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Nine Americans Killed By Drug Cartel In Mexico

UNITED STATES—A total of nine U.S. citizens were killed in Mexico by drug cartels on Monday, November 4. Those killed include three mothers from La Mora, a large Mormon settlement located 70 miles from Douglas, Arizona. The women were traveling to Chihuahua, Mexico to attend a wedding. Fox News reported that one of the vehicles en route to the wedding...

Reddit Interim CEO Resigns

SAN FRANCISCO—Reddit’s Interim CEO, Ellen Pao, has resigned from the post she held for eight months following increased scrutiny by the Reddit user community. In recent months, Pao became a controversial figure among users due to her exercises in leadership that proved unpopular. Reddit, which is based in San Francisco, will see its original co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman return to...

Google To Run On Renewable Energy In 2017

UNITED STATES—Google announced on Tuesday, December 6 that they are planning to run entirely from renewable energy at the start of 2017. The company has spent the past decade negotiating and participating in deals with renewable producers and announced that its data and business centers all over the world will follow suit. According to the New York Times, Google spent...

Trump Warns Canada On Fair Trade Agreement

UNITED STATES—President Donald Trump issued a warning to Canada regarding fair trade on Sunday, September 2. After failing to reach a deal with them on Friday, Trump claimed Canada will not participate in the North American trade if it is not fair to the United States. If Canada refuses to the agreement, the only two countries involved in the...

Fellow Musicians To Join Manchester Benefit Concert

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM—Ariana Grande disclosed that on Sunday, June 4, she will return to Manchester to hold a benefit concert for victims of the terrorist attack that occurred after her show in the region on May 22. In addition to Grande, additional performers include Coldplay, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Usher, Take That, Pharrell Williams, and Niall Horan. The show will...

Republicans Interrupt Impeachment Proceedings

UNITED STATES—Republicans stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, October 23, led by Rep. Matthew Gaetz (R-FL) into the closed door impeachment proceedings of President Donald Trump. “I’m here with dozens of my Congressional colleagues” Gaetz said, “underground in the basement of the Capitol.” Gaetz went on. “If behind those those doors they intend to overturn the results of an American Presidential...

San Francisco Flight To Paris Diverted After Threat

SAN FRANCISCO—Air France Flight AF083 left from San Francisco and was diverted to Montreal after an anonymous threat was reported, according to the airline. According to airport spokesman Francois Asselin, Flight AF083 landed in Montreal at Montreal-Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport on Monday, December 7.  According to Asselin, the flight departed from San Francisco at 3:00 p.m., and was en route...

Egypt Sentences Mark Bassely Youssef

EGYPT—California resident Mark Basseley Youssef, 55 – the filmmaker responsible for creating “Innocence of Muslims”—was sentenced to death in absentia in an Egyptian court on Wednesday November 28. The associated press reports that Youssef is among seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and an American pastor sentenced on charges linked to the anti-Islam film. Charges were brought up in September after public outrage...

SF Financial Trader Reported Missing In London

Josh Sanchez-Maldonado
SAN FRANCISCO—An American from San Francisco has been reported missing after traveling to London. According to London police, 24-year-old Josh Sanchez-Maldonado is a financial trader, and went missing after traveling overseas for a job interview.  Sanchez-Maldonado had never traveled outside the United States on his own. He was last seen heading out from the Saint Gils Hotel in Feltham, West London, on October...

Nightmare Flight Lasts 28 Hours

SAN FRANCISCO—Passengers of Etihad Airways Flight 183 from Abu Dhabi finally arrived in San Francisco following a nightmare ordeal that spanned 28 hours. Initially delayed by fog in Abu Dhabi, the passengers of Flight 183 spent 12 hours waiting to take-off from the Middle East, and were not allowed to leave the aircraft as it sat waiting on the tarmac. Passengers...