Neetu Chandak A weekend shooting spree left three dead and at least 37 people injured in Chicago, which has left the city in a state of havoc. Sixteen of those shot were said to be teenagers, according to the Chicago Tribune. The first shot injured a 38-year-old man around 11 a.m. Saturday, who suffered wounds in his…
Neetu Chandak Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro abruptly halted his speech during an outdoor military event Saturday after explosions from drone-like devices. Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said the socialist president was safe, though seven soldiers were injured, The Associated Press reported. Maduro was giving a speech in celebration of the Venezuelan National Guard’s 81st anniversary. “To the conscious…
A 2017 study found that 66 percent of Democrats view economic inequality as a “very big” problem, and 93 percent believe it to be at least a “moderately big” problem. And it’s not just the public – politicians like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have frequently argued that the wealthy elite of society represent a…
Nick Givas Democratic Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel received backlash, on “Fox & Friends” Friday, for favoring illegal immigrants over American citizens. Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell attended a Thursday protest in Chicago, where citizens marched against gun violence and demanded Emanuel’s resignation. “Honestly, the residents of Chicago are fed up with Rahm Emanuel’s inaction,” Caldwell said. “In…
Grace Carr A NYT Magazine contributing author wondered in 2011 why terminating half a twin pregnancy seems more “controversial” than reducing triplets to twins or aborting a single baby Previously doctors almost exclusively performed “reductions” on women who were having at least three or four babies to protect the health of the mother and babies Multiple…
Nick Givas Minnesota resident Roman Adams had charges filed against him Thursday after allegedly throwing an 8-year-old over the edge of a water slide platform at the Apple Valley Aquatic Center. The 18-year-old Adams allegedly pushed the young child over the railing, causing him to fall more than 30 feet to the ground July 31, according to…
Tim Pearce Government officials are investigating ties between Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and a former executive of the oil company Haliburton, as well as opportunity Zinke may have to run a brewery built by the oil businessman. The Inspector General (IG) for the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced an investigation into an ongoing development…
Evie Fordham Police in Kearney, Missouri, responded to a possible sighting of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts, who has been missing since July 18. Tibbetts, 20, was reportedly sighted at a truck stop on July 26, more than 230 miles away from where she was last seen, reported ABC News. Police “conducted a search of the…
Nick Givas Pope Francis is steering the Catholic church away from supporting the death penalty in a new papal policy released on Thursday. Francis called the death penalty “inadmissible” and said it “attacks” the dignity of all humans, according to The Associated Press. Francis is making a major change to the faith’s Catechism, as Catholicism used to…
While he was never a teacher, G. K. Chesterton did help instruct his readers about how to think about many things. Far from the least of those things was science. And while he was never a scientist, Chesterton certainly knew something about thinking about science. To be succinct, Chesterton regarded science as either a “tool or a…