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MINI NEWS STORY: LIN MANUEL-MIRANDA RELEASES NEW SONG FOR PUERTO RICO

Nicole Wu, Staff Writer

October 7, 2017

On Friday, Lin Manuel-Miranda -- the Grammy, Tony, and Emmy-award winning creator of the hit Broadway “Hamilton” -- released a song to raise money for Puerto Rico hurricane relief. Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico on September 20th and left the island devastated. As of Wednesday, there are...

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MINI NEWS STORY: DEADLY SHOOTING IN LAS VEGAS

Sam Hilton, Staff Writer

October 6, 2017

Sunday night, at about 10:05pm local time, a man named Stephen Paddock smashed out the window of his hotel room at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. After smashing out the window, he opened fire on the tens of thousands of concertgoers at a country music festival across from the...

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MINI NEWS STORY: E.U. COURT RULES THAT IT CAN BE LEGAL TO BAN HEADSCARVES AT THE WORKPLACE

Natalie Wu, Editor in Chief

March 14, 2017

The European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday that employers are allowed to ban employees from wearing head scarves provided that it is part of a general policy that covers all religious and political symbols. The court addressed two separate incidents where a Muslim woman was fired for wearing a headscarf....

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MINI NEWS STORY: HOW MARS WAS WARM ENOUGH FOR LIQUID WATER

Bassel El-Rewini, Staff Writer

February 8, 2017

For years, scientists have had evidence pointing towards the existence of liquid water on Mars at some point in the past. They assumed that greenhouse gases had once been abundant in the red planet, making liquid water possible. However, data collected in orbit and more recent data collected from the...

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