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Food prices are on the rise at grocery stores. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Tuesday that food prices have increased 8.8 percent and this has been the largest food increase since 1981. The USDA Economic Research Service also predicted that the rise of costs in foods is not going to stop any timeContinue reading “Grocery Store Prices are Increasing”

On April 3, 2022 around 2AM there was a mass shooting that erupted in Sacramento as people were leaving the bars and the clubs for the night. The shooting resulted in approximately six people dead and at least twelve other people injured. It is still unknown as to what exactly caused the shooting, it wasContinue reading “Sacramento Shooting”

Charlene Murphey was a 75 year old patient, who was admitted into the Vanderbilt University Medical Center suffering a brain bleed on December 24, 2017. Only two days after she was admitted the doctors ordered a PET scan. Murphey however was severely claustrophobic and had high anxiety levels about the test. RaDonda Vaught was takingContinue reading “Nurse Receives Guilty Verdict for Administering Wrong Medication”

The Taliban administration had closed down girls high schools for seven months. Just recently, the Taliban announced they would reopen the schools on March 22, 2022 and they reopened them just to close them back down again several hours later. What this means is that no female students above the sixth grade is allowed toContinue reading “The Taliban Closes Afghan’s Girl Schools After Reopening”

On Tuesday March 15th, 2022 Senate passed a bill that could potentially make Daylight Savings Time permanent across the United States. The bill passed was called the Sunshine Protection Act and it was passed in the senate with unanimous consent. Daylight saving time was implemented in the United States in 1918. So if this billContinue reading “Senate Passes Bill to make Daylight Saving Time Permanent”

The Russian- Ukraine conflict began on February 20, 2022. The conflict has been ongoing long before that, but in February is when Russia decided to invade the borders of Ukraine. Russia had been encroaching on the Ukrainian borders for the past year which was increasing tensions tremendously over the past year not only with UkraineContinue reading “Switzerland Breaks Long-Standing Neutrality Because of the Russian-Ukraine Conflict”

On May 25, 2020, a man named George Floyd died after a store clerk suspected him of using a counterfeit 20 dollar bill and called authorities. Once authorities arrived on the scene, they forcibly removed Floyd from his car, and one of the officers Derek Chauvin got Floyd on the ground laying on his stomachContinue reading “Three Former Police Officers Convicted Guilty of Violating George Floyd’s Rights”

Schools and public libraries all over the country are banning books from their libraries. This isn’t just an issue that is happening in one state, it’s an issue that is happening across the country. These books are being banned if they are being found as, “problematic.” Anything that deals with very “heavy” issues such asContinue reading “Schools All Over the Country are Banning Books because of Political Viewpoints”

University of California, Los Angles came to a settlement of $243.6 million dollars paid to the sexual abuse victims by the hands of, former UCLA gynecologist Dr. James Heaps. Dr. James Heaps worked part-time as a gynecologist at the student health center from 1983 to 2010. He was then hired by UCLA Health in 2014.Continue reading “UCLA Settlement of $243.6 Million Dollars paid to Sexual Abuse Victims at the Hands of UCLA Gynecologist”

Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Tuesday that they were seeking the FDA to approve the usage of the first COVID-19 vaccine on children between the ages of 6 months-5 years old. Both companies announced that they have started submitting data to the FDA regarding clinical research in Europe involving the possibility of distributing the vaccineContinue reading “Pfizer and BioNTech Urge Emergency Use of the First COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 5 and Under”