Month: June 2023

Universities Say Affirmative Action Ban Won’t Stop Them From Pursuing Racial Outcomes

While there has been much debate over the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the use of affirmative action in schools, many believe that it won’t change the goals many institutions have of achieving race-based outcomes. Richard Lempert, who helped draft a university affirmative action policy that the Supreme Court upheld 20 years ago, agrees. After…


Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Rises to 6.71 Percent in First Increase After 3 Straight Drops

LOS ANGELES—The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week, snapping a three-week pullback after reaching a high for the year in early June. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose to 6.71 percent from 6.67 percent last week. A year ago, the rate averaged…


Man Gets 14 Years for Fatal Shooting of Grossmont High Graduate

SAN DIEGO—A man who pleaded guilty to the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old last year in the College Area was sentenced June 29 to 14 years in state prison. David Rasean Vereen, 23, pleaded guilty to a voluntary manslaughter count earlier this month in connection with the June 25, 2022, shooting of Kevin Burton. Police…


Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing Same San Diego Bank He Robbed 12 Years Ago

SAN DIEGO—A man who robbed a La Mesa bank over a decade ago pleaded guilty June 29 to holding up the same bank, as well as a credit union in Imperial County. Asim Shakir Daniels admitted Thursday to robbing a Bank of the West in La Mesa on Jan. 4, 2022, as well as a…


ANALYSIS: Americans Reject Trans Indoctrination of Children and Corporate Pride Campaigns

What began as drag queen story hour evolved into drag shows for children. Now, naked men peddle bikes in front of children at pride parades in Seattle while LGBT activists in New York City marched through the streets chanting: “We’re here. We’re queer. We’re coming for your children.” As previously reported by The Epoch Times,…


Searching Company Ends Recovering Mission for Destroyed Titanic Submersible

Pelagic Research, the company that operates a robotic vehicle used in recovering the debris from the tourist submersible destroyed while diving into the century-old wreck of the Titanic, holds a press conference at 1:00 p.m. ET on June 30 to mark the end of the mission. …


LIVE NOW: Searching Company Ends Recovering Mission for Destroyed Titanic Submersible

Pelagic Research, the company that operates a robotic vehicle used in recovering the debris from the tourist submersible destroyed while diving into the century-old wreck of the Titanic, holds a press conference at 1:00 p.m. ET on June 30 to mark the end of the mission. …


Rare Wild Horse Born at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

SAN DIEGO—The San Diego Zoo Safari Park announced the birth of a young Przewalski’s horse on June 29, a critically endangered species previously considered extinct in the wild until 1996. The unnamed horse was born this month to its mother Nikki and father Ziggy, according to the San Diego Wildlife Alliance in a news release….


Vitamin K Protects Against Diabetes, New Study Finds

A recently published Canadian study has discovered the cellular process that allows vitamin K to protect against diabetes. The discovery opens up new ways to treat and prevent this growing epidemic that affects 415 million people worldwide. Vitamin K helps with gamma-carboxylation, one of the countless biochemical processes that our cells carry out, turning one substance…


Former Olympic Gold Medal Cyclist Convicted in German Child Sex Abuse Case

BERLIN—A former champion cyclist who won two gold medals at the 1976 Olympics has been convicted by a German court in a child sexual abuse case. Gregor Braun was found guilty on Wednesday by a regional court in the southwestern city of Tuebingen of sexually abusing a child, soliciting the serious sexual abuse of a…