Month: September 2021

‘Notting Hill,’ ‘The Duke’ Director Roger Michell Dies at 65

LONDON—Roger Michell, the British stage, television, and film director whose movies include the indelibly popular romcom “Notting Hill,” has died, his family said Thursday. He was 65. Michell’s family said in a statement that he died on Wednesday. They didn’t disclose the place or cause of death. “It is with great sadness that the family…


Charter Schools Saw Enrollment Growth as 1.4 Million Students Left Public Schools: Report

Charter schools across the United States took in hundreds of thousands of new students, as families sought alternatives to public schools during the first full school year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report reveals. Publicly funded, privately managed charters schools in 39 states saw an additional 240,000 students during the 2020-2021 school year, according…


US Household Wealth Rose to Record $141.7 Trillion in Q2, Fed Says

U.S. household wealth jumped to a new high of $141.7 trillion at the end of June, a report from the Federal Reserve showed on Thursday, boosted by stock market gains and a pandemic-induced real-estate boom. Soaring equity markets fueled the increase in overall wealth, adding $3.5 trillion to household assets in the second quarter—a period…


NY State Doesn’t Need to Allow Religious Exemptions for Vaccine Mandate, Authorities Say

New York officials filed papers this week saying that the state has no constitutional obligation to grant religious exemptions to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare staff, in response to a federal lawsuit. Gov. Kathy Hochul filed the court papers along with state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker and Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday. Seventeen nurses were…


San Francisco Launches Initiative to Tackle Retail Crime

The City of San Franciso, in collaboration with the police department, aims to tackle the rise in retail crimes through a new initiative in partnership with local retailers. The Organized Retail Crime Initiative will result in an expansion of the police department’s Organized Retail Crime Unit while providing more resources to retailers amid ongoing theft….


Top Taliban Official: Executions, Strict Punishment Will Return to Afghanistan

A top Taliban official in Afghanistan said that the extremist group that now rules the country will carry out executions and the amputations of hands and feet. Speaking to The Associated Press, Taliban co-founder Mullah Nooruddin Turabi dismissed criticism of the group’s previous rule of Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, where public executions, floggings, stonings, and…


Coast Guard Chaplains’ Memo Includes Invasive Questions for Religious Exemption Requesters

A recent Department of Defense memorandum for chaplains of the Coast Guard includes multiple highly invasive questions about the sincerity of the faith and practice of Guardsmen seeking religious exemptions from the vaccine for COVID-19. “Have the member describe how they consistently keep the tenets of their faith and demonstrate those in their daily life….


Pelosi, Schumer Announce ‘Agreement on a Framework’ to Fund Budget Bill

At a weekly press conference Thursday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), joined by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, announced that the White House, the House, and the Senate had negotiated a “framework” to pay for the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act. Opening the conference, Schumer said: “The…


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Epoch TV Review: ‘China’s Civilization Killers’

Commentary Joshua Philipp interviewed Gordon Chang, author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” on EpochTV’s “Crossroads” program on Sept. 8. Chang, a columnist, author, and lawyer, worked in China at two U.S. International law firms. When asked about the recent U.S. intelligence assessment on the origins of the novel coronavirus, Chang said the report stated…