Month: April 2021

Tesla Could Run Into More Problems in China, May Face Compensation Ruling

News Analysis Tesla’s bad luck in China has not ended yet. After a woman protested at an auto show in Shanghai against Tesla’s “brake failure,” followed by a flood of criticism, a higher court could decide to overturn the company’s appeal to a previous court order to compensate a buyer of one of its second-hand cars…


Texas Sheriffs Overwhelmed by Spillover Crime From Border Surge

MISSION, Texas—Sheriff Pinky Gonzales is charged with public safety in Refugio County, Texas, which sits 180 miles north of the U.S.–Mexico border. The county is home to about 8,000 residents and 13 deputies. “We’re a rural town, we’ve got a limited budget, and we’re just overwhelmed with this,” he said about the effects of the…


South Koreans Don’t Accept Belgian Ambassador’s Apology for His Chinese Wife’s Assault on Shop Worker

The Belgian ambassador to South Korea apologized on April 22 for his wife’s assault on a clothing store assistant in Seoul, after CCTV footage spread on social media. Peter Lescouhier’s Chinese wife, Xiang Xueqiu, slapped a female shop assistant. Her co-worker had suspected Xiang of shoplifting as she left the store. Lescouhier said that Xiang…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (April 29)

An economics professor says Biden’s new spending plan will make people more dependent on the government, an intense shoot-out in North Carolina claims the lives of three people and two police officers, and police departments nationwide are having trouble recruiting and are seeing hundreds of officers retire or quit.


FBI Appears to Acknowledge Mass Congressional Shooting Was Classified as Suicide by Cop

An FBI official on Thursday appeared to acknowledge that the bureau classified the mass shooting that left a U.S. representative in perilous condition and wounded several U.S. Capitol Police officers as a “suicide by cop.” Brad Wiegmann, deputy assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, said in his opening statement during…


Republican Senators Critical of Biden’s Lack of Bipartisanship After Wednesday’s Address

Moderate Republicans, many of whom have met with President Joe Biden to negotiate the administration’s pandemic relief bill, came away from the president’s address to the joint session of Congress doubtful about his calls for bipartisanship and unity. After the first 100 days, many of those GOP lawmakers who were hopeful about Biden’s desire to…


Police Officer Declared Dead, Elderly Couple Severely Beaten During Delaware Assault

A Delaware police officer was declared clinically dead after he was beaten while responding to a 911 call, officials said. Delmar Police Chief Ivan Barkley announced Keith Heacook, a 22-year veteran with the Delmar Police Department, was pronounced clinically dead on Wednesday. He was seriously injured on Sunday morning while responding to a call about a…


Steve Deace: COVID-19 Narratives, Politicization of Science, and the Republic’s Willing Subjugation

How robust is the data behind COVID-19 policies such as mask-wearing? Are we really getting the full picture from the experts? And how did the science surrounding COVID-19 become so politicized? In an interview with Steve Deace, co-author of “Faucian Bargain,” he makes the case that the coronavirus pandemic put unprecedented power in the hands…


NJ Lawmaker Proposes Using CARES Funds for Property Tax Relief Instead of Stimulus Payments for Illegal Immigrants

New Jersey Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger, a Republican, proposed in April a bill urging the governor to reconsider diverting $40 million in federal economic relief funds to illegal immigrants and instead use the funds for property tax relief to New Jersey’s struggling homeowners. Homeowners in New Jersey have been struggling for years to pay their property…


Orange County Teacher Wins Big on Wheel of Fortune

When Mission Viejo, Calif. resident Laura Wolf Trammel made the trek to Los Angeles to appear as a contestant on the long-running game show, Wheel of Fortune, she never expected to return to Orange County with a secret she’d have to keep for almost two months. The Rancho Santa Margarita elementary school teacher, who refers…