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Law Enforcement or Military: My Face Hurts … A LOT

The week had been ramping up to this. All the prior training, all the talk, the boasting, and the detailed descriptions from my shipmates ran in endless loops in my head. I was next in line to get sprayed. The first guy just finished and was doing his best to breathe as they splashed the…


Mom Worried Her Baby With Down Syndrome Would Negatively Impact Her Older Daughter—But She Was Wrong

A mom who worried that her second baby’s Down syndrome diagnosis would shatter her older child’s chances at bonding with her sister was quickly proved wrong when the baby was born. It was the mom’s preconceptions about Down syndrome that were shattered, and her girls share a love like no other. Nikki Geib, 34, is…


‘Orchestrated by God’: Woman Sends a Text to the Wrong Number, 14 Years Later They’re Parents to 6 Kids

Fourteen years ago, a woman from Ohio texted a Bible verse to the wrong number. However, instead of ignoring the message, the man on the other end responded and now they’re a happy family of eight. “I think 100 percent of the relationship was orchestrated by God,” Brenda Rivera Stearns, 36, told The Epoch Times….


Tobacco Musings in Puerto Vallarta

Commentary I stand on the fantail and stare out at the buildings across the bay from the cutter. We’re moored in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, one of the more popular spring break destinations in this part of the world. Having spent the previous day driving back and forth between the resort and the boat, I can…


Boy Who Slept in a Tent for 3 Years in Memory of Late Neighbor Raises Almost One Million Dollars for a Hospice

A British boy who spent three years sleeping outdoors in a tent in memory of his late neighbor has raised almost a million dollars for charity. Earning himself the nickname Tent Boy, his story has gone global and is inspiring a new generation of kids to believe in their own potential. Max Woosey of Devon…


‘Angel in the Sky’ Captured by Aurora Chaser During Uncanny Solar Storm in North Minnesota

Slogging through waist-deep snow, he saw the lights overhead, emerald ribbons dangling on the horizon. “It was going to be a fantastic night,” the photographer, Nicholas Narog, 35, told The Epoch Times. “But it kept getting better and better, and eventually the lights were over my head.” An accountant by day, Narog, from Minneapolis, knew…


We Were Soldiers’ Wives Once … and Young

Commentary My Life As An Army Wife When growing up in the 1950s in rural North Carolina, I never had any association with the military, having never spent time around military bases or having much contact with military people or their families. In early 1963, I had my first real exposure to military life, when…


Russia Claims to Have Foiled Ukrainian Drone Strike on Key Naval Base in Crimea

Russian defenses thwarted a waterborne drone attack on the Crimean Port of Sevastopol—home to Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet—top Russian officials have claimed. “Today … the Kyiv regime attempted to attack the Black Sea Fleet’s base in the city of Sevastopol with three unmanned speedboats,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily briefing for April…


Why Are GOP Congressional Investigations Stalled?

After their November electoral win, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republican House members promised to investigate White House corruption and the FBI’s crimes and abuses. Nearly half a year later, the results are dismal. GOP supporters are still being targeted by rogue law enforcement and former President Donald Trump has been indicted. Is there…


Woman Loves ‘Ultra-Conservative’ Tradwife Trend Inspired by 1950s—Called ‘Alt-Right Extremist’ by Some

Some would say she’s looking to the past through rose-tinted glasses. Some call the trend a regressive step back for women’s rights, harking to when wives were “subservient” to their husbands. Regardless, the Tradwife—traditional wife—trend is going viral on Instagram and has a stalwart following of women devoted to the old-school gender role of a traditional…