Parents Sent To Prison After Isolating Kids For Four Years Over COVID Fears

US Housing Starts Plummet In July, Near COVID Lows After Housing Starts exploded higher in June (driven by a massive rebound in multi-family units), July was expected to see a reflexive decline of 5.9% MoM... ...things were considerably worse, with US Housing Starts plunging 12.4% MoM (the third major monthly drop in four months)... On the other hand, the more forward-looking Building Permits (preliminary for July) rose 5.0% MoM (well above the 0.6% MoM expected), after two months in a row of declines. On a SAAR basis, Starts at back near post-COVID lows...

250 Years Ago: South Carolina Defeats The British Empire Authored by Alan Wakim via The Epoch Times, On the morning of June 28, 1776, Thomas Jefferson and the Committee of Five presented a draft of the Declaration of Independence to John Hancock, president of the Second Continental Congress. Although immortalized by John Trumbull’s famous painting, the historic moment unfolded with quiet parliamentary precision and strict protocol rather than fanfare. The attack on the fort on Sulivan's Island the June 28, 1776, painted by Henry Gray. Drawing shows British ships firing on Fort...

UAE Retracts Warning About "Potential Missle Threat" Update: it appears the earlier warning by the UAE was a false alarm: UAE SENDS ALERT SAYING 'PLEASE DISREGARD THE PREVIOUS WARNING' UAE ASKS PEOPLE TO IGNORE PREVIOUS WARNING * * *  Earlier Is the ceasefire over (again)? Moments ago stocks hit session lows and oil jumped from post-war lows after the UAE issued a phone alert warning of potential missile strikes. Iran's Tasnim promptly followed up, saying that according to news sources, there were explosions heard in Dubai. And while the initial report sent futures to session lows... ... , and oil...