Month: September 2021

Astros Move Closer, Beat Angels in 12; Ohtani Out at Plate

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Houston manager Dusty Baker says a huge source of pride about his AL West-leading team is the way it plays defense. It showed Wednesday night as right fielder Chas McCormick made two huge plays in the Astros’ 9-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in 12 innings. McCormick made a one-hop throw to prevent…


Salzburg: Beyond the Sound of Music

“Oh, is it the one with the kittens and mittens?” my husband asked as city guide Michaela Muhr began to talk about “The Sound of Music” as we walked through the streets of Salzburg. While the movie is famous around the world, most people in Austria don’t have any idea what Julie Andrews’s favorite things…


Manchin Says He and Biden Are ‘Trying to Find a Pathway Forward’ on Budget

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) indicated Thursday that he and President Joe Biden, who has been deeply involved in negotiations over the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation, are working to overcome lingering disagreements over the scope of the legislation. Manchin said of ongoing negotiations that “the president is deeply committed to getting things done and we’re committed…


Deep Dive (Sept. 23): Biden Pledges Another 500 Million Doses on Global Vaccination

The border crisis is reaching the geopolitical stage. The U.S. special envoy to Haiti has resigned, citing the “inhumane and counterproductive” decision to deport Haitians from the border. He says Haiti is unable to provide basic services and security to its citizens, and that will have consequences for the United States and its neighbors. This…


Dodgers Fall 2 Games Back in NL West, Lose to Rockies 10-5

DENVER—First Julio Urías. Now Walker Buehler. That’s back-to-back off outings from key cogs in a Los Angeles rotation that boasted the best ERA in baseball. Logging too many innings? Wearing down? Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had a simpler explanation: “All guys have some bit of fatigue right now,” he said. Sam Hilliard lined a three-run…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Sept. 23)

A shooting at a Tennessee supermarket kills one and injures dozens of others, operations using horses in Del Rio, Texas are suspended amid accusations that border agents were whipping migrants with their reins, and the New York health commissioner is stepping down after his heavy involvement in Andrew Cuomo’s nursing home scandal.


The FBI, Like Carthage, Must Be Destroyed

FBI director Christopher Wray says that he would like to do away with encrypted messenger services like Signal that I and many of my friends and colleagues use to communicate with each other. Wray claims that would make it easier to counter so-called “domestic extremism” that he and secretary of homeland security Alejandro Mayorkas, not…


Huntington Beach Allows Unpermitted Short Term Rentals Until End of Year

The City of Huntington Beach voted Sept. 21 to allow homes on short-term housing platforms, like Airbnb, to operate without the necessary permits until the end of the year. Short-term rentals (STRs), a residential housing unit that is rented for 30 days or less, were originally banned in Huntington Beach. In December 2020, council passed…


Uprooting Communism, Socialism, and Marxism in America

Commentary The United States has been subverted by people who believe in the failed ideologies of communism, socialism, and Marxism. America’s experiment in self-governance—with State power constrained by well-crafted limits of our constitution—is under direct threat from people who want to “deconstruct” our nation and replace it with a collectivist system of governance. Many of…


Federal Arrest Warrant Issued for Gabby Petito’s Boyfriend, FBI Says

The U.S. District Court of Wyoming issued a federal arrest warrant for Brian Laundrie, who was named earlier as a person of interest in the disappearance and death of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, in Wyoming, the FBI said on Thursday. Authorities have been searching for Laundrie, who hasn’t yet been found, in a swampy wilderness…