Successful summer in Rio

A look at Brazil’s challenging journey as the host nation of the 2016 games You know those people who always one up you? Like the mom who brings homemade chocolate chip cookies to the bake sale when you bring smashed apple pie from the freezer section. I feel like the Olympics operates that way. At least when it comes to […]

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U.S. leader skips peace rally

Both parties disappointed in President Barack Obama’s absence at march The world watched as nearly 3.7 million people, including 40 world leaders, took the stage in Paris to show their solidarity against terrorism. Leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas were all in attendance, according […]

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Midterms: a new direction

Americans signal desire for change as Republicans take control of Senate The skies above the Empire State Building lit up Nov. 4 as election results were gradually revealed. The top of the Empire State Building, an iconic and historic landmark in New York City, lit up red when the Congressional majority shifted, declaring to the nation that Washington’s political power […]

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