Month: September 2022

‘Most Were Just There to Skip Class’: Activists’ Debrief Reveals Untold Story of Walkouts Against New Transgender Student Policy in Virginia

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Most of the students in recent student walkouts across Virginia were just there to skip class and didn’t care about the cause of protesting the new transgender student policy in the state, according to an activist debrief recording obtained by The Epoch Times. On Sept. 16, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) released…


Quebec Election: CAQ Leader Defends Millions to US Consulting Firm During Pandemic

The political opponents of Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault took aim at him on Friday after it was revealed his government awarded a major American consulting firm $35,000 a day for strategies on managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Legault said McKinsey & Company advised the government on best practices from around the world as Quebec…


Woman Charged With Setting Fire at Apartment That Killed 4

WORCESTER, Mass.—A former tenant charged with setting a fire at a Massachusetts apartment building that claimed the lives of four people pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Friday and was held without bail. Yvonne Ngoiri, 36, faces four counts of second-degree murder as well as arson and assault charges in connection with the May 14…


Newsom Signs Bill Allowing Doctors in California to Face Discipline for ‘Misinformation’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Sept. 30 that allows the state medical board to discipline physicians for “misinformation” or “disinformation” related to COVID-19. According to the law, misinformation means “false information that is contradicted by contemporary scientific consensus contrary to the standard of care,” while disinformation is “misinformation that the licensee…


Uvalde School District, Others Face First Lawsuit Over Mass Shooting

Parents of three children who survived the Uvalde, Texas school shooting have sued the school district, several former officials, the company that manufactured the gun used in the rampage and others. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in Del Rio, Texas, appeared to be the first over the shooting, in which 19 children and…


Barclays Hit by $361 Million Penalty Over Issuance of Securities

British bank Barclays agreed to a $361 million penalty over internal control failures related to the unregistered offer and sale of “an unprecedented amount” of securities, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Thursday. The conduct concerned dates back to March this year when Barclays disclosed that it had accidentally oversold complex structured…


Facebook’s Meta Freezes All Hiring, Warns of Possible Layoffs Due to Economic Turmoil: Reports

Facebook’s Meta has reportedly announced that it would freeze hiring and outlined a new plan to reorganize and cut back its staff for the first time in its history, as the company’s profit growth begins to slow down. The tech sector has been hit hard this year, as stocks on the NASDAQ and S&P 500…


Motown Mafia: The Story of Eddie Jackson and Courtney Brown | Documentary

Motown Mafia is the story of two families and how they rose from Detroit’s old Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods to the top of the city’s narcotics pyramid. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature…


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Police: Teen Saw Father Shoot, Kill Mother in California

LOS ANGELES—The Southern California teenager killed this week alongside her father in a shootout with law enforcement was with him a day earlier when he fatally shot her mother, police said Thursday. Savannah Graziano, 15, was in the back of her father’s pickup truck when he gunned down her mother, Tracy Martinez, on Monday, according…