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MSU is the latest victim of gun violence
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Just before 8:30 pm on Monday, Feb. 13, gunshots were heard coming from Berkeley Hall on the campus of Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan. 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae had released fire in the popular lecture hall killing two. McRae then left Berkeley Hall to release fire in the Michigan State student union building,…
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Chinese spy balloon stirs up fear in the US
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Between Jan. 28 and Feb. 4, 2023, a Chinese-operated high altitude balloon was spotted flying across Alaska, Canada and the contiguous United States before being shot down off the coast of South Carolina. China claims that it was an innocuous weather balloon, and has accused the United States of withholding information regarding the incident.…
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NPHS students involved in head-on car crash
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UPDATE: This article was updated and corrected 3/14/23 at 2:45 p.m. On Feb. 27, 2023, three NPHS students were riding on an off-road electric motorcycle and collided with a car at the intersection of Via Las Brisas and Via Grande in Dos Vientos. The students were going down a hill on the wrong side…
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Local teens go “scouting for food”
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On Saturday, Feb. 25 through the rain and hail, local Boy Scout troop 730 went racing door-to-door collecting over 75 Trader Joe’s bags filled to the brim with a total of 500 non-perishable food items for the annual Manna Conejo Valley food drive. The Manna Conejo Valley food drive has provided much-needed food in…
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Turkey and Syria rattled by devastating earthquake
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On Feb. 6, 2023, a massive, magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck central Turkey and northern Syria, killing over 50,000 people and displacing 2.4 million others. Turkey’s infrastructure was unprepared for the disaster as 6,000 buildings collapsed amid the chaos. Due to the fact that so many buildings collapsed so easily, Turkey’s government has sought to…
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George Santos’ empire of lies crumbles
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On Jan. 3, 2023, George Santos assumed the office of New York congressman. Santos is a conservative republican, but what made him stick out to voters was his unique backstory. He rallied support for his election campaign by telling crowds of people stories from his life, such as his Jewish ancestry, his mother who…
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Classified documents found at homes of Biden and Pence
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On Jan. 20, 2023, the FBI searched the home of President Joe Biden in order to recover classified documents that he had allegedly taken during his time as Barack Obama’s vice president. While the President’s approval had remained steady at around 43% since December, Biden’s approval among voters has taken a hit due to…
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Nepal plane crash kills all 72 on board
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On Jan. 15, 2023, Yeti Airlines Flight 691, an ATR-72 regional plane, crashed just before landing at Pokhara, Nepal, resulting in the death of all 72 people on board, including 68 passengers and 4 crew members. The 27 minute flight was traveling from Kathmandu to Pokhara. This crash was the deadliest involving an ATR-72,…
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United States debt limit is reached
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A potential crisis emerged when the United States hit its debt ceiling on Jan. 19, 2023, resulting in countless disagreements about how to resolve the issue. The debt ceiling is a limit on the amount of national debt that can be drawn by the United States Treasury, which helps to limit how much money…
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California falls victim to mass shootings
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The first month of this new year is marked by unprecedented gun violence. The shootings of January killed 90 people across the U.S., twice as many as last year, including 26 in California, all in a span of one week. A shooting in the early morning of Jan. 16 in Goshen, California, left six…