by Malena Aylwin ’22 News Staff In the past 13 months, California has seen two of its largest wildfires in terms of acreage, two of its most destructive blazes in terms of structures lost, and the deadliest fire on record, which has claimed at least 88 lives. California is battling around 17 substantial fires including […]
By Micaela Freeman ’20 History was made on Tuesday during this year’s midterm election. A record number of women were elected and will be heading to Congress in this new term. Colorado’s newly elected governor, Jared Polis, is the first openly gay governor serving in the United States. Due to the overwhelming majority of Democrats […]
By Malena Aylwin ’22 A mass shooting occurred in Pittsburgh on the morning of October 27, 2018. While Shabbat morning services were being held at the Tree of Life Synagogue, 11 individuals were shot to death, and seven were injured. The victims included Irving Younger, Melvin Wax, Rose Mallinger, Bernice and Sylvan Simon, Jerry Rabinowitz, […]
by Thomas Edwards ’20 Former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Representative Maxine Waters, and former CIA Director and MSNBC contributor John Brennan are all among the list of names who were targets of pipe bombs last Wednesday and Thursday, October 24 and 25. The pipe bombs were sent in the mail […]
by Kelly Martella ’21 On Oct. 2, Jamal Khashoggi went missing after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain a legal document. Suspicions began to rise around the world in the following weeks, and it became an international affair. Although he was a Saudi citizen, Khashoggi was living in the United States with plans […]
by Thomas Edwards ’20 News Co-Editor Last Wednesday, category 4 Hurricane Michael made landfall on the Florida panhandle, tearing through parts of the state, destroying almost everything in its path, including the city of Mexico Beach. Michael struck Florida with winds of up to 155 miles per hour, and went up through Georgia before making […]
Net neutrality protects people from internet fraud. by Thomas Edwards ’20 News Co-Editor Back in June of this year, the Federal Communicatons Commission (FCC) officially repealed net neutrality laws. Net neutrality is the principle that internet service providers should treat all data on the Internet equally and not discriminate or charge differently by user, content, […]
By Micaela Freeman ’20 In our society today, mass shootings are an unfortunate reality that people all around the world have to deal with. On Thursday, September 20, Snochia Moseley, 26, opened fire in a Rite Aid distribution center near Aberdeen, Maryland. The shooting resulted in three fatalities and several injuries before Moseley turned the gun […]
By Hannah Langley ’21 Natural disasters are a horrible and scary reality that the whole world must face at one time or another. This past weekend, Tropical Storm Florence hit both North and South Carolina. The result has been catastrophic, as dozens of people have lost their lives and hundreds of people have been left […]
By Micaela Freeman ’20 Brett Kavanaugh, judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, is currently under investigation during his confirmation into the Supreme Court. Nominated by President Trump, Kavanaugh has recently been charged with alleged sexual misconduct and has been questioned by senators during his confirmation process. The GOP […]