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Commercial Ports, Truckers Feeling Pinch From Fewer Shipping Containers

2 days ago | theepochtimes.com | Allan Stein

ADOfficials at California’s two busiest ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach remain optimistic with ongoing tariff talks between the U.S. and China. 6/23/2025|Updated: 6/23/2025LONG BEACH, Calif.—Six truck mechanics sat around a table at Silva Truck & Auto Electric repair shop in Long Beach, California, enjoying their midday break while waiting for work orders that might never arrive. Araseli Soto, an office worker at the company, said she had not seen such a slow period in business before.
Why Fishermen Are Catching Fewer Lobsters in Maine

2 weeks ago | theepochtimes.com | Allan Stein

Independent operators remember the good times as they struggle to adapt to a changing industry. Independent operators remember the good times as they struggle to adapt to a changing industry. |June 06, 2025Updated:June 06, 2025STONINGTON, Maine—For veteran lobsterman Travis Dammier, it was the end of another trip at sea on a solo voyage to earn a living.
Is There a New England Serial Killer? Social Media Says Maybe, Police Say No.

3 weeks ago | theepochtimes.com | Allan Stein

Is There a New England Serial Killer? Social Media Says Maybe, Police Say No.Online speculation is pressuring law enforcement to conduct a wider investigation. Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock|June 01, 2025Updated:June 01, 2025NEW ENGLAND—On the eve of Easter Sunday, detectives in Narragansett, Rhode Island, were busy investigating crimes when messages began to pour in. “It came from everywhere,” Detective Sgt.
Maintaining the Shine of Our Lost Soldiers on Memorial Day

1 month ago | theepochtimes.com | Allan Stein

Tom Pawlak and Robert Trae Zipperer live 2,200 miles apart, but they share a common belief: that unlike old soldiers, no gravestone or marker of a U.S. military member should ever fade. For Pawlak, 73, from Arizona, restoring the bronze plaques of veterans and those lost in combat to their original pristine condition has become his mission in life. Zipperer, 56, is a Navy veteran from Florida who is equally passionate about restoring gravestones.
Frugality Rules as Americans Start Making the Most in a Hand-Me-Down Market

1 month ago | theepochtimes.com | Allan Stein

Thrift stores and consignment shops are an alternative to buying new as import tariffs loom and price hikes look set to bite. 5/21/2025Updated: 5/21/2025PHOENIX—While many retailers have struggled, business has thrived since Estefania Gasca and her husband, Cristobal Zepeda, established Thrift It Forward consignment store in Phoenix nearly two years ago. Some days, the second-hand goods sell as quickly as they come in. Allan Stein is a national reporter for The Epoch Times based in Arizona.
North Carolina Communities Rising From the Ruins of Hurricane Helene

1 month ago | theepochtimes.com | Allan Stein

North Carolina Communities Rising From the Ruins of Hurricane HeleneNonprofit volunteers are committed to rebuilding Chimney Rock and other communities devastated by the powerful storm in September 2024. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times|May 20, 2025Updated:May 20, 2025CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C.—North Carolina officials estimate that it will take many years, many hands, and up to $60 billion to recover from the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in late September 2024.
The Changing Face of Organized Crime in the United States

1 month ago | theepochtimes.com | Allan Stein

As the snow and icy rain began to fall on that early winter morning in New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, something big was going down. They didn’t know it, but Jan. 20, 2011, was the beginning of the end for the Mafia. On that day, the largest law enforcement operation against America’s most infamous crime organization commenced. Hundreds of FBI agents, equipped with criminal warrants, began arresting mob suspects across three states.
California’s Tugboat Operators Struggle Under Costly New Emissions Rules

1 month ago | theepochtimes.com | Allan Stein

OAKLAND, Calif.—The Fishing Creek’s 3,000 units of horsepower is generated by twin Caterpillar 3512 main engines, enabling it to effectively push, pull, and maneuver barges and cargo ships weighing tens of thousands of tons. The tugboat, a 94-foot floating powerhouse built in 2017, is docked securely in Alameda port harbor; it’s part of Vane Brothers’ nationwide fleet of 50 tugboats and 80 barges.
50 Years On, Survivors Guilt Lingers Over Vietnam Veterans and Families

1 month ago | theepochtimes.com | Allan Stein

The Department of Veterans Affairs recognizes survivor’s guilt in veterans as a component of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). 4/30/2025Updated: 4/30/2025SHOW LOW, Ariz.—In every war, combat veterans grapple with a profound and haunting question: why did I survive while others did not? Decades after the Vietnam War concluded on April 30, 1975, the weight of “survivor’s guilt” continues to overshadow many families, particularly those whose loved ones returned forever changed.
Empresarios estadounidenses ven oportunidades en los aranceles globales

2 months ago | elepoch.com | Allan Stein

PRESCOTT, Arizona. Es más que una simple etiqueta. “Hecho en EE. UU.” representa orgullo y espíritu nacional, afirma John Roy, director ejecutivo de Dawson Knives en Prescott, Arizona. La empresa que dirige es un claro ejemplo de ese espíritu. Fundada hace más de 50 años por un veterano de Vietnam con maquinaria fabricada con piezas encontradas en un vertedero local, la empresa de cuchillos se enorgullece de tener “tres generaciones fuertes”.