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WASHINGTON—U.S. bankruptcies surged in March to the highest level in a year, driven by a 41 percent jump in month-to-month filings by consumers, data firm Epiq AACER reported on Monday. Overall commercial filings also increased, though the Chapter 11 bankruptcy used by larger companies fell, the firm said. U.S. bankruptcies had declined through much of […]

The authenticity of a so-called French journalist was called into question after someone published articles on Chinese state-run media promoting the CCP’s propaganda about Xinjiang; a French newspaper has said the lady does exist but might be someone who blindly promotes the regime. French-language fact-checking website RTL announced on April 5 that “Laurène Beaumond does not

VIENNA—Efforts to bring the United States back into the 2015 deal on Iran’s nuclear program stepped up a gear Tuesday as Iran and the five world powers still in the accord met in Vienna while the United States is due to start indirect talks with Tehran. Following the closed meetings of the signatories to the

DALLAS—Authorities have identified six people found dead in a suburban Dallas home in what police said was an apparent murder-suicide plot. The Allen Police Department said investigators believe brothers Tanvir Towhid, 21, and Farhan Towhid, 19, made a pact to kill their parents, sister, and grandmother before killing themselves. The bodies were found early Monday

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it rejects using CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine passports “at this stage” for travel because health authorities are not sure whether the vaccine is effective. “We as WHO are saying at this stage we would not like to see the vaccination passport as a requirement for entry or

A Colorado judge agreed to revoke the license of an Aurora-based gun dealer who had committed hundreds of violations over the years. U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson agreed with federal authorities when they revoked the firearms license of Timothy Taconi—owner of A-TAC Gear Guns Uniforms and ATAC Arms, according to court papers. The judge said (pdf)

An oversight board created to scrutinize research that would enhance highly dangerous pathogens did not review a National Institutes of Health grant that funded a lab in Wuhan, China, to genetically modify bat-based coronaviruses. Experts say the NIH grant describes scientists conducting gain-of-function research, a risky area of study that, in this case, made SARS-like

OTTAWA—Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s former chief of staff is the latest Liberal aide to avoid a House of Commons order that she testify before a parliamentary committee. A majority of MPs approved a motion demanding Zita Astravas appear before the Commons defence committee to answer questions about the government’s handling of allegations of sexual misconduct

Commentary ROARING SPRING, Pennsylvania—When the Appvion Inc. paper mill plant shut its doors for good on April 1, putting 293 people out of work, it marked the first significant manufacturing loss in this state since President Joe Biden took office. “We were all completely blindsided,” said state Sen. Judy Ward, who claims she and other

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter said Tuesday a Ukrainian gas firm wanted to hire him while his father was vice president because of his family’s name. “I think it played a large part, and I write about this in the book. As I said, I think that they saw my name as gold, and one