Month: August 2021

Orange County Firefighters Help Elderly Lady Make Breakfast After Accident

Firefighters from Orange County Fire Authority’s (OCFA) Engine 25 assisted an elderly diabetic lady back to her feet and made her breakfast after she fell while cooking breakfast on Aug. 29. Firefighter paramedics Joe Park and Matthew Carlson went into the second-story apartment in a Westminster, California, senior living facility, while the other two members…


Parcel Business Drives Australia Post Profit

Australia Post has reported a before-tax full-year profit of $100.7 million amid strong growth in its parcel business during COVID-19. Overall group revenue for the 2020/21 financial year was up 10.3 per cent to $8.27 billion, while the ‘parcels and services’ division realised 17.7 per cent growth. “This strong result rests with the hard work…


California’s Recall Election Voter Registration Deadline is Today

California’s gubernatorial recall election is a few weeks away and Aug. 30 is the deadline for residents to register to vote by mail. Antonia Hutzell, San Diego County Registrar Office spokesperson told The Epoch Times 221 in-person voting locations will be open beginning Sept. 11 for county residents to cast their votes. “Registration forms returned…


PM Calls on Queensland to Allow Home Quarantine

The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called on Queensland to allow home quarantine as the state government deals with a shortage of hotel quarantine rooms and faces criticism over border exemptions for sports stars. The Queensland government granted border passes to more than 100 NRL players’ family members and league officials while the New…


Deep Dive (Aug. 30): Rep. Moulton Says Kabul Airport Tragedy Could Have Been Prevented

A steady stream of planes is leaving Kabul airport, despite at least five rockets fired at the airport. There have been no reports of casualties so far. A civilian vehicle was apparently used as an improvised launch platform for one of those rockets aimed at the airport Monday. The burned-out car appeared to have been…


Kidnapped Aliso Viejo Woman Wakes Up in Bushes, Police Investigate

An Aliso Viejo woman woke up in the bushes after being attacked by a suspect who potentially sexually assaulted two women in the same area over a year ago, police said Aug. 29. A woman in her 40s was attacked Aug. 28 at 11 p.m. by an unknown male while walking alone near Woodfield Park…


Canada’s Bungled Afghanistan Evacuation No Cause for Boasting

Commentary If anyone in our government dared present the disastrously bungled evacuation from Afghanistan as cause for self-congratulation, you’d expect their tongues to cleave to the roofs of their mouths. But they’re not that kind of people. A news story about this debacle the acting chief of defence staff called “heartbreaking” reported that, after the…


Big Tech Is the ‘Enforcement Arm’ of US Government’s Attempts to Suppress Free Speech: James Taylor

As technology companies in the United States roll out new programs to censor users over political speech, there is a growing argument over whether this could be considered a violation of free speech protections in the U.S. Bill of Rights. To learn more about this, we sat down for an interview with James Taylor, president…


Bali Bomb Case Starts in Guantanamo 18 Years After Capture

NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba—Three prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center had their first day in court Monday after being held by the United States for 18 years without charge in connection with the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub bombings and other plots in Southeast Asia. Indonesian prisoner Encep Nurjaman, known as Hambali, and two…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Aug. 30)

Rescue and recovery efforts are underway on the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Ida’s devastation, the last U.S. military plane left the Kabul airport earlier this afternoon, and evacuees from Afghanistan began landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania over the weekend.