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Associated Press Banned from White House

Associated Press Banned from White House

Caden Hyde
February 20, 2025

The Associated Press has been banned from the Oval Office and Air Force One by the Trump administration in a statement move made to other news agencies. The reason for these sanctions is the AP's Stylebook, which sets capitalization and grammar rules for news articles and...

Plane Crash in Arizona Kills 2

Plane Crash in Arizona Kills 2

Caden Hyde
February 20, 2025

A mid-air crash between two small planes in Arizona has killed two people, authorities say. The crash occurred at Marana Regional Airport, which is 25 minutes west of I-10 from Tucson. The two planes involved were a Cessna 172 and a Lancair 360 MK II. The Cessna landed...

Mike Lange, Legendary Penguins Play By Play Announcer Passes Away at 76

Mike Lange, Legendary Penguins Play By Play Announcer Passes Away at 76

Amere Keasley
February 20, 2025

Mike Lange, the legendary voice of the Pittsburgh Penguins, has passed away. His iconic calls, which brought the excitement of Penguins hockey to life, echoed through TVs and Radios for decades. Lange died Wednesday at the age of 76 at his Pittsburgh home. Lange spent nearly...

Local Music Teacher Released From Russian Prison.

Local Music Teacher Released From Russian Prison.

Brooke Hart
February 18, 2025

Marc Fogel, a 63-year-old teacher from Butler County has been released from Russian prison after the White House negotiated his release. Fogel was arrested in Moscow, Russia in 2021 after being found with 17 grams of medical marijuana prescribed by an American doctor. He was...

Neo-Nazi wave flags above overpass in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Neo-Nazi wave flags above overpass in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Taylor Kapisak
February 16, 2025

Lincoln Heights residents are concerned after Neo-Nazis disrupted an I-75 overpass in Cincinnati, Ohio. Residents demanded responses from the police, who gave them unclear answers. On Friday, Feb 11, about a dozen people stood on an overpass and waved flags with swastikas...

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Local Universities to Lose $100 Million in NIH Funding

Caden Hyde
February 16, 2025

Both the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University are set to lose roughly $100 million in federal medical research fundinbv g due to budget cuts by President Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency. This is part of a wave of budget cuts to the National...

TikTok Returns to Apple and Google App Stores in the United States

TikTok Returns to Apple and Google App Stores in the United States

Isabella Timpano
February 16, 2025

If you deleted TikTok due to the ban, you no longer have to go without: TikTok returned to app stores in the United States late Thursday evening, February 13, after President Trump delayed the ban on the app. Trump began trying to pause enforcement of the ban last month with...

Jack the Ripper's Identity Confirmed Over a Century Later

Jack the Ripper’s Identity Confirmed Over a Century Later

Ellie Schroeder, Head News Editor
February 16, 2025

After 136 years, one of the most notorious cold cases has been solved. Jack the Ripper was a serial killer in Whitechapel, London, England from 1888 to 1891. The killer is credited with five brutal deaths of women but may be responsible for up to eleven. It was always speculated...

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Police Blotter 2/4-2/10

Malena Kaniuff
February 12, 2025

02/04/2025: Assist Other Agency- Officers were contacted via radio by Moon Twp. Police that they were investigating a road rage incident that did not occur on RMU property. However, the vehicles stopped in the area of the RMU Facilities building. RMU officers did respond. Officers...

Trump Orders Treasury to Stop Minting Pennies

Trump Orders Treasury to Stop Minting Pennies

Brooke Hart
February 12, 2025

President Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to stop minting new pennies due to the cost of production. To produce the one cent coin, it costs nearly 3.7 cents to make. On Truth Social, Donald Trump made a statement saying "For far too long the United States has minted pennies...