Joshua Gill The mayor of Burlington, Vermont announced Monday that a task force will investigate allegations of murder at a nun-operated orphanage and pursue charges if possible. Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger announced the investigation following a Buzzfeed investigative report that detailed years of macabre abuse and murder allegations at St. Joseph’s Orphanage. The task force will investigate three…
Nick Givas An Australian high school is experimenting with a new policy that bans phones from the classroom and restricts Wi-Fi access, to help limit distractions and cut down on cyberbullying. The principal of New Town High in Hobart, Australia, David Kilpatrick, claimed the policy is working and producing positive results since being implemented at…
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis is quite possibly one of the scariest books I’ve ever read. Not that it’s at all “scary” in the typical sense of the word. In fact, although the collection of letters is written as though it were authored by a demon named Screwtape, it also happens to be sarcastic,…
Jason Hopkins Alabama Republican Rep. Gary Palmer introduced a bill in Congress that calls on the government to rescind $1.6 billion in funds from the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) Fund — money that has sat idle for years. “The government is borrowing millions of dollars every day while we have $1.6 billion sitting in…
Neetu Chandak Serena Williams was fined $17,000 for three code violations during the U.S. Open Finals held Saturday. The first violation was for coaching, which was any form of audial or visual communication between a coach and the player, according to The Associated Press Sunday. Williams was also fined for breaking her racket and for verbal abuse…
Evie Fordham Connecticut is fielding six openly gay Republican candidates for state General Assembly in a “rainbow wave” that contrasts with the LGBT candidates running as Democrats across the country. The six General Assembly candidates are focusing on economic issues and say that they do not see the Trump administration as a threat to same-sex…
Neetu Chandak Activists sent coat hangers to Maine Sen. Susan Collins’s office to protest against confirming Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The Republican senator’s office received 3,000 coat hangers, which served as reminders of back-alley abortions, according to The Associated PressSaturday. Collins and Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who both support abortion rights, are considered as…
Ten years ago the Lehmann Brothers investment bank collapsed, sparking a world-wide banking crisis and recession. The economy lost at least 5 million jobs, pushing the unemployment rate from 5 percent to 10.5 percent in just a few months. The US stock market lost $7.4 trillion in value while the real estate market dropped $3.4…
Evie Fordham Drug prices on the whole looked much better in August than they did in July, which may be due in part to President Donald Trump’s critiques of the pharmaceutical industry, according to a Wells Fargo report on monthly drug prices. “We believe that August essentially shows that President Trump’s criticism might be working…
Molly Prince Los Angeles taxpayers had been paying for Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California’s travel expenses, even while she was outside the city of Los Angeles. A report first obtained by NBC News details hotels, rental cars, airline tickets, meals and security for more than twelve trips totaling over $28,000. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) had also…