by Dru Hunsaker After 30 years on death row for a crime that he didn’t commit, Glenn Ford was finally exonerated and released from prison on March 11, 2o14. Ford was Louisiana’s longest-serving inmate on death row after being convicted of the murder of Isadore Rozeman in 1984. Ford, now 64 with grown children, was freed after new information came to light regarding the case. Ford’s … Continue reading Death Row Prisoner Walks After 30 Years
by Megan Haymond As day ten of the search for the Malaysian 777 quickly approaches, authorities have come to no new conclusions on the whereabouts of the missing plane. On March 7, the plane went missing on its journey from Malaysia to Bejing. The flight reportedly had no extra fuel on board than the usual 6-hour flight range. The search now includes 25 nations and is … Continue reading Malyasian Officials Are Just as Lost as the Plane
by Emily Engle The March Madness 2014 tournament opens this year on March 18, and any sports fan who correctly predicts the winner of all 63 games played could win $1 billion. The March Madness tournament is held once a year to determine a national champion of all NCAA college basketball teams across the country. Predicting each game outcome in this way is called “filling … Continue reading $1 Billion at Stake for Perfect March Madness Bracket
by Dru Hunsaker High school senior Rachel Canning was recently noted in several media outlets for an unlikely lawsuit in which she sued her parents for financial support, including tuition for her final year of private school and eventual college expenses. Canning, an 18-year-old honor student at Morris Catholic High School in New Jersey, stipulated that she left home after suffering verbal and physical abuse … Continue reading Child Support or Adult Support? High School Senior Denied Financial Support by Judge
by Meghna Kumar A Malaysia Airlines flight, a Boeing 777-200, went missing somewhere above the South China Sea on Saturday. The plane was flying from Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, to the Beijing Capital Airport, in China. It departed at 12:41 a.m. Saturday and was expected to land in Beijing by 6:30 a.m., but air traffic controllers lost all signs of the plane two … Continue reading Malaysia Airlines Flight Boeing 777-200 Goes Missing
By Alexia Vlahos On February 22, the Russian Army invaded Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin denied the invasion and claimed that the “local self-defense forces” were mistaken as Russian soldiers. Allegations from Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States, Olexander Motsyk, disagrees with Vladimir Putin, saying, “The fact is, these are Russian forces. And they participate in toppling local government in Crimea.” The Crimean Parliament’s sentiments … Continue reading Ukraine Crisis
by Dru Hunsaker Though Syria is no longer the controversial political minefield that it once was, unrest still rages throughout the city and several groups are profiting from the lack of order. Literally. In the Syrian city of Raqqa, an extremist Islamic group, ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), is now demanding that Christian citizens pay up to 17 grams of gold (annually) to … Continue reading Syrian Islamic Extremists Demand Money to Protect Christian Citizens
by Meghna Kumar On February 24, Hazem Beblawi resigned from his position as prime minister of Egypt. Beblawi was in office for seven months, since the July of 2013, and his resignation was unforeseen. No statement has been made as to why he stepped down. Adly Monsour, interim president of Egypt, has appointed Ibrahim Mehlib, the leader of Egypt’s largest construction company, as the country’s next prime minister. Many … Continue reading Beblawi Resigns from Office
by Megan Haymond On Wednesday, February 26, a State Department investigation decided that the appointment of a contractor to carry out an environmental impact study on the Keystone Pipeline who had previously worked for TransCanada was not a conflict of interest. TransCanada is the company interested in building the pipeline that the environmentalists and conservatives have been fighting over for years. The results of the … Continue reading Keystone XL Pipeline Waits for Kerry
by Dru Hunsaker While Ukraine’s former president, Viktor Yanukovych, remains in hiding following the coup that ousted him from power and led to an arrest warrant for his person, protests in the Ukraine are mounting and the Russian government is reaching out to suppress the unrest. Viktor Yanukovych, now wanted for mass murder of civilians, is rumored to be hiding somewhere inside the Ukrainian border. … Continue reading Ukrainian President Ousted, Protests Rise Amid Chaos
