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UNITED STATES−Secretary of the Treasury, Steve Mnuchin and Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo gave a press briefing announcing new sanctions on Iran on Friday, January 10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTCErLFbu4Q&feature=youtu.be Mnuchin and Pompeo announced the sanctions imposed in keeping the President’s promise to place sanctions against the Iranian regime. “First, the President is issuing an executive order authorizing the imposition of additional sanctions against any...

UNITED STATES—The White House and the U.S. Capitol were closed Thursday, March 4, due to reported threats of violence from a March 4 press release that noted U.S. Capitol Police were alerted of threats to members of Congress via an identified militia group. House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer of Maryland warned fellow lawmakers on March 3 of the possibility of...

UNITED STATES—The literary world is in mourning as author and poet, Maya Angelou passed away at the age of 86 on Wednesday, May 28. The news was confirmed Wednesday morning by Mayor Allen Jones of Winston-Salem, who confirmed Angelou’s death to a local news station in North Carolina. She posted her last tweet on May 23 stating, “Listen to yourself...

LONDON — On Wednesday, September 2, Times Higher Education (THE) announced the World University Rankings for 2021. THE, formerly known as The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES), provides a large and diverse worldwide university ranking. “This year’s ranking analyzed more than 80 million citations across over 13 million research publications and included survey responses from 22,000 scholars globally,” their website...

UNITED STATES—A canine was honored by President Donald Trump in his role in helping soldier's corner ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to the back of a cave over the weekend. The dog whose name has not been released to the public is a Belgian Malinois that belongs to the U.S. Army counter-terrorism unit First Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta. The canine...

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...

LOS ANGELES—The “Ice Bucket Challenge” has gone viral on various social media outlets in the past few weeks. Participants of the challenge film themselves pouring a bucket of ice water on over heads and then nominate others with 24 hours to complete the challenge. If the person who is nominated doesn't accept the challenge they are to make a donation...

UNITED STATES—On Tuesday, October 27, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to respect the U.S.-negotiated cease-fire in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Pompeo separately spoke with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, urging each to respect their commitments to cease hostilities. He stressed that “there is no military solution to this conflict.” The cease-fire,...

WESTWOOD—On Monday, January 25 it was announced that the committee bidding for the City of Los Angeles to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games has chosen UCLA as the place for the Olympic Village, which will house all competing athletes. During a campus press conference on Monday, LA 2024 officials said they were attracted to UCLA’s newly built and recently...

COLOMBIA—Two Florida men wanted in the United States on a charge of selling bleach as a "miracle cure" or "MMS" for the COVID-19 and other diseases illegally, Colombian top prosecutor Fiscalía Colombia announced in the evening on Tuesday, August 11 Fiscalía Colombia, a Colombian prosecutor tweeted with a video and announced on August 11 that Mark Grenon, 62, and his...