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The Catawba Valley Community College bass fishing team has added to its 2021-22 recruiting class, signing local angler Carson Eckard. A Bethlehem, N.C. native,

Curiously, the Biden Administration has stated it is not even attempting “to contain China,” even as the Chinese military is actively extending its global reach into the Atlantic. Just days ago, as we reported, Secretary of State Antony Blinken sat down for an interview with Nora O’Donnell on 60 Minutes and offered a relatively honest assessment, based in reality, of China’s aggressive behavior.  What we’ve witnessed over the last several years is China acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad. That is a fact . . . I think over time China believes that it can b...

Today on Sekulow, we discussed the ICC’s targeting of Israel. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has announced that she is beginning an investigation into Israel for potential war crimes. The ICC has flirted with this idea of an investigation of Israel for years. But the prosecutor – who is actually leaving office this year when her term ends in June – announced yesterday that in fact, she is going to begin this investigation of Israel over alleged war crimes in what they call the Palestinian territories.. I have to say this right up front. The United States State Department has issued a fa...

Urschel appointed to Xenia City Council XENIA — By a 4-2 vote, Will Urschel was appointed to Xenia City Council Tuesday. Urschel, who served as a write-in candidate in 2019, will fill the vacancy created when Dr. Edgar Wallace died earlier this month. Urschel will serve until the end of 2021 and the final two years on Wallace’s term will be filled by a vote of the electorate in the November general election. Urschel attempted to run for council last November, but his petitions were invalidated by the Board of Elections after a challenge by a pair of Xenia citizens. Urschel did not have th...

COVID-19 left these students behind. Now, they're fighting for their futures. By Zoe Christen Jones Before COVID-19 became a reality for most Americans, New York University student  Daisy Maldonado was confident in exactly how her senior year was going to go. But right before spring break, everything changed. Within weeks, the 22-year-old's roommates were gone for good, her graduation was moved to virtual, her public relations internship was canceled, her dorm was closed, and she was back home in Los Angeles for the foreseeable future. "I left with almost all of my things,"...