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Photojournalism major at Columbia College Chicago from Detroit, Michigan.

Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh killed in Sanaa

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ali-abdullah-saleh-yemen-strongman-dead-decades-playing-both-sides/ CBS news used a media other than photo or print, they added a short clip before the article that sums up what the article will be about, which in my opinion made me want to read the editorial after … Continue reading

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Egypt — Lawyer Faces Trial Over Rape Accusations Because of Woman’s Ripped Jeans

http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/egypt-lawyer-faces-trial-over-rape-remarks/news-story/99578eb2ada0f1a449447e531db75dfd Last month, lawyer Nabih Al-Wahsh said on a private television station that harassing or raping women who appear in public wearing ripped jeans is a “national duty.” His remarks started an panic among women’s rights groups who filed legal … Continue reading

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FINALLY! A Barbie with hijab!

http://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2017/11/13/barbie-hijab-ibtihaj-muhammad.cnn Modeled after Olympian, Ibtihaj Muhammad, the bronze medal-winning U.S. Olympic fencer; the Barbie franchise Mattel finally created and released its first new Barbie doll at the Glamour Women of the Year Summit. After public pressure and criticism from the customers … Continue reading

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We May Not Know All The Secrets of The Ancient Egyptians.

http://news.sky.com/story/mysterious-void-discovered-in-great-pyramid-of-giza-in-egypt-11109764 Using a technique called muography, researchers are currently analyzing changes in the density of rock inside the ancient Egyptian pyramids. The team is debating on how to investigate the hollow area further, they may drill a very small hole … Continue reading

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North Korea Warns of Nuclear Test Over The Pacific Ocean

http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/n-korea-warns-of-pacific-nuclear-test/news-story/01c8d2e10bbb22eefc95cc10c3b6d641 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/25/north-korea-says-donald-trump-has-declared-war/ “the most powerful detonation” North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho said last month, Pyongyang may consider conducting a test of a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean in the middle of rising tensions with the United States. Pyongyang is the capital … Continue reading

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Car bomb kills renowned investigative journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia, in Malta Tuesday October 17, 2017

http://news.sky.com/story/car-bomb-kills-renowned-investigative-journalist-in-malta-11084913 Tuesday October 17, Daphne Caruana Galizia, a renowned journalist for exposing corruption in Maltese politics, was killed when a bomb exploded in her car as she drove away from her home in Mosta. Her son says she was “assassinated”  … Continue reading

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According to NBC, U.S. Led Coalition Bombings in Afghanistan

Commanded by President Donald Trump’s strategy to “more proactively target extremist groups that threaten the stability and security of the Afghan people.” The U.S. and our NATO allies used 751 bombs against ISIS and members of the Taliban during the … Continue reading

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Las Vegas Shooter booked a room facing Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/10/05/las-vegas-shooter-had-booked-room-augchicago-augumay-have-had-help-but-investigators-have-no-idea-wh/734824001/ The 64-year-old, Stephan Paddock, booked a room at the Blackstone Hotel on August 1, two days before Lollapalooza music festival opened. He then booked a second room on August 3. l facing the music festival in August, a law enforcement … Continue reading

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Tragedy Strikes Vegas, 64 Killed and 406 Injured From Mass Shooting

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/las-vegas-strip-shooting-multiple-061006202.html A U.K news Source reports on the tragic mass shooting that happened at the open-air Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival on October 2, 2017. The gunman was identified as Stephen Paddock, 64, who killed more than 58 and … Continue reading

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Puerto Rico in The Dark

http://abcnews.go.com/International/hurricane-maria-makes-landfall-puerto-rico-category-storm/story?id=49971859 The aftermath of hurricane Maria on the island of Puerto Rico resulted in 100 percent of United States territory left without electricity. Maria had weakened to a Category 2 hurricane and now has potential to become a category 3, … Continue reading

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