Category: State News

Colorado Supreme Court Denies Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits From Previous Decades

Colorado’s Supreme Court on Tuesday denied child sexual abuse victims to file lawsuits from previous assaults that happened over a decade ago. Colorado’s Child Sexual Abuse Accountability Act, passed in 2022, was meant to allow child victims to bypass the statute of limitations and seek reparations and accountability for their assailant and/or organizations that might have…


3 Teens Arrested in Shooting That Injured Year-Old Girl, Mother in South Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES—Three teenage boys were arrested Wednesday in connection with a shooting that injured a year-old girl and her 20-year-old mother at a hamburger stand in South Los Angeles, with police saying the attackers mistook the woman and her friend for rival gang members. The shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. June 5 at 81st Street…


3 Hurt When Google Critic Crashes Car Into Building Near Company’s NYC Headquarters, Police Say

NEW YORK—A man who has claimed for years that Google was torturing users with flashing lights crashed a car into a building near the company’s New York City headquarters, injuring three pedestrians, authorities said. The man, 34, drove onto the sidewalk and crashed his Ford Fusion into a building on West 15th Street and 10th…


Plane That Flew Over DC Crashed Almost Straight Down at High Speed, Report Says

An unresponsive business jet that flew off course over the nation’s capital plunged in a “near-vertical descent” into a Virginia mountain at a “high velocity” before bursting into flames, according to a federal report released Wednesday. The preliminary findings shed little light on what might have caused the June 4 crash, which killed four people….


San Clemente Closes Beaches Earlier, Hires Security Following Attack on Marines

San Clemente city councilors approved an ordinance on June 20 to change the city’s beach hours, now closing at 10 p.m. daily instead of midnight. The beaches will reopen at 4 a.m. as usual. The council also voted 4–1—with Mayor Chris Duncan opposed—to hire a private security firm to assist law enforcement in maintaining public…


With the Pandemic Over, House Panel Seeks Answers on Federal Agency Backlogs

Some may consider it fitting, if not desirable, that a House subcommittee hearing focused on the reasons that federal government agencies, in a post-pandemic America, are still running behind and continuing to be tardy in delivering services started about a half hour late.   But the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations…


Huntington Beach Advances Ordinance Screening Children’s Library Books for ‘Obscene’ Content 

The City of Huntington Beach is moving forward on June 22 with a proposal to require the city’s libraries to screen children’s books for obscenity and pornographic content. The City Council voted 4–3 to approve the proposal, introduced by Councilwoman Gracey Van Der Mark, which directs the city manager and city attorney to develop several…


Affirmative Action Debate Brings Racist Attack on California Republican

Commentary Affirmative action has brought nothing but division. That’s still happening at a time when California is the most diverse polity in human history. The latest comes from Fox News: “Calif. Democrat accuses Muslim colleague of White supremacy for not backing race-based law: Calif. Republican says bill allows state to ‘discriminate based on race when…


US ‘Working to Disrupt’ Chinese Expansion in Cuba: State Department

WASHINGTON—The United States is “working to disrupt” Beijing’s ongoing efforts to expand its presence in Cuba, the State Department has told The Epoch Times. “Broadly, we are monitoring and responding to any PRC [People’s Republic of China] attempts to expand its military or security presence around the world, and we watch how potential PRC actions…


Motorcycle Enthusiasts Live to Ride in a Post-Pandemic Economy

STURGIS, S.D.—Lynn Lichti of South Dakota has ridden many different brands and styles of motorcycles since he was a teenager in the 1960s. Today, Lichti is rocking a Harley-Davidson FLRT Freewheeler, a three-wheel powerhouse sporting a big engine with all the bells and whistles of modern electronics. “This little button here tells you 10 different…