By Jacob Burg A shooting at a crowded New York club early Sunday morning left three people dead and eight wounded, authorities said. Investigators believe a shooter or shooters opened fire with multiple weapons at Taste of the City Lounge in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, following a dispute just before 3:30 a.m. ET […]
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Key Takeaways From Trump–Putin Summit on Ukraine
By Andrew Thornebrooke and Ryan Morgan U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 15 met for nearly three hours at a military base in Alaska as part of a U.S.-led effort to bring Russia and Ukraine into peace talks. Trump was joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special presidential […]
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Bullish Crypto Exchange Soars in NYSE Debut, Market Cap Briefly Tops $92 Billion
By Austin Alonzo Shares of cryptocurrency-exchange operator Bullish surged in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange, more than doubling in value and briefly giving the company a market capitalization above $16 billion. On Aug. 13, the Cayman Islands-headquartered company, which also owns the crypto news site CoinDesk, priced its initial public offering at […]
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Cooperstown’s Baseball Museum a Must Visit Annually for Hall of Famer Jenkins
By Donald Laible For more than 30 years, Baseball Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins has been grateful for his annual summer visits to Cooperstown, N.Y. “I look forward to coming back,” Jenkins told The Epoch Times on Tuesday during a phone conversation from his home in Frisco, Texas. “It’s important for me to see the […]
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How the Federal Settlements With Elite Universities Are Unfolding
By Aaron Gifford Eight months into President Donald Trump’s second term, four universities have reached settlements with the federal government following investigations into their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices and anti-Semitism on campus. Shortly after the president took his oath of office, he signed executive orders prohibiting anti-Semitism on college campuses as well as […]
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Key Takeaways From July’s Consumer Price Index Report
By Andrew Moran The closely watched Consumer Price Index rose less than expected in July, and President Donald Trump’s tariffs had little impact on the overall data, says a top U.S. economist. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the headline annual inflation rate held steady at 2.7 percent and rose at a seasonally adjusted […]
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DC Locals Have Mixed Reactions to Trump’s Police Takeover
By Stacy Robinson WASHINGTON—Residents of the nation’s capital showed various reactions to President Donald Trump’s plan to federalize the local police force. Early on Aug. 11, Trump announced that he would take control of the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department in an effort to reduce crime and homelessness in the city. He also revealed […]
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Tom Brady Reacts to Patriots Statue Unveiling at Gillette Stadium
By Matthew Davis Tom Brady brought six Super Bowl championship trophies to the New England Patriots, and the organization has, in turn, cast his legacy in a statue. Brady, 48, led the Patriots to nine Super Bowl appearances between 2001 and 2019 before he finished his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2020 to […]
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Mounting Debt Taking a Toll on Health, Nearly Half of Americans Say
By Mary Prenon A new report from WalletHub finds that 55 percent of Americans believe they’ll be stuck in debt for the rest of their lives. Nearly half—47 percent—say mounting debt is affecting their health, and 44 percent expect their household debt to increase over the next 12 months. The online survey questioned 200 people […]
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Hard to Believe? For the Miami Marlins, the Wild Card Is Within Reach
By Donald Laible What has gotten into the Miami Marlins? With seven weeks to go in the 2025 MLB season, as hard as it is to believe for some, the Marlins remain in postseason contention. Yep. You read correctly. Just two games below .500, at 56–58, the Marlins rest in fourth place in the National […]
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US Households Owed an Average of $152,653 at the End of Q2 2025: Report
By Naveen Athrappully The average household in the United States had $152,653 in debt by the end of the second quarter of 2025, financial services company WalletHub said in an Aug. 5 report. At $152,653, the debt owed by a household is just $13,809 shy of the all-time high, it said. The figures are based […]
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Israel Plans Full Military Control of Gaza, Netanyahu Says
By Evgenia Filimianova and Ryan Morgan Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Aug. 7 that Israel plans to establish full military control over the Gaza Strip, with the goal of eventually transferring authority to a local security force capable of governing the territory effectively, without the influence of Hamas. In an interview with Fox […]
