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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...

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Suspended

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Suspended

Caden Hyde
February 11, 2025

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) will be placed on hiatus as Trump continues to overhaul the executive branch. The CFPB was created in 2010 following the financial crisis and recession with the purpose of protecting the American consumer from unlawful or predatory...

Hamas Not Releasing Hostages Due to Supposed Ceasefire Violation

Hamas Not Releasing Hostages Due to Supposed Ceasefire Violation

Brooke Hart
February 11, 2025

Hamas has suspended the release of hostages still being held in the Gaza Strip. The hostages were to be released this weekend, but Hamas has accused the Israeli government of breaking the ceasefire. By not releasing hostages, Hamas is threatening to fully break the 6-week...

Ben Curtis, AP

Newly Appointed Attorney General Halts Federal Funding for Sanctuary Cities

Ellie Schroeder, Head News Editor
February 9, 2025

Washington D.C.- President Trump's pick for Attorney General, Pam Bondi, was sworn in on February 5, 2025. Bondi's first-day objectives included withholding funding from "sanctuary cities." Sanctuary citiesĀ are cities in which there are laws limiting cooperation with federal...