National

UNITED STATES—On November 2, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised the interest rate by an additional 75 points. The Federal Reserve AA non-financial chart reflects the increase of the interest rate over a 90-day period. The interest rate on October 27 was 3.03 percent. On November 2, the interest rate was 4.30 percent. The second part of the 90-day chart begins at...

BOSTON, MA—Two explosions occurred at the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15 leaving three dead and at least 170 injured, according to authorities. Approximately three hours into the 117th running of the 26.2-mile race, an explosion went off at the Boylston   Street finish line just before 3 p.m. and a second explosion mere seconds later. Videos surfaced showing a...

ATLANTA, GA─Politician and business executive, Herman Cain, who ran as a presidential candidate for the Republican party, died at the age of 74 on Thursday, July 30. He was hospitalized in an Atlanta area hospital after testing positive for COVID-19 on June 29. “We knew when he was first hospitalized with COVID-19 that this was going to be a rough...

NEW YORK—Famed comedienne Joan Rivers died on Thursday, September 4 at the age of 81. Rivers was hospitalized for more than a week after having a throat procedure on her vocal chords, where she stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest. She was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital where she was put into a medically induced coma; Rivers was taken...

SACRAMENTO—On Monday, April 10, Governor Gavin Newsom’s office announced in a press release that California will stockpile up to two million pills of abortion drugs, Misoprostol continuing his June 2022 efforts to make California an abortion sanctuary state. “In response to this extremist ban on a medication abortion drug, our state has secured a stockpile of an alternative medication abortion...

HOLLYWOOD—Stuart Scott, sportscaster and anchor on ESPN, passed away on January 4 at the age of 49. The cause of his death was cancer. Scott was first diagnosed with appendix cancer in 2007. He started his career as a sportscaster for several different local television stations before entering ESPN in 1993. He was known for his catchphrases "Boo-Yah!," "As cool...

CALIFORNIA—Patagonia, a California-based outwears company, uses a slogan, ‘VOTE THE A**HOLES OUT,’ behind tags to encourage people to vote for the coming election. The labels are attached to Patagonia’s Regenerative Organic Stand-Up Shorts for men and women. Outlander Magazine first reported the political label and shared an image on Saturday, September 12 on Twitter. After the tags went viral on...

STANFORD—On Thursday, August 24, Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Stanford University released that researchers at the Computer Graphics Lab at Stanford University launched the Stanford Cable TV News Analyzer to track and calculate screen time of public figures in broadcasts from CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. “Each day, cable TV news networks determine what information millions of Americans receive....

UNITED STATES—It has been two months since video bloggers Diamond & Silk, known for their political commentary as Fox Nation hosts, were alleged to be fired from the Fox streaming service show due to their opinions about COVID-19. The duo, which includes biological sisters Lynnette Diamond Hardaway, 46, and Rochelle Silk Richardson, 47, from Fayetteville, North Carolina, said that death...

SAN BRUNO—At least three people are injured after a woman opened fire at the YouTube headquarters in San Bruno on Tuesday, April 3 at 12:46 p.m. Authorities have identified the shooter as Nasim Aghdam, 39, who died on the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. The San Bruno Police Department indicated in a press release they received numerous...