Multi-billionaire Bill Gates appeared to reverse course on some of his previous climate change remarks and suggested that some activists have made alarmist predictions. “There’s a lot of climate exaggeration,” said Mr. Gates, who helped found Microsoft and is now a multi-billionaire philanthropist, in a recent event. “The climate is not the …

The University of Florida (UF) has launched the country’s first open-heart surgery program for dogs to repair a poorly functioning mitral valve. Mitral valve degeneration is the most common heart disease seen by veterinary cardiologists, according to a report by program director Darcy Adin, DVM. So, veterinarians at the UF …

In France, no public school or government institution asks a student or an employee his or her race, gender, religion, or ethnicity. It’s illegal. “Laïté”: complete separation of church and state. The French Minister of Education warned the French not to look at American “woke” multiculturalism, that France teaches the …

A Wyoming woman who set fire to a brand new abortion clinic in Casper that would also offer “gender-affirming care” will be sentenced on Thursday, facing up to 20 years in prison. At a hearing in July, Lorna Roxanne Green admitted to federal arson, expressed regret, and told U.S. District …

United Parcel Service (UPS) is now hiring 10,000 people—with pay ranging between $21 and $23 an hour—in Southern California to prepare for the upcoming holiday season, a UPS spokesperson told The Epoch Times. Jobs are available for applicants in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernadino, and Ventura counties. Nearly 80 …

Nebraska will give new moms who cannot afford private health insurance a full year of Medicaid coverage under an order issued this week by Gov. Jim Pillen. Mr. Pillen, a Republican, signed the law enabling the expansion in June, touting it as a show of the state’s commitment to the …

JUNEAU, Alaska—A small plane that crashed in rural Alaska earlier this month, killing the husband of Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), was carrying more than 500 pounds of moose meat and antlers from a remote hunting camp when it went down shortly after takeoff, according to an investigation report released Thursday. …

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has scheduled a vote later tonight for a standalone bill providing $300 million in financial assistance to Ukraine. Of that $300 million, $280 million in the bill is slated to go toward the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative to be used for training, equipment, …

A rights group that is challenging COVID-19 vaccine mandates said that there are at least 79 universities and colleges that require students to be vaccinated for the fall semester. “There are 79 colleges in the U.S. still mandating COVID vaccines when there should be zero just like the rest of …

The FBI and other intelligence agencies should need court approval to access spy data on Americans, a watchdog said Sept. 28. Congress should require authorization from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for analysts from the FBI and three other agencies to search for information on Americans in a vast …