Month: February 2023

Big Bear Receives More Snowfall This Week Than Average Year

Big Bear Mountain—home to one of Southern California’s premiere ski resorts tucked in the San Bernardino National Forest—received more snowfall this week than it normally receives in a year, according to a spokesperson for the resort. During the week, snowfall exceeded more than 100 inches—the retreat’s yearly average—resort spokesman Justin Kern told The Epoch Times on Friday….


Artist Who Defaced Painting Says Police Raided Her Home

An artist who admitted to defacing one of Australia’s most famous paintings in a gas company protest says police have raided her home in a “massive over-reach”. Joana Partyka was convicted in the Perth Magistrates Court earlier this month after pleading guilty to criminal damage after she spray-painted a Woodside Energy logo onto Frederick McCubbin’s work Down…


US to Expand Training of Taiwanese Forces

More U.S. troops are in Taiwan as the island continues to face an ever more aggressive communist neighbor. The United States is planning on increasing the number of troops from the current 30 up to about 200. Taiwan’s president is welcoming the move. China, meanwhile, is accusing the United States of undermining peace and stability…


Man Stabbed in Encanto, Suspect at Large

SAN DIEGO—The San Diego Police Department is investigating a stabbing Feb. 24 in Encanto. Just before 4 a.m. Friday, the department received a call about a man down in the roadway near 6700 Akins Ave. Officers arrived on the scene and found a semi-conscious man lying in the road with a stab wound to his…


Taiwanese Elected Officials Welcome Shen Yun

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Shen Yun Performing Arts, the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company, will be performing from Feb. 24 to Apr. 2 in five major Taiwanese cities—Miaoli, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Changhua, and Taipei. Shen Yun kicked of the first of its 32 performances in Taiwan with a matinee performance on Feb. 24 at Miaoli’s Miaobei…


Dozens of Taiwanese Politicians Welcome Shen Yun

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Shen Yun Performing Arts, the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company, will be performing from Feb. 24 to Apr. 2 in five major Taiwanese cities—Miaoli, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Changhua, and Taipei. Shen Yun kicked of the first of its 32 performances in Taiwan with a matinee performance on Feb. 24 at Miaoli’s Miaobei…


Capitol Report: Chinese Nationals Make Way to Southern Border; New Sanctions Issued on Russia on Anniversary of War

Just ahead of sunrise, a line of illegal immigrants waits along the border wall in Yuma, Arizona, to be processed by Border Patrol. Where are they from, and what do they tell us about why they chose to come illegally? Marking the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden and Group of…


Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (Feb.24)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for April delivery rose 93 cents to $76.32 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for April delivery rose 95 cents to $83.16 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for March delivery fell 2 cents to $2.36 a gallon. March heating oil rose 9 cents to $2.80 a gallon. March natural gas rose 14 cents…


Stocks Drop, Send Wall Street to Its Worst Week of the Year

NEW YORK—Another cold reminder that inflation remains hotter than hoped sent Wall Street skidding Friday, and stocks closed out their worst week since early December. The S&P 500 fell 1.1 percent to cap its third straight weekly loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped as many as 510 points before closing down 336 points, or…


Small Australian Businesses Miss Meta ‘Blue Tick’ of Approval

Meta has promised better security and support with its monthly subscription service, Meta Verified, but only for personal accounts. Clinical counsellor Amber Rules hadn’t changed a thing when she was suddenly shut out of her organisation’s Instagram account. “I don’t know what went wrong, I didn’t know why I got locked out or what the…