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Rare Form of Covid-19 Posing a New Threat to Children Across the Country

Caitlin Sze, Writer May 14, 2020

Recently, several children have been hospitalized with what most doctors thought was Coronavirus, but research is showing that these children may not have the coronavirus after all. Instead, new findings...

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Covid-19 brings Kindness to the South Windsor, CT Dairy Queen

Jillian Thibodeau, Editor May 8, 2020

In the past few months, Covid-19 has taken over the world and has negatively impacted so many lives, but throughout this difficult time, people’s true colors have shone through. From people going to...

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‘Murder Hornets’ Spotted for the First Time in the United States

Kelli Mann, Writer May 7, 2020

A new threat to the already declining honeybee population has made its way to the United States for the first time ever, researchers say. The Asian Giant Hornet, commonly referred to as the ‘murder hornet,’...

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Saudi Arabia Outlaws The Death Penalty for Minors with New Legislation

Saudi Arabia Outlaws The Death Penalty for Minors with New Legislation

Lynn Sawyer, Writer May 7, 2020

The death penalty is a controversial subject that has been debated thoroughly in the past decade. Human rights activists argue that the death penalty is inhuman. Saudi Arabia is one of many countries that...

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A Bronx Zoo Tiger Tests Positive for COVID-19, the First Known Non-Domesticated Animal with the Virus

A Bronx Zoo Tiger Tests Positive for COVID-19, the First Known Non-Domesticated Animal with the Virus

Jessica Vieira, Writer April 9, 2020

Amid the Coronavirus pandemic that has infected 1,450,343 people worldwide and killed almost 84,000, the first non-domesticated animal, a tiger from the Bronx zoo became sick from the virus.  Nadia,...

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Connecticut Reports Its First Deaths During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Connecticut Reports Its First Deaths During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Jillian Thibodeau, Editor March 21, 2020

With the Coronavirus pandemic taking over the world one patient at a time, the reality of the situation for many has changed as the situation gets more and more serious. As of now, there has been over...

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Gun Sales Skyrocket Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Gun Sales Skyrocket Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Kelli Mann, Writer March 21, 2020

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the shelves of stores have been stripped of food, toilet paper, hand sanitizers and many other essential items. Another item that has gotten less attention, that also been...

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Higher Education UC-Santa Cruz Fires 54 Graduate Assistants in Ongoing Labor Dispute

Higher Education UC-Santa Cruz Fires 54 Graduate Assistants in Ongoing Labor Dispute

Kelli Mann, Writer March 11, 2020

The University of California, Santa Cruz, fired 54 teaching assistants on Friday after they reached drastic measures in the months-long strike. The striking TAs demanded a raise in wages of about 1,412...

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Kids with their Narcan kits after a murder mystery game designed to teach them about opioid overdoses

Children in Tennessee Are Learning How to Reverse an Overdose as Epidemic Continues to Grow

Jessica Vieira, Writer March 1, 2020

Over 400,000 Americans have died from an opioid overdose, and Tennessee is cracking down on the epidemic. Due to the growing opioid epidemic in Tennessee, children as young as six years old are now learning...

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 Hood held his certificate after successfully surpassing Mao Weidong’s record setting plank by 14 mins and 14 seconds.

Former US Marine Sets World Record for Longest Plank at 62 Years Old

Kelli Mann, Writer February 29, 2020

On February 15th, George Hood, former US marine and a DEA Supervisory Special Agent, broke the Guiness world record for longest time holding plank position (male). The 62-year-old broke the previous world...

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