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Morocco hit with devastating earthquake

Amany Nassar, News Editor September 11, 2023

A devastating 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Morocco on September 8, leaving over two thousand dead. It is estimated that 15,000 residents are displaced and are being forced to sleep outside in the cold...

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Northern Virginia struggling to provide affordable housing

Vix Kendley, Staff Writer September 7, 2023

In the most affluent sections of Loudoun and Fairfax Counties, two of the richest counties in the country by median income, many families struggle to make ends meet.  According to the 2020 U.S. Census,...

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Disabled workers: subminimum pay provisions removed

Vix Kendley, Staff Writer September 7, 2023

Since 1938 in Virginia, many disabled workers in Virginia have woken up in the morning and gone to work, only to receive massively lower pay than their coworkers for doing the same job. This is due to...

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Spotless Giraffe Spotted

Randey Orellana, Staff Writer September 7, 2023

The world's only known currently existing spotless giraffe was born last month at a locally owned zoo in Tennessee. The last known fully brown coated giraffe was Toshiko who was born back in 1972 in Tokyo....

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The end of the Wagner Group mutiny

Heidi Gilman, News Editor September 5, 2023

The Wagner Group Chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was buried less than three months after rebelling against Russian President Vladimir Putin.  Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash about 60 miles north...

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Japan releases toxic waste into Pacific Ocean

Amany Nassar, News Editor August 30, 2023

Japan has begun releasing water into the Pacific Ocean from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant. The water has been treated and radioactive elements have mostly been removed from the water but a certain...

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Giuliani surrenders at Atlanta jail in election fraud case

Vix Kendley, Staff Writer August 30, 2023

Rudy Giuliani, personal lawyer to former President Donald Trump, has turned himself in to Atlanta authorities. Giuliani is charged with crimes related to efforts to overturn Trump’s defeat in the 2020...

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Aftermath of the Maui wildfires

Amany Nassar, News Editor August 30, 2023

Wildfires ravaged through Lahaina, Hawaii leaving over one hundred dead and hundreds missing. The wildfires burned 2,170 acres and destroyed 2,700 structures. Leaving thousands of residents displaced after...

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Congress Avoids Economic Disaster, Raises Debt Limit Until 2025

Tadek Wieczorek, Staff Writer June 6, 2023

After tense and prolonged negotiations between both the US House and Senate, they have overwhelmingly raised the federal debt ceiling. The ceiling now  stands at $31 trillion dollars, after President...

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Abortion drug case faces appeals court

Lucy Rosst, Staff Writer June 6, 2023

The abortion drug mifepristone is under fire in the courts again. This time, the case about the controversial drug’s FDA approval is being taken up by the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, under the...

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