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 […]
On Nov. 12, the Supreme Court denied Remington Arms Co.’s request to block a lawsuit filed by the families of victims of the Sandy Hook School Massacre. Remington, the company who manufactured the Bushmaster XM15-E2S (more commonly known as an AR-15) rifle used in the shooting that killed […]
Howard County Public Schools began testing cooling towers in Sept. 2019. Out of the 23 schools tested, nine high schools came back positive: Atholton, Long Reach, Hammond, Howard, Marriotts Ridge, Mt. Hebron, and River Hill. Along with those high schools, two elementary schools also tested positive: Laurel Woods […]
