Tag: neighbors

Idaho Man Charged With 4 Counts of Murder in Shooting Deaths of His Neighbors, Including 2 Teens

KELLOGG, Idaho—A northern Idaho man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and burglary after prosecutors said he went to a neighbor’s home and shot and killed the family there, including two teens. Majorjon Kaylor, 31, of Kellogg, was arrested Sunday night shortly after the shooting in the small mining community. Killed were…


Public Etiquette

It’s easy to get caught up in our own little world, but even still, we need to spend time out in public. Whether we’re shopping for groceries, walking the dog, or traveling, proper behavior is a must. Manners on the Menu While you may be sitting at your own table in a restaurant, there will…


How to Be a Great Neighbor

We can’t choose our neighbors, but we can choose to be friendly, considerate, respectful, and generally the kind of person we want to live next door or down the block from us. Smile and Wave Being friendly and acknowledging those living near you can be infectious—if you do it, chances are they will, too. It’s…


Santa Claus (1925)

“Santa Claus,” a 29-minute 1925 silent film production by explorer/documentarian Frank E. Kleinschmidt, filmed partly in northern Alaska, features Santa in his workshop, visiting his Eskimo neighbors, and tending his reindeer. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the…


Tol’able David (1921)

Young David Kinemon, son of West Virginia tenant farmers, longs to be treated like a man by his family and neighbors, especially Esther Hatburn, the pretty girl who lives with her grandfather on a nearby farm. However, he is continually reminded that he is still a boy, “tol’able” enough, but no man. He eventually gets…


Just Neighbors (1919)

Two men who are best friends—a married young man with a dog and his married next-door neighbor with two young children—are trying to catch the train from the city to their home deep in the suburbs, but obstacle after obstacle is jeopardizing the young man’s ability to catch that train. Once home, the young man…


Changing Minds Across the Back Fence

The Dobbs v. Jackson case that recently overturned Roe v. Wade has generated more average, everyday conversations about a Supreme Court decision than I’ve ever seen. I’ve heard strangers walking by me talking about the issue while on their phones. Neighbors even discuss it over the back fence. My mother had one of these back-fence discussions on the day that the…


How to Be a Perfect Neighbor

Whether we live in a house or an apartment, it has become normal not to know the people living around us, which is a shame. Good neighbors don’t just happen, but the results are well worth the effort. Be Friendly Without being a stalker, make an effort to meet your neighbors. Walking your dog is…


Video: Military Mom Grateful to ‘Lifesaver’ Elderly Neighbors’ Help During Pregnancy

When a military wife found out she was pregnant shortly before her husband’s deployment with the U.S. Navy, she didn’t know how she would cope. But thanks to two neighbors who stepped in to love and support her, she gave birth to her first baby, then her second, and navigated the first months of motherhood in…


US Adds CNOOC to Blacklist, Saying It Helps China Intimidate Neighbors

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday it added Chinese National Overseas Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to a U.S. economic blacklist, saying it had helped China intimidate neighbors in the South China Sea. The Commerce Department also said Chinese company Skyrizon was being added to the Military End-User (MEU) List for “its capability to develop, produce, or…