Tag: Local News

LIVE NOW: Fed Chair Jerome Powell Speaks After Policy Meeting

Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell holds a news conference to conclude its last policy meeting of the year on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 1:15 p.m. ET. He will be commenting on a drop in inflation, a slowed pace of rising interest rates, and a spending tightening policy. The Epoch Times will livestream the event starting…


Fed Chair Jerome Powell Speaks After Policy Meeting

Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell holds a news conference to conclude its last policy meeting of the year on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 1:15 p.m. ET. He will be commenting on a drop in inflation, a slowed pace of rising interest rates, and a spending tightening policy. The Epoch Times will livestream the event starting…


Alaska Law Officer Killed in Muskox Attack Outside His House

JUNEAU, Alaska—A court services officer with the Alaska State Troopers died Tuesday after being attacked by a muskox outside his home near Nome, the agency said. Curtis Worland was trying to scare away a group of muskox from near a dog kennel at his home when one of the animals attacked him, according to a…


Texas AG Sues Biden Admin Over ‘Radical Woke’ Rule Affecting Religious Adoption, Foster Care Services

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the Biden administration on Dec. 12 to ensure the state can continue working with faith-based organizations to provide adoption and foster care services. Primarily, the lawsuit seeks an end to an Obama-era Health and Human Services Department (HHS) rule, known as the SOGI (Sexual Orientation…


Texas Sues to Overturn Adoption Rule It Says Discriminates Against Religious Groups

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the Biden administration on Dec. 12 to ensure the state can continue working with faith-based organizations to provide adoption and foster care services. Primarily, the lawsuit seeks an end to an Obama-era Health and Human Services Department (HHS) rule, known as the SOGI (Sexual Orientation…


Texas Sues to Overturn Adoption Rule That It Says Discriminates Against Religious Groups

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the Biden administration on Dec. 12 to ensure the state can continue working with faith-based organizations to provide adoption and foster care services. Primarily, the lawsuit seeks an end to an Obama-era Health and Human Services Department (HHS) rule, known as the SOGI (Sexual Orientation…


Port Jervis City Council Postpones Budget Vote Amid Continuing Work to Lower Tax Hike

After an hour-long discussion on Dec. 12, Port Jervis City Council couldn’t muster enough support for its expected nearly eight percent tax hike and postponed the budget vote to the next meeting. Councilman-At-Large Stanley Siegel told The Epoch Times on Dec. 13. “We are in a predicament. It is heartbreaking.” Over his 19 years in…


Police: Customer Shoots St. Louis KFC Employee Over No Corn

ST. LOUIS—A KFC employee in St. Louis has been hospitalized after a customer shot him because he was upset that the restaurant had run out of corn, police said. The shooting happened Monday evening in the city’s Central West End neighborhood. Investigators said the man tried to place an order in the restaurant’s drive-thru lane….


Texas School District Approves Guardian Program to Protect Students in Active Shooter Situations

A large North Texas school district is moving forward with its plan to allow armed staff members to protect students in the event of an active shooter situation. On Monday night, the board of trustees for the Keller Independent School District (KISD) approved the decision in a 4–3 vote. The district, which serves more than…


New DNA Test Leads to Arrest in 35-Year-Old Pennsylvania Murder Case

Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a woman in the 35-year-old murder case of her husband. Judith Ann Jarvis, now 76, was arrested Tuesday in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and charged with the murder of Carl Jarvis, according to a criminal complaint. Just after midnight on Aug. 10, 1987, Judith Jarvis, then 41, called state police and…