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Federal Heating Aid Applications Double in Orange County, New York

December 11, 2022
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The number of winter heating aid applications received so far has jumped 130 percent from the same time last year, according to Orange County Department of Social Services Commissioner Darcie Miller. The Home Energy Assistance Program, or HEAP, is a federal aid program that helps eligible residents heat and cool their homes. In November—the opening…

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Middletown, New York, Seminar Raises Awareness of CCP Threat

December 11, 2022
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Residents from Middletown and surrounding communities filled up the Mulberry Senior Center on Dec. 8 for a seminar on the infiltration of American society by the Chinese Communist Party. The infiltration is omnidirectional and at all levels, impacting places including Middletown and surrounding towns in Orange County, New York, according to experts at the seminar….

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University of Idaho Settles Christian Students’ Lawsuit

December 11, 2022
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Three Christian students and a faculty member have settled a lawsuit against the University of Idaho that acted to limit their freedom of religious speech. The lawsuit, filed by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorneys in April, blamed university officials for targeting the students’ First Amendment rights by punishing them for their religious speech. The…

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Automaker Stellantis to Idle Illinois Plant, Citing Rising Electric Vehicle Production Costs

December 11, 2022
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Automaker Stellantis will indefinitely idle an assembly plant in Illinois that employs around 1,350 workers, the company said, citing the challenge of rising costs related to the electric vehicle (EV) market and other factors. The site, which will be idled beginning in February 2023, manufactures the Jeep Cherokee SUV. Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, Dodge,…

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Rising Electric Vehicle Production Costs May Lead to 1,350 Layoffs at Illinois Plant

December 11, 2022
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Over a thousand employees at Stellantis’s assembly plant in Illinois are potentially set to lose their jobs as the company struggles with rising manufacturing costs. The Belvidere plant employs around 1,350 workers and is a site that manufactures the Jeep Cherokee SUV. Stellantis plans to indefinitely halt operations at the plant, which will result in…

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Former Border Patrol Agent Convicted of Killing 4 Women in Texas

December 10, 2022
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SAN ANTONIO—A former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 was convicted Wednesday of capital murder, after jurors heard recordings of him telling investigators he was trying to “clean up the streets” of his South Texas hometown. Juan David Ortiz, 39, receives an automatic sentence of life in prison without…

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Kevin de León Fights With Activist at Christmas Event

December 10, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles police have launched an investigation into an altercation between Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León and a community activist who have accused each other of assault during the embattled councilman’s appearance at a Christmas tree lighting in Lincoln Heights. De León—who has refused intense pressure to resign from colleagues and activists…

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Ex-Laguna Beach Cop Pleads Guilty to Holding Gun to Fellow Officer’s Head

December 10, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—An ex-Laguna Beach police officer pleaded guilty Friday and was immediately sentenced to a day in jail and 20 days of Caltrans work for holding a gun to a fellow officer’s head during a night of partying. Luke Christian Gilbertson pleaded guilty to a felony count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and…

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Heavy Rain, Wind, Snow Blows Through California Into Sierra

December 10, 2022
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RENO, Nev.—A winter storm packing powerful winds, heavy rain and potentially several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada shut down mountain highways, toppled trees and triggered flood watches and avalanche warnings on Saturday from the coast of Northern California to Lake Tahoe. More than 250 miles of the Sierra remained under a winter storm…

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Student Holds Hunger Strike at Apple Headquarters to Protest AirDrop Restriction in China

December 10, 2022
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CUPERTINO, Calif.—Graduate student Han Wang started a seven-day hunger strike at Apple headquarters on Dec. 5. He is urging the tech giant to revoke its AirDrop restrictions in mainland China, where “A4 protesters” are counting on the Bluetooth-based technique to evade the communist regime’s censorship. Axios reported that a Nov. 9 Apple iOS update restricted…

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