By Jack Phillips The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a recent national health alert warning doctors and health care workers to be aware of infections from a flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, that has been found in multiple states this year. The agency noted that an estimated 80,000 Vibrio bacteria illnesses each year are reported in […]
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Massachusetts Governor Activates National Guard to Help Deal With Flood of Immigrants
By Zachary Stieber The governor of Massachusetts has activated the National Guard to help handle a flood of immigrants, at least some of whom are illegally in the country, that have arrived in the state in recent months. “Massachusetts is in a state of emergency, and we need all hands-on deck to meet this moment and […]
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Several Major Hospital Systems Won’t Require COVID Masks
By Jack Phillips A major New York hospital system has no plans to reinstate mandatory masking for patients, visitors, doctors, nurses, and other staff, going against a trend at hospitals in upstate New York. Dr. Peter Silver, senior vice president at Northwell Health on Long Island, told Newsday on Thursday evening that the number of COVID-19 cases […]
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3M Agrees to $12.5 Billion Settlement for ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water
By Tom Ozimek Chemical manufacturer 3M has agreed to significant changes in a revised settlement proposal with several U.S. public drinking water systems that would resolve allegations of contamination by “forever chemicals,” with the new settlement terms including paying billions of dollars more than previously agreed. The invisible man-made chemicals that are the subject of […]
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RFK Jr. Proposes 3 Percent Mortgages, Says Corporations Make Housing Crisis Worse
By Jeff Louderback Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that if elected president, he would create a 3 percent mortgage for Americans guaranteed by the government and funded by the sale of tax-free bonds, and he would work to make it less profitable for large corporations to own single-family homes in the United States. “If you […]
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Trump Campaign Releases Video Supercut of Democrats Disputing Republican Election Victories
By Katabella Roberts Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has released a brand new “summer blockbuster” political ad highlighting Democrats’ well-documented history of disputing election results. President Trump shared the roughly 10-minute video in an Aug. 28 post on Truth Social, calling it a “must-watch.” “Republican supporters and President Trump are being ridiculed, persecuted, and even prosecuted by […]
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Trump’s Federal Election Case Trial Set for March 4—One Day Before Super Tuesday
By Petr Svab and Jackson Richman WASHINGTON—Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan set the trial date on March 4 for the case dealing with former President Donald Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 election results. She declared both trial dates offered by President Trump’s lawyers and special counsel Jack Smith as unacceptable. She said she took into […]
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Recent Mask Mandates Lifted Amid Pushback
By Jack Phillips Kaiser Permanente in Santa Rosa, California, on Aug. 24 reversed a recent policy that would require masks in its hospital after it reinstated the mandate days before. A Hollywood studio also said it would do away with its mandate. Officials for the hospital system told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat that the […]
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Biden Staffer Met With Member of Jack Smith’s Team Before Trump Indictment
By Tom Ozimek White House visitor logs show that an aide for special counsel Jack Smith quietly met with the White House Counsel’s office just weeks before President Donald Trump’s indictment on classified documents charges. Visitor logs reviewed by The Epoch Times show that Jay Bratt, a prosecutor on Mr. Smith’s team, met with Caroline […]
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Spirit Airlines Enters $8.25 Million Settlement for Hidden Baggage Fees
By Naveen Athrappully Spirit Airlines has agreed to an $8.25 million settlement in a class action lawsuit that accused the low-cost carrier of misleading passengers through high, hidden baggage fees. According to the lawsuit (pdf) filed by plaintiff Thomas Cox in 2017, Spirit was accused of having “misled the Plaintiff and numerous other consumers, and continues to […]
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Biden Alcohol Czar Says US May Change Recommendations for How Much Beer Americans Should Drink
By Jack Phillips A U.S. federal official suggested in a recent interview that Americans may be told by officials that they are recommended to have no more than two alcoholic drinks, or beers, per week. Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) George Koob told the Daily Mail on Thursday that […]
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Trump Back on Twitter With a Defiant Message
By Mimi Nguyen Ly Former President Donald Trump is back on Twitter—now rebranded as X—posting a bold, defiant message after more than two years of inactivity on the platform. The post on X at 9:39 p.m. ET shows President Trump in a booking photo at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, taken Thursday after […]
