Month: September 2021

Lakers Say They’re Building a Vintage Championship Contender

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—LeBron James has heard the basketball world talking about how the Los Angeles Lakers are too old, and he is laughing—both literally and figuratively. “Some of the memes and some of the jokes have been extremely funny,” James said with a grin on Sept. 28. At 36 years old, James is on a…


Deep Dive (Sept. 28): Gen. Milley Questioned Over Afghanistan Withdrawal

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, faced questions on Capitol Hill Tuesday over the Afghanistan withdrawal. Milley said, “I think that our credibility with allies and partners around the world and with adversaries is being intensely reviewed by them to see which way this is going to go.” This comes as…


Rams Are Unanimous Top Team in Latest AP Pro32 Poll

NEW YORK—Super Bowl 56 will be played at SoFi Stadium in February. And the way the Los Angeles Rams are playing through three games, they may get a chance to play for the championship in their home stadium. Led by new quarterback Matthew Stafford, the Rams have opened the season 3-0 and are the unanimous…


4 Indicted in Alleged Target Gift Card Fraud Scheme

LOS ANGELES—Two Southland residents were arrested today in connection with an alleged fraud scheme that induced people into purchasing thousands of Target gift cards, which were then used at stores in Los Angeles and Orange counties to purchase electronics and other goods. Bowen Hu, 26, of Hacienda Heights, and Tairan Shi, 27, of Diamond Bar,…


How the Haitian Border Crisis Under a Del Rio Bridge Unfolded

DEL RIO, Texas—The largest caravan of illegal immigrants to date was, for them, successful. At its height, around Sept. 18, nearly 15,000 mostly Haitian nationals who had primarily been living in Chile or Brazil, were camped under an international bridge in Del Rio, Texas, that had been closed to legitimate trade and travel. More than…


Orange County’s COVID-19 Metrics Continue Decline

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations finally fell below 300 after two months, as weekly averages posted Sept. 28 showed more encouraging news in a slowdown of the Delta variant-fueled summer surge. The county’s weekly case rate per 100,000 residents improved from 11.3 to 9.7, while the positivity rate fell from 3.7 percent to 3.4…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Sept. 28)

The U.S. is nearing a government shutdown this week as Congress is at a stalemate over raising the debt ceiling, an outspoken U.S. Marine Corps officer awaits trial in a military confinement facility, and a witness speaks up about a video that went viral last week.


Elizabeth Warren to Oppose Fed Chair Powell Renomination, Tells Him ‘You’re a Dangerous Man’

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) during a Senate hearing on Tuesday told Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell that she will oppose his renomination, citing his many decisions that she claims have weakened the Federal Reserve’s regulatory oversight of large banks. “I came to Washington after the 2008 crash to make sure that nothing like that would…


The Incredible Shrinking Campus Male

Commentary A few months before he passed away, Walter Williams, the foremost columnist and professor at George Mason University, wrote, “The true tragedy is that so many Americans are blind to the fact that today’s colleges and universities pose a threat on several fronts to the well-being of our nation.” While there are countless threats…


Philadelphia Contract Gives Police Raises and Tougher Discipline Procedures

The city of Philadelphia recently announced the details of a new, three-year police contract which will be followed through June 30, 2024. It includes annual raises of 2.75 percent in the first year of the contract and 3.5 percent in each of the following two years. Although it passed, arbitrator Shannon Farmer attached a dissenting…