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US Attorney Preet Bharara fired after refusing to resign
By Anandita Mehta Staff Writer The Trump administration issued requests on March 10 for the immediate resignation of 46 U.S. attorneys held over from the Obama administration, The Washington Post...
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Canadian judge resigns after making inappropriate comments
By Eric Preisler Staff Writer Canadian Federal Judge Robin Camp resigned on March 9 after the Canadian Judicial Council recommended his firing,The New York Times reported. Camp’s resignation comes...
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Israel threatens to destroy Syrian air defenses
By Paul Mulholland Staff Writer Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman threatened to destroy Syria’s air defense systems on Sunday, March 19, CNN reported. This threat came after an air raid in...
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China’s ‘Great Firewall’ blocks Pinterest
By Jake Mulick Staff Writer The Chinese government has banned the popular social networking and image sharing site Pinterest. Pinterest has been accessible in China since the website’s inception, but...
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Senate disagrees on Supreme Court nomination
By Jahnvi Upreti Staff Writer Senate Democrats promised to filibuster the nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch for a position in the Supreme Court on Thursday, March 23. The movement was spearheaded by...
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Five people dead after London terror attack
By Anandita Mehta Staff Writer A terror attack occurred near the Houses of Parliament over the Westminster Bridge in London on March 22, BBC reported. The perpetrator was 52-year-old British man...
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Shooting in Cincinnati nightclub kills one and injures several
By Eric Preisler Staff Writer One person was killed and 16 others were injured on Sunday, March 26, when gunfire broke out in the Cameo nightclub in Cincinnati, CNN reported. The man who was killed...
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Russia experiences widespread anti-corruption protests
By Zachary Sobol Correspondent Thousands of people participated in anti-corruption protests across Russia on Sunday, March 26. The protests were in response to the findings in an anti-corruption...
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Atlanta bridge collapses after man sets fire
By Cait Flynn Staff Writer Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency after a section of the I-85 bridge collapsed due to a fire on March 30, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The...
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Mudslide in Colombia leaves hundreds dead and the city in ruins
By Eric Preisler Staff Writer A mudslide swept through Mocoa Colombia and killed 306 people, including 92 children, on March 31, according to Channel News Asia. The flood swept through the city,...
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Twenty people murdered during ritual at Sufi shrine
By Danielle Silvia Staff Writer Pakistani men and women entered a Sufi shrine in the city of Sargodha in Pakistan’s Punjab province on April 1 to obey a “self-described mystic,” according to The New...
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Syrian chemical attack leads to U.S. airstrike
By Zachary Sobol Correspondent Bashar Al-Assad, the dictator of Syria, used a chemical poison on April 4 to kill at least 69 individuals, including women and children, in the rebel-based town of Khan...
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Sweden faces its ‘worst peacetime attack’ in Stockholm
By Alexis Bell Staff Writer A hijacked beer delivery truck in Stockholm plowed into pedestrians and an upscale department store on April 7, killing four and injuring 15, Bloomberg reported. This was...
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ISIS attacks Egyptian church on Palm Sunday
By Anandita Mehta Staff Writer During a terrorist attack on two Coptic churches in southern Egypt, 49 were killed and 78 injured on April 9, The New York Times reported. The attacks, which occurred in...
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UN calls for the investigation of Chechen ‘concentration camps’ for gay men
By Rebecca Colnes Staff Writer U.N. officials are requesting that Russian authorities investigate the abuse of gay men in Chechnya, according to TIME. Chechen authorities arrested more than a hundred...
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US military uses MOAB to combat ISIS in Afghanistan
By Zachary Sobol Staff Writer Around 94 ISIS fighters were killed when the U.S. military used the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb to destroy an ISIS-controlled cave and tunnel system in...
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North Korea fails to launch missile
By Michelle Lampariello Nation & World Editor North Korea attempted to test launch a missile from the city of Sinpo on Sunday, April 16, CNN reported. The test failed, as the missile blew up a few...
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Florida issues state of emergency due to fires
By Mallory McBride Correspondent More than 115 wildfires burned in parts of Southwest and Central Florida as of Saturday, April 22, according to CNN. The fires, which have “already burned 250 percent...
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French election boils down to Le Pen and Macron
By Jahnvi Upreti Staff Writer The top two candidates who emerged from the first round of France’s presidential voting on Sunday, April 23, were Marine Le Pen, a controversial nationalist, and Emmanuel...
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Fox News ousts Bill O’Reilly following scandal
By Chloe Freed Correspondent Bill O’Reilly, the so-called “king of cable,” has been fired from Fox News due to allegations of sexual assault against him by multiple women, according to The New York...
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