Month: April 2023

Thursday, April 27, 2023: Epoch Sudoku Easy


Business Investment Slumps as Orders for Capital Good Falls

Orders for American-made durable goods has fallen as business investments slump—a sign of an economic slowdown. The U.S. industrial sector has been falling into a slump after several years of rapid growth, with many economists viewing it as a prelude to a broader recession. Durable goods orders jumped by 3.2 percent in March but only by…


Commerce Kidnapping Suspect Arrested, Victim Still Being Sought

COMMERCE, Calif.—A man suspected of kidnapping a woman at gunpoint in Commerce was arrested April 26, but the victim was still missing. The unidentified suspect was taken into custody around 2 p.m. Wednesday and booked on suspicion of kidnapping and abduction, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. His car was also recovered and…


California Supreme Court Upholds Newsom’s CARE Court for Mental Illness Treatment

The California Supreme Court April 19 shot down disability rights activists’ request to halt the implementation of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s law providing treatment for individuals with severe mental illness through a court order, known as the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court. The group, Disability Rights California—which advocates for those with disabilities in the…


Migration System Overhaul to Entice Long-Term Residents

The Albanese government will shake up migration after a review found the system was not meeting either current or future needs. The overhaul, to be announced by Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil on Thursday, will cover permanent residency for temporary visa holders and ways to bring in skilled migrants to boost the economy. About two…


Fox News BLEEDING: $500M Drop in Market Cap, $77M Advertising Revenue in Jeopardy | Facts Matter

On Monday, in a truly shocking move, Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox News—or as the official statement claims: Tucker Carlson and Fox News have “agreed to part ways.” This is indeed a shocking development because Tucker’s show was far and above the most popular program on Fox. And actually, it was one of the most…


Orange County Officials, Victims Share Uphill Battle With California’s Lax Stance on Fentanyl

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Dozens of photographs of once-smiling people who have recently died of fentanyl overdoses lined the walls of the shared courtyard of the Orange County District Attorney and sheriff department April 24, where officials and loved ones gathered for a Crime Victims Rights ceremony. “I’ve spent a lot of my career all over the…


US Senator, Capitol Police Chief Blast Tucker Carlson for Alleged Jan. 6 ‘False Narrative’

A Democrat senator from Maryland and U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger used a Senate budget hearing on April 25 to blast former Fox News host Tucker Carlson for creating an allegedly “false narrative” with the Jan. 6 security-camera video that he broadcast in March. During a budget hearing before the Senate Committee on…


HHS Whistleblower Says Government Complicit in Child Trafficking

A fierce debate continues over raising the nation’s $31 trillion debt. The GOP is rallying for spending cuts, while Democrats push back. A federal whistleblower joins us to discuss the exploitation of unaccompanied children in relation to the border crisis. She says the Biden administration is a “middleman” in the migrant child trafficking operation. A…


Mississippi Jail Escapee Believed Dead After Armed Standoff

CONWAY, Miss.—A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail and is a suspect in a Monday night killing is believed to have died after barricading himself in a home and setting it on fire during an armed standoff with deputies, a police official said Wednesday. Plumes of smoke emanated from the charred remains of the…