Month: January 2023

Sanctuary Is the Place We Call Our Own

A software sales rep I know treasures his hour-long commute from his home to his office in Northern Virginia. As he heads down I-66, joining the dense traffic after Manassas, he lights up a cigar, listens to the radio or a podcast, and relishes his time alone, suspended between the responsibilities of family and the…


Stocks Drift on Wall Street as Earnings Reports Rev Up

Wall Street’s major stock indexes closed mixed Tuesday, as more big companies delivered their financial results for the last three months of 2022 amid lingering concerns about a potential recession. The S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1 percent, its second loss in three trading days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3 percent and the…


Georgia District Attorney: ‘Charging Decisions are Imminent’ in Trump 2020 Election Probe

A district attorney in Georgia on Jan. 24 urged a judge not to release a report from a grand jury investigating possible 2020 election interference, at least until she decides whether to charge anybody. “At this time, in the interest of justice and the rights of not the state but others, we are asking that…


Health Starts in Your Mouth

Each tooth is an organ connected to your nervous system via the trigeminal nerve (which takes up 50 percent of the space of all the other cranial nerves). Ignore their far-reaching impacts at your own risk. STORY AT-A-GLANCE Your teeth are organs that are connected to your nervous system via the trigeminal nerve, one of…


Over 2 Years Later, Still No Sign of Missing Texas College Student Jason Landry

It’s been more than two years since Kent and Lisa Landry have seen their son’s face, heard his voice, or even received a text message from him. Their son, Jason Landry, 21, disappeared on his way home from college for the holidays. On Dec. 13, 2020, the Texas State University student had packed up his…


NTD Evening News (Jan. 24): Classified Docs Found at Former VP Mike Pence’s Home; Trump Leads Biden in Possible 2024 Run: Poll

Documents with classification markings were found at Mike Pence’s home, lawyers for the former vice president said. A “small number of documents” marked classified were found on Jan. 16 at Pence’s home in Indiana, Greg Jacob, one of the lawyers, informed the National Archives and Records Administration in a Jan. 18 letter obtained by The…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (Jan. 24): Classified Docs Found at Former VP Mike Pence’s Home; Trump Leads Biden in Possible 2024 Run: Poll

Documents with classification markings were found at Mike Pence’s home, lawyers for the former vice president said. A “small number of documents” marked classified were found on Jan. 16 at Pence’s home in Indiana, Greg Jacob, one of the lawyers, informed the National Archives and Records Administration in a Jan. 18 letter obtained by The…


Transport Department to Spend $400 Million on Upgrades to Golden Gate Bridge

The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced on Jan. 23 it would be spending $400 million on upgrades and safety measures for California’s Golden Gate Bridge. “We’re investing $400 million to replace, retrofit, and install critical structural elements on the Golden Gate Bridge that will make it more resilient during earthquakes and ensure commuters and businesses…


China’s Funeral Parlors, Suppliers Crushed by Demand Amid COVID Death Surge

Never has the winter felt so suffocating for Zou, who counted about 20 deaths among his social circles amid the massive COVID wave that’s gripping China. Memorial tents, indicating households that have lost family members, are visible on every street in his hometown, in the historic city of Yueyang in southern China’s mountainous Hunan Province…


Man Sentenced 13 Years for Selling Fentanyl That Killed Coronado 15-Year-Old

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego man who sold a fentanyl-laced pill to a 15-year-old Coronado High School sophomore, leading to the teen’s death, was sentenced Jan. 24 to 13 years in prison. Kaylar Junior Tawan Beltranlap, 22, pleaded guilty last year to a federal distribution of fentanyl count for selling a counterfeit oxycodone pill that led…