NEW YORK—Two top editors from The New York Times testified in its libel trial brought on by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin (R) in federal court on Feb. 8. Linda Cohn, the junior of the two, said she had voiced her concerns about the editorial at the heart of the lawsuit after reading a draft…
Deer in NY Infected With COVID-19 Omicron Variant: Study
A new study found that white-tailed deer on Staten Island, New York, were infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant, triggering concerns that the variant could spread via animals. The study, which is in preprint and was published on the BioxRiv website, was carried out on Staten Island between Dec. 12, 2021, and Jan. 31, 2022. They…
In Palin v. NY Times Trial, Judge Asks Witness His Own Questions
NEW YORK—On Feb. 7, at the end of the third morning of former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin’s libel trial against The New York Times, Judge Jed Rakoff began asking his own questions of a witness. On the stand was Eileen Lepping, a researcher and factchecker at the newspaper, who worked on the editorial at the…
NYC DOE Notifies Unvaccinated Teachers of New Termination Date
February 7, 2022
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NEW YORK—After two months of inaction, the New York City Department of Education (DOE) is making good on its threat to terminate unvaccinated teachers. In emails to them on Jan. 31, the DOE pulled the trigger with a new termination date of Feb. 11. In the fall of 2021, the DOE offered unvaccinated teachers two…
Manhattan District Attorney Backtracks on Controversial Crime Policies
February 5, 2022
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Democrat Alvin Bragg took over as the Manhattan District Attorney on Jan. 1 and soon introduced criminal policies that attracted criticism for being too soft on crime. A month into his office, Bragg is now backtracking on policies, presenting a tougher stance on crime. In his “Day One” memorandum issued after assuming the post, Bragg…
Governor Hochul Signs Pro-Democrat Congressional Maps For New York
February 5, 2022
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Kathy Hochul, the Democrat governor of New York, has signed off on congressional district maps for the state in a move that is facing criticism for giving massive political advantage to Democrats. The maps have been created in such a way that Democrat voters will be the majority in 22 of the 26 congressional districts…
NYPD, FDNY, DSNY Members to Be Fired Unless They Comply With Vaccine Mandate
February 4, 2022
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Unvaccinated NYPD, FDNY, and DSNY (New York Department of Sanitation) members will be terminated on Feb. 11, unless they comply with the city’s COVID-19 vaccine rules. Letters obtained by The Epoch Times, written by the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) and the Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA) to its respective members, indicate that the NYC Mayor has…
First Witness in Palin Defamation Trial Concludes Testimony
NEW YORK—Elizabeth Williamson, the writer at The New York Times who penned the first draft of the editorial at the heart of Gov. Sarah Palin’s defamation trial against the newspaper, finished her testimony in federal court on Feb. 4. Combined with her testimony from the previous day, Williamson spent a total of five hours on…
Olympic Venues ‘Right Alongside Prison Camps’: Torture, Detention Occurring Miles Away From Beijing Games
February 4, 2022
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NEW YORK—The opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics contained all the pageantry that one might expect from an authoritarian regime eager to use the event to burnish its global image: hundreds of children holding dove-shaped props formed the shape of a heart as they danced on a star-lit stadium, as green and white fireworks…
NYC Mayor Apologizes for Using Slur Against White People in Unearthed Video
New York City Mayor Eric Adams apologized Friday after a video surfaced showing him calling white NYPD officers a racist slur during an event in 2019. A video obtained by several news outlets showed Adams, a Democrat, telling people at a private event that “every day in the police department, I kicked those crackers’ [expletive].”…
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