Month: June 2023

Judge Halts Wyoming’s Abortion Pill Ban Amid Lawsuit

A Wyoming judge has temporarily halted the state’s ban on abortion pills, which was scheduled to go into effect on July 1. Judge Melissa Owens of Teton County, who was appointed by the state’s Republican Gov. Mark Gordon, ruled on Thursday that the attorneys representing Wyoming failed to demonstrate that the ban would not harm…


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New Wave of COVID-19 Infections Hits China

COVID-19 has resurged in mainland China with the number of people testing positive for the virus rising significantly since April. This follows mass infections and deaths from last December to January. A Pudong, Shanghai resident told The Epoch Times on June 21 that his father recently developed white lungs from a COVID-19 infection and died….


Australia’s New Cyber Coordinator Says Threat Levels ‘Dire’

Australia’s newly appointed national cybersecurity coordinator says the world faces a “dire” challenge keeping safe from cyber threats. Air Marshal Darren Goldie, appointed by the Albanese government on June 23, said Australians need to be educated as cyber challenges grow. “That challenge will continue to increase in its complexity and severity, and I think we are all…


Survey Finds 78 Percent of US Home Shoppers Fear Being Priced out of Market

A recent survey from Realtor.com and Censuswide finds 78 percent of potential home buyers expect to be priced out of the market if prices and mortgage interest rates continue to increase. Over 50 percent of that group blames inflation as the number one external factor keeping them from realizing the American dream.  Rising interest rates…


Officials Unsure When Hydrogen Production Can Be Profitable Despite Billions in Taxpayer Funding

Despite billions being pumped into trying to kickstart Australia’s hydrogen industry, department officials concede reaching profitability may be a long way off. Jo Evans, the deputy secretary of the Department of Climate Change and Energy, said costs were still too high for hydrogen production. “There’s no way they’ll make a profit at those costs,” Evans…


Volunteers Pony up Thousands in Donations to Purchase Disputed Alpine Horses at Auction

A wild horse sanctuary in Colorado has agreed to adopt 70 free-roaming Alpine horses rounded up in Arizona and sold by the U.S. Forest Service at two recent online auctions. Simone Netherlands, president of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group based in Prescott, Arizona, said volunteers raised $50,000 on short notice to purchase the…