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Evie Fordham A construction crew building a residence hall at Georgetown University dug up a human femur in December 2014 that may have come from a slave, and the college kept the discovery quiet. Arrupe Hall was built adjacent to a segregated Catholic graveyard that included the burial sites of slaves and free blacks dating…
Rob Shimshock While The New York Times included many of the Seattle plane thief’s upbeat remarks in its highlights, the paper cut his politically charged comment. Horizon Air employee Richard Russell stole the turboprop passenger plane in Seattle on Friday night, flying it for nearly an hour before crashing it on Puget Sound, reported TheNYT. The…
Neetu Chandak California has the largest death row population in the country, though the trend showed an opposite effect nationally, according to a study released Friday. Pew Research Center analyzed data from the Death Penalty Information Center and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where it found California’s death row population in 2017 increased by almost 100 inmates…
Jessica Kramer A severe hail storm hit the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo on Monday, injuring 14 people, hospitalizing five, and killing a duck and a vulture. The zoo, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is closed due to damaged infrastructure, including windows and skylights, and it is uncertain if it will reopen by Wednesday, according to 9 News. Sixteen…
Follow on Facebook or Twitter Online media Publication NowThis, with millions of followers across multiple social media platforms, released some #FakeNews claiming the child of US Senate Candidate Joey Gibson from Washington state was waving a gun around in a video. Gibson is also a leader of the conservative group Patriot Prayer. Check out their…
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…
Jason Hopkins New York is hoping to dramatically expand its renewables industry by handing out more incentives for community solar projects and reforming how solar owners are compensated. State regulators have put forward a proposal to boost solar energy use among New York residents. In two separate reports, the New York State Department of Public Service…
Jessica Kramer The Transportation Security Administration is standing by its suspect monitoring program “Quiet Skies” for airline passengers deemed “unique.” The formerly undisclosed program monitors those who invoke threat or suspicion and does not hone in on “ordinary American” travelers, TSA spokesman Michael Bilello told The Hill. “We’re talking about a very unique passenger that warrants the…
Follow on Facebook or Twitter It is one week until Missouri voters decide who their Republican nominee will be for the United States Senate. Every hour counts, and candidate Austin Petersen has been suspended by Twitter for 12 hours. The incident on Twitter started when Caroline O (Twitter handle @RVAwonk) who is a writer for…
Jason Hopkins A wind farm project has been nixed entirely following mounting controversy from locals and a unanimous rejection from state regulators in Texas. American Electric Power (AEP), a major U.S. utility company, announced Friday its decision to cancel plans to build the Wind Catcher project — a proposal to construct a 2 gigawatt wind…