Across the Nation: Nov. 5

On the rainy Wednesday night of Feb. 13, Trevor Loudon, an author and public speaker from New Zealand, attended a dinner hosted by Republican Women of San Francisco, ...

February 17, 2019

Trevor Loudon Visits San Francisco to Discuss Communism in America

By Ilene Eng

Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison after being convicted of having illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl in 2017. The Federal ...

February 17, 2019

Disgraced Ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner Released From Prison

By The Associated Press

Crime and Incidents

February 17, 2019

Former US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Defrocked Over Sexual Abuse

By Bowen Xiao

The Vatican dismissed former U.S. Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick from the Roman Catholic priesthood on Feb. 16 after he was found guilty in a canonical process of sexual abuse ...

The Supreme Court has ordered an expedited review of a Manhattan judge’s ruling blocking the Trump administration’s decision to ask individuals responding to the 2020 census whether ...

February 17, 2019

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Census Can Ask About Citizenship

By Matthew Vadum

The U.S. military needs to upgrade its psychological operations as adversaries take advantage of cyberspace to ramp up psychological warfare on the United States. Yet the military ...

February 17, 2019

US Military Faces Challenges in Countering Adversaries’ Psychological Operations

By Petr Svab

WASHINGTON—Ahead of his second summit with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un later this month in Vietnam, President Donald Trump voiced optimism, saying that the meeting would ...

February 17, 2019

Optimism Running High Ahead of New US–North Korea Summit

By Emel Akan

News Analysis WASHINGTON—New Deal-era humorist Will Rogers—who famously said he was “not a member of any organized political party; I’m a Democrat”—would likely guffaw at his partisan ...

February 17, 2019

3 Ways Dems’ Surface Unity Could Crack at Any Time

By Mark Tapscott

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will likely approve the White House's request to shift $3.6 billion from the military construction budget toward construction of a wall ...

February 17, 2019

Pentagon Chief Likely to Approve Border Wall Funding Request, Defense Official Says

By Ivan Pentchoukov

A former top assistant to the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Florida is denying any wrongdoing regarding a plea deal for billionaire and accused child-predator ...

February 17, 2019

Former US Attorney Defends Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s Plea Deal

By William Patrick

Americas

February 17, 2019

US Military Planes Deliver More Aid to Colombia-Venezuela Border

By Luke Taylor, Special to The Epoch Times

Three U.S. military cargo planes touched down in the Colombian border city of Cúcuta, carrying aid for Venezuela.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert withdrew her name from consideration to become the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, saying she made the decision after mulling ...

February 17, 2019

Heather Nauert Withdraws From Consideration to Become UN Ambassador

By Bowen Xiao

February 17, 2019

Jihadi Teen Who Ran Away to Join ISIS Gives Birth in Syria and Renews Pleas to Be Allowed Back Into UK

By Tom Ozimek

Shamima Begum, the London teenager who ran away to join ISIS at the age of 15, has just given birth in a Syrian refugee camp and has ...

President Donald Trump called on European nations on Feb. 16 to repatriate and prosecute hundreds of the ISIS terrorist group's fighters who have been captured by the ...

February 17, 2019

Trump Calls on European Allies to Take Back Captured ISIS Terrorists

By Ivan Pentchoukov

International

February 17, 2019

Floors Collapse at Russian University in St. Petersburg

By The Associated Press

Part of the roof and several floors of a university building in Russia's second-largest city collapsed Saturday, but officials say there were no casualties. The Emergencies Ministry said ...

AURORA, Illinois—The gunman who killed five co-workers and wounded five policemen at an Illinois factory was a violent felon who nevertheless obtained a state permit to buy ...

February 17, 2019

Aurora Gunman Obtained Firearm Permit Despite Felony Conviction

By Reuters

AURORA, Ill.—A 15-year employee being fired from a suburban Chicago manufacturing company started shooting on Feb. 15, killing five co-workers and wounding five police officers before he ...

February 16, 2019

Employee Being Fired Fatally Shoots 5 Co-workers in Illinois

By The Associated Press

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said it was filing a lawsuit against President Donald Trump following his declaration of a national emergency on Feb. 15. Trump ...

February 16, 2019

ACLU Files Lawsuit Against President Trump for ‘Illegal’ National Emergency

By Zachary Stieber

Middle East

February 16, 2019

Last ISIS Holdout on Verge of Defeat in East Syria

By Reuters

NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria—The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will capture the ISIS terrorist group last enclave in eastern Syria "in a very short time," the battle commander ...

WASHINGTON—Ahead of his second meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump said on Feb. 15 that the leader of Japan had nominated him for ...

February 15, 2019

Japanese Prime Minister Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

By Ivan Pentchoukov

Sports News

February 15, 2019

Colin Kaepernick Settles National Anthem Kneeling Collusion Case Against NFL:Reports

By Tiffany Meier

The NFL and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid jointly announced Friday, Feb. 15, they have settled a complaint of ...

Better Life

February 16, 2019

10 Poor Blood Circulation Signs: Are Your Papercuts Taking WAY Too Long To Heal?

By GQ Pan

Do you occasionally get memory lapses? Do you feel a tightness in your chest after climbing stairs? Maybe you’ve noticed that the paper cut on your finger took ...

Better Life

February 16, 2019

Intermittent Fasting Helps Doctor Lose 125 Pounds: ‘It’s Been Life Changing’

By Ruby Mey

The No. 1 secret to weight loss success is “Get Your Head in the Game” according to weight-loss consultant and health psychologist Dr. Stephen Gullo. He said: ...

Performing Arts

February 17, 2019

Painting the Spanish Renaissance Through Song

By Catherine Yang, Epoch Times

The technique of tone painting goes as far back as the history of music. Even in the time of Gregorian chants, singers used little musical patterns to depict ...

Arts & Culture

February 16, 2019

The Art of the Traditional Japanese Bow: Blending Ancient Virtues into Modern Society

By Simone Jonker

Japan is known as the land of the rising sun. Apart from being a society filled with the most cutting-edge technologies, ancient traditions are unforgotten and practiced ...

Film Reviews

February 17, 2019

Film Review: ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’: Needed More Zooming and Booming

By Mark Jackson, Epoch Times

PG | 1h 44min | Animation, Action, Adventure | 22 February 2019 (USA) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.” Let’s get right down to what ...

Entertainment News

February 17, 2019

Plane With Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Friends Makes Emergency Landing

By Tom Ozimek

A private jet carrying Jennifer Aniston and companions—including former Friends co-star Courteney Cox—was forced to circle to burn fuel before making an emergency landing due to a ...

Australia

February 17, 2019

Prices Jump as Woolworths Phases Out Cheap Milk to Support Dairy Industry

By Richard Szabo

Buying groceries at the store will cost even more as a major supermarket has decided to pull cheap milk from its shelves to help Australian farmers get ...