SAVANNAH, N.Y.—A man on a hunting trip was shot and killed in western New York on Saturday, the first day of the state’s regular deer and bear hunting seasons, authorities said. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office said it responded at about 7 a.m. to a report that a hunter had been shot in Savannah, about […]
A large winter storm system slammed into the western US over the weekend, blanketing mountain areas with heavy snow before taking aim at the South, where it’s expected to bring severe weather, with strong winds, hail, and tornadoes. More than 10 million people in over a dozen states are under some level of winter weather […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia—A strong undersea earthquake shook western Indonesia on Friday night but no serious damage or casualties were reported. The magnitude 6.9 earthquake was centered 202 kilometers (126 miles) southwest of Bengkulu at a depth of 25 kilometers (15 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The earthquake was followed by an aftershock measuring magnitude 5.4, […]
Scholars agree that the ancient Greeks laid the foundation for Western civilization in various areas, including art, science, theater, and democracy. In the center of all of this was a man who would become one of the most well-known Greeks throughout time, and maybe one with the greatest influence on our thinking in the Western […]
Corporations with backing from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are waging legal warfare to prevent Western companies from deploying new, state-of-the-art communications satellites, according to one CEO. Wireless entrepreneur and Rivada Networks CEO Declan Ganley, in an interview with NTD’s “Fresh Look America” program, spoke about how China-backed elements within a company Rivada acquired attempted […]
YREKA, Calif.—Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday as they sought to protect remote communities. The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California’s Klamath National Forest, with expected thunderstorms a big concern […]
A major storm slammed Western and Central regions of the United States this week, bringing severe weather conditions, powerful winds, and snow. By Monday, nearly 9 million people were under red flag warnings for dangerous fire weather conditions owing to powerful winds and dry conditions. Tornado watches covered states from Texas and Iowa to Minnesota […]
Russian airstrikes intensified on Friday in western Ukraine as satellite footage suggested Moscow’s forces outside Kyiv have regrouped after remaining more than a week outside the city. Airstrikes hit the Lutsk airfield that left two Ukrainian servicemen dead and six people wounded, the head of the Volyn region, Yuriy Pohulyayko, told media outlets a statement. The strikes also […]
This February, Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed Russia’s Vladimir Putin to the Beijing Olympics. Afterwards, the two countries published a joint statement, saying their friendship “has no limits.” Now, that friendship is being put to the test. With Putin waging war on Ukraine, and with more than 2,000 dead in Ukraine, the West is doing […]
A strong overnight earthquake hit two provinces in Western China, causing tunnel damage that forced the high-speed rail service to suspend operations. Four people incurred minor injuries in the Menyuan county of Qinghai Province, officials told a press conference. The four have been treated and released. The magnitude 6.9 quake struck at 1:45 a.m. in […]
Snow and cold continued to blanket the western and northern United States, setting up hazardous post-Christmas travel conditions Sunday and into the final week of 2021. Across the Intermountain West, “travel will remain dangerous and is discouraged, especially along mountain passes where long duration closures are likely. Dangerous avalanches are also likely in the Sierra […]
LOS ANGELES—Two people died in a submerged car, evacuations were ordered for wildfire-scarred California, and Seattle and Portland faced the rare chance of snowy streets as a wave of storms rolled through the West. An atmospheric river—a sky-born plume of moisture from the Pacific Ocean—was fueling the weather, which could dump rain and snow over […]
FRANKFURT—Heavy floods in western Germany had left 114,000 households without power on Friday, said a spokesperson for Westnetz, the country’s biggest power distribution grid company. The death toll rose to more than 80 on Friday in what is Germany’s worst mass loss of life in years as further flooding was feared in western Germany as […]
Over 30 million people are under heat alerts across western states as temperatures are forecast to soar well into the triple digits this weekend. Nearly the entire state of California will be impacted by this heat wave, in addition to major metro areas in the Southwest. Numerous daily temperature records will be broken and some […]
