By Elaine Clarke, Opinion & Editorial Editor
• January 12, 2024
Sandra Day O’Conor died earlier this month, December 1st, at the age of 93. O’Conor was an important figure in American history, serving as the first woman on the Supreme Court of the United States. However, a few days prior to her death, on November 29th, Irish singer-songwriter and lead singer...
By Elaine Clarke, Opinion & Editorial Editor
• January 12, 2024
Ever scroll around on your phone and see something new that you don’t quite get the hype for? It might be a joke or new slang word, or maybe a weird piece of clothing or furniture that people can’t stop talking about.
Over the span of a week, you keep seeing this new thing and keep getting...
Israeli officials have informed the residents of North Gaza - 1.1 million in total - to evacuate immediately as Israeli troops amass on the border, preparing for an imminent ground invasion; this order included hospitals, many of which remain critically short of basic necessities.
Via airdrops of...
Ashkelon, Israel (October 7th, 2023): An unexpected attack by Islamist militant group Hamas on Israeli soil last Saturday left more than 1,300 dead and 3,500 wounded and an additional 150 taken hostage. Militants overwhelmed border barriers in droves as part of an invasion by land, sea, and air that...
WESTCHESTER, New York (September 21, 2023) - After being trapped for ten days in Morca Cave in southern Turkey’s Taurus Mountains, requiring one of the largest and most complicated underground rescues ever organized, Croton-on-Hudson resident Mark Dickey was released from Mersin Sehir Hastanesi...
DERNA, Libya: This past weekend, just days after a tragic earthquake hit Morocco on Friday evening, Libya experienced what experiments are estimating “the deadliest storm ever to strike the Mediterranean and the costliest in Africa,” according to Politico. The port city of Derna feels the greatest...
By Elaine Clarke, Opinion Desk Editor
• September 22, 2023
Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) are in the works for union renegotiations soon, says WGA in an announcement Thursday, September 15th.
The WGA has been on strike for almost four and a half months, longer than their last major...
DIVERNON, Illinois (May 2, 2023) - Monday’s deadly and fiery crashes along a 2-mile stretch of interstate 55 in central Illinois, 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of St. Louis and just south of the state capital of Springfield, came as high spring winds kicked up dust at a time when farmers were...
WASHINGTON D.C. - What appears to be a leak of classified US intelligence documents – some top secret and a number of which relate to the war in Ukraine - was circulating on social media such as Twitter and Reddit as early as March. Despite the Pentagon's announcement of their investigation into the...
SANTA CLARA, California - The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank on March 10 is among the most notable crises in the banking history of America since the global recession in 2008, when Lehman Brothers, a financial services firm and the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States filed for...
WESTCHESTER, New York - Most people love to eat out. Every restaurant in the city is full of diners. Not only on weekends, but also all throughout the weekdays. They eat out not only in restaurants, but also at food stalls, markets, and food trucks. Many do not feel like cooking, especially coming...
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana - After years of pressure, the drug manufacturer Eli Lilly will cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for most customers in line with a provision in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. In January, this act imposed a $35 monthly cap on the out-of-pocket cost of insulin...