Month: September 2021

FBI Asks Public’s Help in Finding Gabby Petito’s Fiance After Death Confirmed

The FBI on Wednesday asked the public for assistance in finding the fiance of Gabby Petito, who was found dead of a homicide in Wyoming. Petito, 22, was found dead after disappearing with boyfriend Brian Laundrie, and her remains were found Sunday in Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest. An autopsy confirmed that the body was that…


SoftBank Backs Steven Mnuchin’s $2.5 Billion Private Equity Fund

SoftBank Group will invest in a $2.5 billion private equity fund set up by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the Japanese conglomerate said on Wednesday without disclosing the size of the investment. The fund, Liberty Strategic Capital, will be backed by SoftBank’s $40 billion second Vision Fund and Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund Mubadala,…


Police: One Dead in Drive-By Shooting at School Bus Stop

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—A drive-by shooting at a school bus stop Wednesday morning in Kentucky left one student dead and another hospitalized, police said. A third child was injured by unknown means as the youths waited at the bus stop just west of downtown Louisville, authorities said. A car drove by and shot at the waiting children,…


Confident Murray Aiming Higher After Tweaking Service Action

After making adjustments to his service motion, former world number one Andy Murray is confident that his game is on an upward trajectory and he can compete against top players again after struggling with injuries in the past few years. The 34-year-old Briton, who had hip surgeries in 2018 and 2019, has not been able…


ECB to Mull Upping Regular Bond Purchases After Emergency Scheme: Bloomberg

FRANKFURT—The European Central Bank will discuss whether to raise its regular bond purchases when its pandemic-fighting scheme ends, ECB policymaker Madis Muller said in an interview published on Wednesday. “I realise that it would be a problem if there is a very sharp cliff effect at the end of the pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP),”…


Durham Indictment Pulls Back the Curtain on Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax

Commentary In my last column here at The Epoch Times, I wrote about all the leaking that was suddenly springing up surrounding Special Counsel John Durham’s Spygate investigation. It was revealed in April this year that Durham had seated a grand jury, which recently began issuing a flurry of search warrants and subpoenas. This sudden…


End-of-Summer Heat Expected in Southland Through Wednesday

LOS ANGELES—Summer may be coming to an end, but a mid-summer-like blast of heat is hitting the Southland today, and it will persist into tomorrow before a cooling trend begins. A heat advisory issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) will be in effect until 8 p.m. Wednesday in the San Fernando Valley, with temperatures…


Harry Dunn’s Mother Speaks of ‘Enormous Relief’ After Damages Claim Resolution

The mother of Harry Dunn has spoken of her “enormous relief” at finding a resolution in a damages claim filed against her son’s alleged killer. Charlotte Charles told the PA news agency that balancing a criminal and a civil case had “taken so much of our energy and resources,” adding she was “confident” criminal proceedings…


Health Care Workers Sue Two Louisiana Hospitals Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

Dozens of health care workers are suing two hospital networks in Louisiana over their COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees, arguing that studies have shown the vaccines do not prevent the transmission of the virus. Lawyers for the plaintiffs said they are seeking temporary and permanent injunctions against vaccine mandates that were handed down by the Ochsner Lafayette…


Starmer’s Plan to Rewrite Labour Leadership Rules Sparks Left-Wing Backlash

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer plans to reform the way the party’s leader is elected, but is facing stiff resistance from the left wing of the party, which has warned the move could trigger a “civil war.” The current “one member, one vote” system introduced under former Labour leader Ed Miliband was widely seen as…