding candles in the cold to unite their voices in support of neighbors living in fear for their safety.
Congressman Morgan McGarvey organized the interfaith vigil to remember people he describes as victims of brutality by federal immigration agents under the Department of Homeland Security’s command. The most recent cases, the shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, are bringing people of different religious and political stripes together on this issue.
“We’ve had very high-profile deaths at the hands of federal agents, but there’s a lot of quiet terrors going on, too,” said Rev. Rachel Small Stokes of Emanuel United Church of Christ.
Rev. Kent Gilbert of Union Church in Berea said the gathering crossed demographic and political lines.
“This was every demographic. This was every political party. This was not political. This was moral,” Gilbert said.
For some attendees, like Mayra Ramos Johnson, who immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico, the fear feels like a personal confrontation.
“Everything can happen. And, you know, I have a boy that is seven. I don’t want my son to be scared,” Johnson said. “Just the trauma that the kids can have. Just for an officer to stop you and ask you based on your looks or your accent. That’s not fair.”
The group said their words have to be backed up with action and pressure.
“We have to stand up for what’s right. We have to stand up with each other and speak out against what we’re seeing,” McGarvey said.
Johnson said unity is needed now.
“I think now is the time to get united... we all have the same purpose to, you know, improve this world, this country, this city. So, like, we just need to support each other,” she said.
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The first refugee to lead the UN refugee agency meets the pope
By Trisha Thomas,
Associated Press
Jan 27, 2026|Associated Press
Barham Salih, President of Iraq addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on Sept. 23, 2021. (Credit: Timothy A. Clary/Pool Photo via AP.)
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ROME — The first refugee to lead the U.N. refugee agency said Monday the world faces “a very difficult moment in history” and is appealing to a common humanity amid dramatic change.
Repression of immigrants is growing, and the funding to protect them is plummeting. Without ever mentioning the Trump administration or its policies directly, Barham Salih in an interview with The Associated Press said his office will have to be inventive to confront the crisis, which includes losing well over $1 billion in U.S. support.
“Of course it’s a fight, undeniably so, but I think also I’m hopeful and confident that there is enough humanity out there to really enable us to do that,” said Salih, a former president of Iraq.
He also was adamant on the need to safeguard the 1951 refugee convention as the Trump administration campaigns for other governments to join it in upending a decades-old system and redefining asylum rules.
Salih, who took up his role as high commissioner for refugees on Jan. 1, described it as an international legal responsibility and a moral responsibility.
According to his agency also known as UNHCR, there are 117.3 million forcibly displaced people around the world from 194 countries. Salih’s challenge is supporting some 30 million refugees with significantly less funds.
In 2024 and 2025, funding from the U.S. dropped from $2.1 billion to $800 million, and yet the country remains UNHCR’s largest donor.
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