Monthly Archives: August 2020
Nancy Pelosi Calls For The House To Return This Week
Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, has made a call for lawmakers to return to the House this week to vote on legislation that...
The Derecho
One of the rarest windstorms to hit the nation, a derecho is a severe wind event caused by the tenacious rapid flow of the...
Joe Biden Picks Kamala Harris As His Running Mate
Joe Biden has announced that Kamala Harris is his pick for running mate in his election campaign. He had previously stated that his pick...
Protests And Civil Unrest In Beirut Continue
Last Tuesday(8/4/20) in Beirut began like most others, but it quickly turned disastrous. 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded at a warehouse in The port of Beirut. The blast...
Collin Morikawa Wins The PGA Championship
If you are looking for the coolest sports headline of the weekend, it would have to be 23-year-old Collin Morikawa winning the PGA Championship....
Tweet, Post, Delete, Response
Last Wednesday(8/5/20) President Trump had one of his posts removed from Facebook and a Tweet removed from Twitter after a video was posted on...
Microsoft In Talks To Buy TikTok While US Prepares For Ban
Microsoft has begun talks to purchase the social video-sharing app TikTok. TikTok has become rather popular quickly as a social media site that combines...
NBA Season Returns
Basketball season started again last Thursday(07/30/20). Twenty-six of the thirty teams that are in the NBA started to play in games to finish up...
Operation Legend
President Trump started Operation Legend on July 8th, 2020. He named this law enforcement operation in rememberance of a four-year-old African American child named...
The Native American Dreamcatcher
The Native American Dreamcatcher is made by hand and contains a hoop and a woven net or web going through it. The dreamcatcher may...
Extreme G5 Solar Storm Hits Earth Triggering Widespread Auroras and Technological Disruptions
Earlier today, Earth experienced an extreme geomagnetic storm, classified as G5, the highest level on the space weather scale. This event was predicted by...
UN General Assembly Supports Palestinian Bid for Full Membership Amid Ongoing Middle East Conflicts
Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly largely supported a resolution favoring the Palestinian bid for full U.N. membership. The assembly voted with 143 in...
Tornadoes Sweep Across Midwest and Great Plains, Leaving Trail of Destruction and Power Outages
This week, numerous states across the Great Plains and Midwest are facing the aftermath of severe weather events, including tornadoes that have wreaked havoc...
Ukraine Thwarts Russian Assassination Plot Against President Zelenskyy and Top Officials
Earlier this week, Ukrainian authorities announced they had thwarted an elaborate scheme to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, revealing a complex web of intrigue involving...
Russia Intensifies Missile and Drone Attacks on Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure
In one of its most intensive operations against Ukraine to date, Russia launched a substantial barrage consisting of more than 70 missiles and drones...
