Hong Kong protestors participated in a sit-in on March 15, 2019 in retaliation against the Fugitive Offenders Amendment Bill. If this bill is put into action, Hong Kong fugitives would be extradited to mainland China and Taiwan. To have their voices heard, the protestors officially hit the streets […]
United States diplomatic relations with the Middle East are being re-examined following the U.S airstrike on an Iranian backed militia. After the airstrike, the U.S admitted to killing an important Iranian military general, Qasem Soleimani, which sparked outrage in the Middle East. Diplomatically, Iran and Iraq have grown […]
Over the past few months, the news and social media has been covering hundreds of trafficking cases around the country. Human trafficking is described as a form of modernized slavery that is very common in the United States. According to the Human Trafficking Hotline, as of Dec. 31, […]
The e-cigarette company, Juul Labs, is officially putting an end to the sale of mint flavored juul pods in attempts to get ahead of the incoming federal flavor ban. The Food and Drug Administration is trying to ban certain flavors like mint and menthol on vaping products to […]
Baltimore’s former mayor, Catherine Pugh, has been indicted on 11 federal crimes, but has only pled guilty to 4 of the 11 counts. These charges, according to NPR (National Public Radio), includes conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the government, along with two counts of […]
Rodney Reed, an inmate at a Texas prison, had been set to be executed on Nov. 20 for the murder of Stacy Stites, but on Nov. 15, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals was able to grant him indefinite stay of execution. In 1996, he was found guilty […]
