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SS United States Leaves Philadelphia After 29 Years

SS United States Leaves Philadelphia After 29 Years

Caden Hyde
February 26, 2025

Nearly 60 years after she was decommissioned, the SS United States will find a way to serve her country one last time. The historic ocean liner is headed to Mobile, AL., to eventually be moved off the coast of Okaloosa Co., Florida. Once the vessel reaches its destination,...

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (Pool via AP)

State Department Designates 8 Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Amere Keasley
February 21, 2025

The United States government is designating eight cartel groups that operate in the United States as foreign terrorist organizations. These organizations are involved in drug trafficking, human trafficking, and other illegal activities. The Department of State released...

Critical Cuts: FAA Staff Reductions include Air Safety Support Roles

Critical Cuts: FAA Staff Reductions include Air Safety Support Roles

Isabella Timpano
February 21, 2025

Hundreds of employees have been fired from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as part of a cost-cutting initiative from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). According to their representative union, many of these employees directly supported safety...

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President Trump Signs Executive Order to Protect IVF Access

Ellie Schroeder, Head News Editor
February 21, 2025

On Feb. 19, President Trump signed an executive order protecting access to in vitro fertilization, or IVF. The executive order requests a list of policy recommendations to protect access and "aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments" within...

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...

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...

Delta Flight Overturned at Toronto Airport

Delta Flight Overturned at Toronto Airport

Brooke Hart
February 18, 2025

A Delta flight crash-landed and overturned while landing at Toronto Pearson Airport, en route from Minneapolis. On Monday afternoon, Delta Flight 4819 crashed while landing at 2:48 local time (EST). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials announced that there were...

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...

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...

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...