Month: January 2023

Levels of Dependency on the State Have Reached Record Levels, Says UK Think Tank

A record 36 million people in Britain now live in households that receive more benefits from the state—including free education and health care—than they contribute in tax, according to a report by the think tank Civitas. Civitas analysed data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) from 2020/21 and found 54.2 percent of individuals were…


Surge in Recruitments at Funeral Homes Across China Reveals a Far Greater COVID Death Toll

News Analysis Funeral homes in China have been actively recruiting new employees and temporary staff amid the major COVID-19 outbreak, with a surge of job postings appearing all over domestic employment websites. Experts and Chinese crematorium workers say China’s COVID death toll is vastly underreported. As China battles the infection surge that followed its lifting…


Supreme Court Won’t Stop $2 Million IRS Penalty Against Grandmother Whose Family Fled Nazis

The Supreme Court turned away an appeal on Jan. 23 over a $2.1 million penalty the IRS assessed against a grandmother whose family fled Nazi persecution, for failing to report a foreign bank account. The decision came as the U.S. House of Representatives, now controlled by Republicans, voted earlier this month to repeal a congressional…


Not Enough Low Emission Vans on Sale Ahead of London ULEZ Expansion: Analysis

There may not be enough vans for sale if all tradespeople who travel into London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) expansion area want to upgrade their older vehicles to comply with the emissions limit, an analysis suggests. Figures from Auto Trader—which says it is used by around 80 percent of UK vehicle retailers—show there are…


Southern Indiana’s Fertile Vineyards, Historic Hotels Enhance Its Rural Charm

By Mary Ann Anderson From Tribune News Service Standing at the edge of Patoka Lake in the southern reaches of Indiana, I gaze through a scrim of oaks toward the sparkling blue-gray water, its hue affected in part by a cloud-speckled cerulean sky. The glassy surface of the lake, unruffled by wind or waves, is…


Big Change to COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy Might Be Coming Soon, FDA Documents Show

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to simplify the current COVID-19 vaccination strategy to be more like an annual flu shot, according to briefing documents released on Jan. 23 ahead of a key advisory meeting to be held on Jan. 26. The FDA’s proposal, as outlined in the documents, is to simplify COVID-19 vaccine composition and…


A Big Change to COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy Could Be Coming Soon, FDA Documents Show

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday released briefing documents for a key advisory meeting to be held on Thursday that show the agency wants to simplify the current COVID-19 vaccination strategy to be more like an annual flu shot. The FDA’s proposal, as outlined in the documents, is to simplify COVID-19 vaccine composition and…


Katie Hobbs Asks Court to Toss Kari Lake’s Election Challenge

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is asking a court to throw out Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s bid to challenge the 2022 mid-term election because state law requires more evidence to show that “millions of Arizonans” were disenfranchised during the Nov. 8 election. In a 317-page court filing (pdf) with the Arizona Appeals Court, Hobbs’s team…


Katie Hobbs Asks Court to Toss Kari Lake’s Election Challenge as She Previews ‘Shocking’ Evidence

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is asking a court to throw out Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s bid to challenge the 2022 mid-term election because state law requires more evidence to show that “millions of Arizonans” were disenfranchised during the Nov. 8 election. In a 317-page court filing (pdf) with the Arizona Appeals Court, Hobbs’s team…


NTD News Today (Jan. 23): Report: 10.9 Million California Midterm Ballots Gone; Domestic Water Resources as a National Security Issue

Over 10 million ballots went unaccounted for during the midterms in California and election officials also rejected almost another quarter million ballots, according to a new report, whose authors blame the state’s mail-in ballot practice. Is America’s water security under threat? A growing number of foreign investors are now becoming owners of U.S. farmland and…