An American dance company has become a victim of a string of hit pieces by The New York Times. Since its inception, New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has been on the receiving end of a relentless sabotage campaign by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Through classical Chinese dance, ancient Chinese myths and legends are […]
LOS ANGELES—Avid coin collectors jumped at the chance to get their hands on a rare $20 “double eagle” gold coin at a Southern California auction house Tuesday afternoon, but only one walked away victorious after paying a hefty price. The gold piece—minted in Carson City, Nevada, in 1870—sold for $1.44 million including the buyer’s premium, […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued three executive orders this week to protect the state from hostile actions by the Chinese Communist Party within its borders. The orders highlight three areas: espionage, infrastructure attacks, as well as harassment and “policing” people from China who are legally residing in Texas.
NEW YORK—An apologetic FTX co-founder was sentenced Wednesday to no time in prison after a prosecutor and a federal judge praised his cooperation against Sam Bankman-Fried and his efforts to recover money for victims of the cryptocurrency fraud. Gary Wang testified for parts of three day s at Bankman-Fried’s trial last year, explaining his role […]
NEW YORK—New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday appointed sanitation chief Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. A city government stalwart and ex-NYPD official, she’ll be just the second woman in the high-profile, high-pressure post. The move comes at a critical time for the nation’s largest police department, shoring up its leadership after a tumultuous […]
HERNANDO, Miss.—A man arrested in August after a 15-hour police standoff at a restaurant a few blocks from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago is being returned to Mississippi, where he had escaped from a county jail. Joshua Zimmerman is being extradited, Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesperson Bailey Martin confirmed Wednesday to The Associated […]
RICHMOND, Va.—A former University of Virginia student pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the campus in 2022. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 25, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding and five counts of use of a firearm in the […]
NEW YORK—Former billionaire investor Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Wednesday over the collapse of Archegos Capital Management, which cost Wall Street banks more than $10 billion. Hwang was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan, where a jury convicted Hwang in July on 10 criminal charges […]
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Dr. Scott Atlas, senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution and former adviser of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, speaks with NTD about what changes we can expect.
An 18-year-old freshman basketball player collapsed and died on the University of Mobile campus Tuesday morning. The deceased student has been identified as Kaiden Francis from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A university statement said students and medical professionals quickly came to the freshman guards’ aid, but attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. “Despite the quick and […]
Hakeem Jeffries has won reelection as the Democratic Party leader in the House of Representatives in the aftermath of the party’s recent election losses. For more insight and perspective, NTD spoke to Democratic political consultant Lee Neves.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to reduce the U.S. reliance on Chinese-made products and scale back renewable energy investments. One product set to be impacted by both of these measures is Chinese-made solar panels—a product, like many made in China, that is often dependent on slave labor. NTD spoke to Bret Manley, executive director of […]
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is harassing Chinese dissidents on U.S. soil, and the governor of Texas is taking executive action against it. NTD spoke to Michael Lucci, founder of State Armor, to discuss what the CCP aims to achieve.
House Democrats reelected 54-year-old Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York’s Eighth Congressional District as their leader Tuesday, just weeks after falling short of reclaiming the lower congressional chamber. NTD discussed the Democratic Party’s strategy with Mike Leon, NTD News contributor, policy and strategy director with the Free & Equal Elections Foundation, and host of the […]
Is the world now closer to nuclear war, or are Russia’s recent updates to its nuclear doctrine just saber-rattling? For a closer look at recent statements by the Kremlin, NTD spoke with military analyst Kevin Aucoin.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Vice President-elect JD Vance are the leading contenders in hypothetical 2028 Democrat and Republican presidential primaries, according to a new poll. The Echelon Insights survey released on Monday shows that Harris holds a comfortable, double-digit lead among possible presidential hopeful despite her loss to President-elect Donald Trump. It also shows […]
ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich.—An explosion possibly caused by a natural gas leak rocked a suburban Detroit condominium, damaging other units, sparking fires and seriously injuring at least two people, officials said Wednesday. “It is an absolute miracle, if you have seen that scene, that we are talking currently about no fatalities,” said Chris Barnett, the supervisor […]
SALT LAKE CITY—A Utah judge on Wednesday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit that Gabby Petito’s parents filed against the city of Moab alleging police did not do enough during a traffic stop to protect their daughter from the man who killed her weeks later. Plaintiffs’ attorney Judson Burton argued that a state law barring lawsuits […]
A federal appeals court in New Orleans has rejected the state’s request to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked and declared unconstitutional a Louisiana law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. However, since the appeals court previously limited the block to just five school districts involved in ongoing litigation, […]
