Tag: Local News

Arizona Defies Biden Admin, Files Lawsuit and Starts Installing Shipping Container Barrier in Cochise County

Arizona has forged ahead with erecting a shipping container barrier along the Arizona-Mexico border in an effort to close the gaps, despite the Biden administration’s attempts to prevent the state from doing so. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, a Republican, announced that the state is moving forward with the project, which will costs an estimated $95 million, on Twitter…


New York Hasidic School Admits to Benefit Fraud Conspiracy, Agrees to Pay $8 Million

A Hasidic school in Brooklyn, New York, has agreed to pay $5 million in penalties to resolve an investigation into its allegedly fraudulent conduct, including the illegal use of millions of dollars of government funding for “entirely fictitious” programs, according to the Department of Justice. The Central United Talmudical Academy in Brooklyn (CUTA), which serves more than 4,600 students in Williamsburg, agreed to…


Report: Georgia Has One of the Nation’s Best Improvements in Its Unemployment Rate

Georgia reported one of the best changes in its unemployment rate of any state in the union, a new analysis found. According to the report from WalletHub, Georgia has the 15th best change in unemployment. That trailed neighboring Florida (No. 6) and Alabama (12) but was better than South Carolina (28), Tennessee (32) and North…


Fires in Nebraska, Iowa Spur Evacuations, Destroy Homes

LINCOLN, Neb.—Prairie fires pushed by tinder-dry conditions and winds topping 60 mph (96 kph) led to evacuations in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa and destroyed homes and injured two firefighters south of Nebraska’s capital city of Lincoln, officials said. At least two grassland fires were first reported Sunday afternoon south of Lincoln and spread quickly…


PROGRAMMING ALERT: 2022 NTD International Piano Competition

NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition is set to take place in New York from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. The International Piano Competition is one in a series of international cultural and arts events hosted by NTD Television Network. The mission of this competition is to promote traditional arts of pure authenticity, pure goodness, and pure…


Victims of Fatal Wisconsin Fire Identified as 2 Adults, 4 Children

HARTLAND, Wis.—Authorities have identified the six people who died in an apartment fire in southern Wisconsin as two adults and four children. All six lived together in one apartment of the four-unit building in Hartland, police said in a statement Sunday. The adults who died were Connor McKisick and Jessica McKisick. The children were identified…


Police: Boyfriend at Texas Hospital for Baby’s Birth Kills 2

DALLAS—A man fatally shot two Dallas hospital employees over the weekend, opening fire after accusing his girlfriend who had just given birth of infidelity, authorities said. Jacqueline Pokuaa, a 45-year-old social worker, and Katie Annette Flowers, a 63-year-old nurse, were killed in Saturday’s shooting at Methodist Dallas Medical Center, according to police and hospital officials….


OC Extends Program for Inmates to Rehabilitate Through Training Dog

The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 18 unanimously agreed to extend for three years a dog-training program that focuses on inmate rehabilitation. The program—operated by Cell Dogs, Inc.—has been conducted for about a year at the Theo Lacy Facility, a county jail in Orange. It was first started at the James A. Musick…


Man Taken Into Custody After Sen. Rubio Reports Canvasser ‘Brutally Attacked’

A man has been arrested for allegedly beating a person in Florida, authorities confirmed on Oct. 24. Javier Jesus Lopez, 22, was taken into custody for beating a man who was walking around the neighborhood “handing out fliers,” according to a Hialeah Police Department report obtained by The Epoch Times. Lopez allegedly confronted the man…


New Los Angeles City Ordinance Bans Misleading Advertisements from Pregnancy Centers  

The Los Angeles City Council voted 10-0, with five members absent, to pass an ordinance Oct. 21 that would fine pregnancy service centers $10,000 for each violation about their services, specifically those that mislead women seeking abortions. Such locations support women who are unsure about whether to have an abortion, give up their child to…