Recently, several videos relating to the effects of using plastic straws have surfaced, with media sources acknowledging the negative impacts of plastic. Videos such as plastic straws being stuck in turtles noses or in birds stomachs have grabbed the attention of individuals world wide. Due to disturbing...

Sandy Hook Elementary School mourned the twenty-six students and teachers that were lost on December 14th, 2012. Six years ago from Friday, the mass shooting occurred at Sandy Hook in Newtown, Connecticut. However on the sixth anniversary this year, the students at the school were evacuated due to a...

The beloved Kangaroo, Roger, died due to natural causes at 12 years old this past week. While Roger was well known for being extremely buff and muscular, he was also a loving animal. Despite the fact that he could crush metal buckets and reached up to 6’7, he came as a rescue in 2006, hairless and...

On the morning of Saturday December 8th, a stampede broke out in an Italian nightclub, killing six and injuring dozens. Hundreds had been waiting to see the Italian rapper, Sfera Ebbasta, when someone reportedly sprayed a substance similar to pepper spray throughout the club. The substance caused a stampede...

On November 30th, 2018, at 94 years old, George H. W. Bush passed away at his home in Houston surrounded by friends, family, and doctors. Just before his death, he talked to his children on the phone one last time. As the New York Times reported, his last words were the end of a touching conversation...

A wildfire took over Northern California beginning on Thursday, November 8th. There have been 85 casualties recorded thus far, the number still climbing. Thousands of homes have been destroyed and are forcing residents to move, many of whom have been camping in parking lots because there is not a lot...

On Tuesday, November 20th, 2018, two Congressmen, Bernie Sanders, Vermont, and Ro Khanna, California, introduced legislation to drastically lower prescription drug prices. All over the United States, people have been suffering from their inability to afford imperative medication. If the Act were to prove...

On Friday, November 23rd, a new scientific report made by 13 federal agencies shared some troubling news going into Thanksgiving weekend. The new report has predicted that if "significant steps are not taken to rein in global warming," our country will see approximately 10% of the American economy vanish...

On Tuesday, November 6th, multiple SWHS students voted for the very first time. While the A.P. Government students were in charge of staffing the polls, some of their peers came to cast their votes for our senator, congress representative, and governor among other things. Since 18 is the legal voting...

As a result of the midterm elections held Tuesday, November 6th, a record number of women across the country will be heading to Congress. Women have never held more than 84 seats, but as of this week with the addition of 16, there are now 100 women are in office. Democrats who helped their party take...