By: Jade Edwards Facebook was hacked on September 28, exposing almost 50 million accounts and jeopardizing the identities on the accounts attacked.  Questionably, another 40 million Facebook account users were possibly affected and forced to log out and validate their authenticity.  Facebook users are being warned not to accept friend requests because the violators out there are creating fake accounts and following people to get … Continue reading Facebook Hacked with More Problems to Come

By: Jade Edwards The hurricane by the name of Florence hit along the East Coast of the United States, primarily in the Carolinas, Friday, September 14.  Florence transpired from a tropical wave off the African coast of the Atlantic on August 30. It started to become a tropical storm on September 1, and was classified as a Category 4 hurricane by September 4-5. From the … Continue reading Hurricane Florence Devastates the U.S. East Coast

by Arden Lunay In the midst of the political turmoil that feels like citizens don’t get a say in, November is growing closer. For 2018, that means it is midterm elections. There are many seats up for election, from governor, to smaller, local seats like the Greene County Board of Commissions. No matter the level of the position, each one is important and can have … Continue reading Candidates for Midterm Elections

By: Kayla Stephensen Recent developments in DNA technology bring new ethical debates to the table. The arresting of the suspected Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, made many users of popular genetics sites worried. The police made a false profile on GEDmatch with DNA from one of the crime scenes and found a match on the site. The co-founders insisted that the company was not … Continue reading DNA Technology Brings New Debates

By: Kayla Stephensen A dump truck crashed into a school bus early in the morning of Thursday, May 17, in New Jersey and resulted in at least two deaths so far. The middle school students were on their way to a field trip when they were derailed and the bus was broken into two pieces. Overturned on its side, the crippled bus ending up injuring … Continue reading School Bus Crash Kills At Least 2

By: Chelsea Cozad After the 2014 disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, several efforts were attempted to find the airplane and 239 missing persons aboard. Last January, Australian officials indefinitely suspended any further search attempts, although pieces of debris believed to have come from the plane washed up on the shores of Madagascar, Réunion Island and Tanzania. Last Wednesday, things changed when an independent American … Continue reading Reboot of the Search for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370

by Chelsea Cozad Many Americans assume that their tap water is completely safe from harsh chemicals and compounds. However, the tap water for more than 170 million Americans in all 50 states contain the cancer-causing compound radium. The Environmental Protection Agency has labeled 5 picocuries per liter (pCi/L)–a picocurie is a measure of radioactive decay–as the legal limit of the amount of radium that can … Continue reading Radium Found in Americans’ Tap Water