Month: September 2021

Valdez, González, Maldonado Send Astros Past Angels 10-0

ANAHEIM, Calif.—With a well-rested Framber Valdez on the mound turning in one of his best performances in an outstanding season, the Houston Astros really didn’t need all the runs they racked up on a blowout night at the Big A. Valdez pitched seven innings of six-hit ball, Marwin González launched a grand slam and the…


Biden Uses First UN Address to Call for Global Community to ‘Seize Opportunities’ in Tackling Crises

President Joe Biden called for deep global engagement and a shared future in his first address since taking office before the United Nations Tuesday at the UN’s 76th General Assembly at its headquarters in New York City. Biden told the room full of leaders the world is at an “inflection point in history” and nations…


North Carolina Hospital System Suspends Hundreds of Employees After COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

A North Carolina health care system said it suspended hundreds of its employees after the firm implemented a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, adding that workers who refuse to get vaccinated after five days will be fired. “Beginning this week, approximately 375 team members—across 15 hospitals, 800 clinics and hundreds of outpatient facilities—have been confirmed to be…


San Francisco Mandates Vaccines for All Airport Workers

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco is requiring all workers at San Francisco International Airport to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing if employees are exempt. The mandate announced Tuesday applies to all on-site personnel, of which there are about 46,000. Mayor London Breed’s office said the mandate, which goes into effect immediately, is the first…


China ‘Uninterested’ in Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Sen. King

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is rapidly pursuing nuclear armament across the board and seems reluctant to enter into any sort of arms control agreement such as the one the United States previously maintained with the Soviet Union, according to Sen. Angus King (I-Maine). “Right now, China seems totally uninterested in that proposition,” King said….


Body Found in Wyoming Is Gabby Petito’s, Manner of Death Is Homicide: FBI

Teton County, Wyoming, Coroner Dr. Brent Blue on Tuesday confirmed that the body found over the weekend Bridger-Teton National Forest is missing woman Gabby Petito, according to the woman’s family and the FBI. The FBI said in a statement that Blue ruled her death a homicide in his preliminary findings. Petito family lawyer Richard Stafford also…


OC Exec Arrested on Indictment in Student Loan Scheme

SANTA ANA, Calif.—An Orange County business owner was behind bars Tuesday in what California Attorney General Rob Bonta said was a “nationwide, multi-year, multimillion-dollar student loan debt relief scam.” Angela Kathryn Mirabella, 47, was being held without bail and was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana, according to jail…


Space Force Unveils Prototypes of Uniform for Guardians

The very first group of Guardians on Tuesday unveiled the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) first prototype service dress uniform, which features a dark navy color, an upturned collar, and a diagonal row of six buttons. During a speech at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Chief of Space…


5 Homeschooling Tips From a Successful Pioneer

Although we didn’t know it then, my family was what is now referred to as a pioneer of the modern homeschool movement. I still remember being stopped at the grocery store—several years after we began our homeschool journey—being asked why I wasn’t in school, inwardly wincing at the alarmed or confused look I was sure…


How Stakeholder Capitalism Helps China and Harms the US

Commentary If there’s one thing progressives love doing, it’s apologizing. They apologize for being racist, for white privilege, for polluting the planet; in short, they apologize for anything and everything. The word sorry, like the U.S. dollar, continues to lose its purchasing power. If everyone is sorry, then no one is sorry. Vivek Ramaswamy, the author of…