Tag: US Features

Curse of Fentanyl Coursing Through Small-Town America

“An endless parade of death” is how a drug addict, trying to beat his crack dependence, describes what he has witnessed over the past 18 months. Steven Sheldon, 42, of Port Huron, Michigan, says he knows of 40 people who have died after overdosing on drugs in that time. They are just a few of…


Emergency Food Suppliers Ready to Meet ‘Huge Spike’ in Demand

Like scattered icebergs bearing down on the Titanic is how My Patriot Supply saw the looming global supply chain disruptions, said its president Keith Bansemer. Rather than wait for the eventual collision and proverbial sinking the company, in Salt Lake City, Utah, chose a year ago to be prepared for the material shortages that are hitting now. Bansemer said while…


Outreach Campaign Salutes Veterans for November 11

One month ahead of Veterans Day, the Hockessin Athletic Club (HAC) in Delaware has kicked off its annual salutes campaign to honor military retirees. This year, it’s partnering with Beds4Vets, a nonprofit organization, reaching out to homeless veterans and their families. “What the campaign is—local community members and businesses typically buy flags for their loved…


The Alliance of Big Government, Big Business, and Woke Dogma

In an interview with Jan Jekielek on “American Thought Leaders,” Vivek Ramaswamy outlined “the unholy alliance of big government, corporations, and woke dogma.” He also addressed the ongoing intrusion of communist China into the United States through its promotion of “wokeism.” Ramaswamy is the founder of several successful companies, including Roivant Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company,…


Is the Blue Dot Network, America’s Answer to Belt and Road?

The U.S. Secretary of State has put China’s Belt and Road on notice after announcing that the U.S. led Blue Dot Network would be seeking to help bridge the global infrastructure investment gap and establish a vehicle for market-driven and sustainable infrastructure projects. “The Blue Dot Network seeks to help bridge the global infrastructure investment…


Exploration in Kentucky Expands the World’s Longest Cave

Cave explorers discovered eight miles of tunnels at Mammoth Kave, bringing the total length of explored passageways in the world’s longest subterranean system to 420 miles. The Mammoth Cave National Park and the Cave Research Foundation announced the underground discoveries as cavers continue to explore the vastness of the cavern system while verifying past research. The…


Oak Ridge National Laboratory Employee Reports 140 Staff Face Unpaid Leave After Religious Exemption Approval

Despite being approved for religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine, an employee reported that 140 staff at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, face unpaid leave beginning Oct. 15. Leon Workman, a Linux systems engineer with ORNL, told The Epoch Times that though he was approved for a religious and medical…


CDC Sets Panel Meetings for J&J and Moderna Boosters, Vaccines for Children as Young as 5

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hear from its vaccine advisory panel later this month on booster shots for the Johnson & Johnson and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines and vaccinating children as young as 5. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21, followed by a second…


Lawsuits to Stop Vaccine and Mask Mandates Accelerate

A legal battle over required vaccinations against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, has escalated again between a Florida city and workers opposed to taking the shot. And that has the attention of dozens attorneys across the country, who hope to use the case as a strategic model in…


Grand Jury of the People Forms as Unique Strategy to Challenge Local Governments’ Authority

With the emergence of U.S. Constitution focus groups in North Carolina comes their different strategies on reasserting what they say are breached liberties. The WNCFreedom2020 group in Asheville, North Carolina, has convened a Grand Jury of the People, according to its founders, pursuant to the 1215 Magna Carta and the North Carolina State Constitution, to…