WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—A Chinese agent who tried to bribe the IRS and manipulate the agency into advancing Beijing’s transnational repression of a U.S. nonprofit has received a 20-month prison sentence. U.S. citizen John Chen, 72, was a principal actor in a $50,000 bribery scheme under the direction of a Chinese intelligence official to revoke the […]

Representatives of a nonprofit group in the Chicago metropolitan area are demanding an investigation into a U.S. customs officer who allegedly used Chinese communist hate propaganda in his official capacity against artists from New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts. Yi Liu and Andrew Tu, president and vice president of the Mid-USA Falun Dafa Association, submitted […]

A Chinese New Year celebration hosted by the Mount Hope Chinese Association in Otisville drew around 2,000 people for authentic food and live performances on Feb. 17 and 18. Middletown couple Denise and Dominic Pierre heard about the celebration at a local Korean restaurant and were happy to discover a rich selection of Chinese tea […]

A new department store aiming to bring back the traditional in-person shopping experience opened its doors among a cheering crowd in downtown Middletown, New York, on Nov. 17. Dubbed “New Middletown,” the store occupies the same North Street building once used by the former Tompkins Department Store during the heyday of downtown shopping. “Our mission […]

The recent discovery of a nearly 200-year-old time capsule at West Point has rekindled the public’s interest in Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a key figure in the Revolutionary War and the subsequent founding of the nation. Measuring about one square foot and made of lead, the time capsule was found in the base of the Kosciuszko Monument […]

In modern U.S. history, you can count on one hand the number of Supreme Court cases that clarify what the Second Amendment really means. The Bruen ruling is one of them. In the recent ruling for New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, the court spoke, for the first time, that the […]

Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on May 24 won the Arkansas Republican gubernatorial primary election. With 26 percent of the districts reporting at 9:19 p.m. ET, Sanders drew more than 80 percent of the vote and was projected as the winner by Decision Desk HQ. Sanders will face physicist and minister Chris Jones […]

On the verge of celebrating Thanksgiving with her family, Melissa Ngo wasn’t happy after her grocery shopping trip. The high price of gasoline has cut into her family’s budget for everything, she said. She’s now having to shop at three different grocery stores—Giant Eagle, Marc’s, and Aldi—to find the lowest prices. “It’s everything,” said Ngo, […]

After slashing police budgets last year under intense pressure from activists, mayors of the country’s three largest cities have decided to increase funding this year, in the face of a nationwide jump in crime. Chicago, which has the nation’s second-largest police department, is poised to pass its 2022 budget on Oct. 27. The spending plan […]

Chicago is turning more violent this year with a record number of shootings and carjackings. More people are also buying firearms and visiting gun ranges for self-defense. Reporting by Cara Ding and Alison Lee.