Month: April 2022

Thursday, April 28, 2022: Epoch Sudoku Easy


Thursday, April 28, 2022: Epoch Crossword


Poll Shows J.D. Vance Takes the Lead in GOP Senate Race, Ohio Voters React

Fueled by Donald Trump’s endorsement, Hillbilly Elegy author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance has surged to a five-point lead in the Ohio GOP U.S. Senate race, according to a Fox News survey of Ohio voters participating in the May 3 GOP primary that was released on April 27. In the first independent poll announced since…


Will Musk’s Twitter be Influenced by China?

Is the Chinese communist party poised to gain leverage over Twitter? Debate over that question comes now that the social media platform accepted Elon Musk’s offer to purchase it. One foreigner struggling under the city’s virus prevention rules in Shanghai. He tries to break through isolation barriers. Foreigners living in Shanghai facing difficult times. On…


Most California Energy Savings Programs Backfire: UCLA Study

California has invested billions of dollars in programs to reduce energy consumption, however, many have had negligible or opposite results, according to a recent study by the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA). The study found that most of California’s programs that subsidize the installation of energy-efficient appliances—like AC, washer and dryers, and light bulbs—have not…


Police: Woman Helped Plan Kidnapping of Baby in California

SAN JOSE, Calif.—A woman arrested in the kidnapping of a 3-month-old baby from his San Francisco Bay Area home is a friend of the family and was present when a man abducted the baby while his grandmother unloaded groceries, police said Wednesday. Yesenia Ramirez, 43, had driven the child and his grandmother on a shopping…


Non-Profit Pushing Jan.6 Ballot Disqualifications is Funded, Led by Left-Wing Activists

Donald Trump had just minutes before been sworn in as president in January 2017 when People for Free Speech (PFS), working with RootsAction, another obscure left-wing activist group, launched a website ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow.org. The Trump impeachment website remains live today, but PFS has moved on from years of seeking to drive the embattled chief executive from the…


Denmark Suspends COVID Vaccine Campaign, EU Set to End Mass Testing

Denmark on Tuesday became the first country to suspend its national COVID-19 vaccine campaign after health officials said the pandemic is under control there. Bolette Soborg, director of the Danish Health Authority’s department of infectious diseases, on Tuesday said Denmark is “winding down” the mass vaccination program, and that invitations for vaccinations would no longer be issued after May 15. “We…


Prosecutor: Teen Planned Rape, Killing of Wisconsin Girl

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.—A 14-year-old boy accused of killing a 10-year-old Wisconsin girl knew the girl and planned the attack, knocking her down and choking her before sexually assaulting her, a prosecutor said Wednesday. The body of Illiana “Lily” Peters was found Monday along a walking trail just a day after she went missing while returning…


Australian Government Urged to Increase Funding to Save Public Universities: Report

A new report has called for the federal government to increase funding for higher education to help universities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and allow domestic students to receive free undergraduate education. In its latest report (pdf), the Australia Institute, a public policy think tank based in Canberra, said that the government could save public…