Month: January 2023

2 Men Killed in San Juan Capistrano Crash

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—Two men were killed and a third person was hospitalized in critical condition when the car they were in hit a tree in San Juan Capistrano. The driver—21-year-old Riley Hans Sullivan from the unincorporated community of Preston in Sonoma County—and a passenger, 19-year-old Rex Aziz Devenny of San Juan Capistrano, were killed…


Nashville’s Mayor Announces He Is Not Seeking Reelection as 2023 Race Nears

Tennessee’s capital city could have its fourth mayor in less than five years as incumbent Mayor John Cooper announced Tuesday that he would not be seeking reelection. The race to lead the growing city will take place on Aug. 3. “Now [after] a great deal of thought and prayer and talking with my wonderful wife,…


Sen. Lankford Calls on Blinken to ‘Shine a Light’ on CCP’s Atrocities in Upcoming Beijing Trip

One Republican senator is pressing the secretary of state to hold China’s communist regime accountable for its human rights violations during an upcoming trip to Beijing. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) issued a letter (pdf) to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Jan. 31, asking Blinken to “make defending the oppressed a defining focus” of his…


Food and Drug Administration Proposes Human Foods Program Redesign

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf said on Jan. 31 that major reforms will be coming to his agency in the wake of the recent infant formula shortages. The FDA chief said in a press release that he was “announcing a new, transformative vision for the FDA Human Foods Program.” The decision came…


California Man Gets 2 Years for Police Chase With 6-Year-Old Girl in Car

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison for leading police on a drug-fueled chase with a 6-year-old girl in the backseat of his vehicle, according to court records obtained Jan. 30. Police attempted to pull Kevin Gregory Ruff over Jan. 13 for a traffic violation, but he kept going,…


Recent Data on ‘Stunning Increase’ in Serious Harm Reports in Young Healthy Pilots: Army Lt. Col. Theresa Long

It’s been a year since four Department of Defense (DOD) whistleblowers found a sudden increase in various diseases in the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED), which coincided directly with the introduction of COVID-19 vaccinations. Now, new data shows more evidence. That’s according to Lt. Col.Theresa Long, M.D., MPH, a board-certified aerospace medicine doctor and Army…


Man Charged With Killing Head of US Newspaper With Ties to CCP to Stand Trial in March

A man charged with shooting and killing his boss at a U.S.-based, Chinese-language newspaper’s office in Alhambra, California, in 2018 will stand trial March 1. The jury trial for Zhong Qi Chen, 63, who allegedly murdered Yining Xie, founder and chairman of the U.S.-based Chinese-language newspaper China Press—or Qiao Bao in Chinese—was originally scheduled for…


Alec Baldwin formally charged in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting

Actor Alec Baldwin was formally charged in the fatal shooting that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead in 2021 on the set of “Rust” in New Mexico, officials said. District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies filed charges (pdf) on Tuesday following months of speculation as to whether she had evidence that Baldwin showed criminal disregard for safety when a…


House Democrat Caucus Leaders Say Republican Plans Include Changing Social Security

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu used the opportunity of their weekly press conference on Jan. 31 to paint and position Republicans as “extreme” in their budget solutions and proposals. Both men, representatives from California, suggested that the GOP is looking to imperil the well-being of older Americans by making “dangerous” cuts to…


Over 3.2 Million Canadians on Medical Waitlists, According to New Report

The latest government data indicates that 3.2 million Canadians are on a waitlist for surgery, a diagnostic scan, or specialist treatment, according to think tank SecondStreet.org. The latest data also suggests that 41,487 patients have died on a waiting list since 2018–2019. This estimate includes cases where patients died while waiting for surgeries that could have…