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Staff Writer, Prya Oliveira   Johnson & Johnson, a large healthcare corporation, has been found guilty in playing a role in the death of 6,100 people in Oklahoma alone. Just in case you weren’t aware, America has undergone another opioid crisis with 70,000 deaths in 2017, resulting directly from drug overdoses, and the numbers areContinue reading “Johnson & Johnson Murder”

Victoria Hall, Staff Writer   Olympia woman Amara Lundy is awaiting trial after confessing to the strangulation and dismemberment of her mother, 56-year-old Sue Lundy. Lundy appeared before Commissioner Rebekah Zinn in Thurston County Superior Court on Aug. 13. Video footage from KIRO 7 captured her on a small screen, sitting beside Defense Attorney AngelaContinue reading “Olympia woman awaits trial: Community mourns her mother’s death”

Victoria Hall, Staff Writer   After a disruptive year for local businesses, the City of Olympia has focused its efforts on clearing out unsanctioned homeless camps. Last year, Olympia residents watched a shocking influx of visible homelessness transform the city. Encampments began to pop up on main streets, and in months, 30 tents became 300.Continue reading “Olympia clears homeless camps”

Olivia Alvord, Staff Writer   Recently, there has been a series of forest fires within the Amazon Rainforest. People around the world are blaming the practice of deforestation and rallying in support to protect forests and other natural beauties. Global News stated that, “the cause of the fires is not because of the environment’s naturalContinue reading “What the amazon rainforest fires really mean”

Grace Crocker, Staff Writer   In February 2019, the Hong Kong government proposed a bill that would spark protests for months to come. The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019, also called the Hong Kong Extradition Bill 2019, would allow criminal suspects to be handed over to theContinue reading “Protests in Hong Kong heat up over extradition bill”

Olivia Alvord   Near Cheyenne, Wyo. lays a site that some are calling the “Jurassic Mile,” for it being “where dinosaurs chased prey through muck and some of the biggest creatures of 150 million years ago lumbered over a tropical flood plain,” as said by Mead Grover for KULR8, a news channel based out ofContinue reading “Scientists will dig a promising Jurassic site in Wyoming this summer”

Prya Oliveira, Staff Writer   Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested on April 11 by the Metropolitan Police in London. Assange was indicted last March for his conspiracy to help Chelsea Manning crack a password on a Department of Defense high-security computer. Manning, a former U.S. Solider, was convicted for violating the Espionage ActContinue reading “WikiLeaked”

Katherine Pecora   Pete Buttigieg, better known as Mayor Pete, recently entered the 2020 race for president. Buttigieg is a young rising star in the Democratic Party and was first elected as mayor of South Bend, Indiana in November of 2011. Buttigieg attended Harvard and Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. In 2009, he received aContinue reading “Pete Buttigieg enters 2020 presidential race”

Katherine Pecora   In recent weeks, the news has exploded with bombshell revelations from federal prosecutors.  Actors and prominent executives have had their worlds blown open and their finances aired all around the world. On April 15, federal prosecutors announced additional charges against actress Lori Loughlin. Loughlin is well known for her role in “FullContinue reading “Lies, admissions and a whole lotta money”

Grace Crocker   After violent attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made efforts to enact stricter gun laws in the nation. On March 15, an armed terrorist attacked Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, leaving 50 people wounded and killing another 50. It wasContinue reading “New Zealand attacks result in stricter gun laws”