High School Football Player Dead After Game

Andre Jackson was a student athlete at Euclid High School in a town near Cleveland. He was kicked during a kick off play, and walked off the field himself, and was taken to the hospital. He was released the same day, and thought everything was fine. Two days later he went to the hospital again, and was pronounced dead later that day. The cause of death was small bowel laceration and peritonitis. This occurred from a blow to the abdominal area. Although there are rules to prevent certain injuries in football, it still doesn't stop them. Each year about 12 football related deaths occur due to high school and college football.
 

LINK: http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/26/health/high-school-football-player-death-ohio/index.html

Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Can it be Saved?

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a floating island of trash between North America and China. It is the width of Russia. Many pieces of plastic are too small to be able to pick up at this point, and are hurting plankton at the bottom of the ocean. Plankton is what many fish live off of, and the microplastic entering the ocean is killing off many species of fish. CNN predicts that by 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean. Plastic has also been found in Artic ice, showing the major spread.

LINK: http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/world/plastic-plague-oceans/index.html

Houston shooting

Antione Nelson, a lawyer and all together normal man, opened fire in a Houston parking lot at random people passing by and cars. He injured 9 people. It was said he fired hundreds of rounds from 2 guns legally bought. One was bought in 2009 and the other in 2011. He was killed by police at the scene, and they found Nazi memorabilia not only on him, but at his resident. The mayor stated that he is not sure if that was a reason behind it, but it could be. The police are still looking for answers.

LINK: http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/26/us/houston-shooting/index.html

Stein Escorted Off Debate Grounds

Jill Stein, the Green Party Candidate, was escorted off of the Hofstra University debate today by security. Since she did not make the polling threshold of 15%, she was not supposed to be there. In fact, she did the same thing 4 years ago, and was actually arrested for it. Her and her team tweeted they were at Hofstra, which caused security and law enforcement to try and find her as she moved from one broadcast outlet set up to the next. She is planning to have a rally outside of the university, and to answer the same questions asked to Trump and Clinton via Twitter.

LINK: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/green-party-candidate-jill-stein-escorted-off-debate-premises-resorts-to-twitter/ar-BBwF4OX?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp

Charlotte in State of Emergency

Charlotte, North Carolina has been put into a state of emergency after violent protests have broken out following the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. The Charlotte police are refusing to release the video of Scott being shot to the public, which raises questions from multiple people. The protests started out peaceful, but quickly went violent, with people breaking windows and destroying buildings around the streets. The police even had to use tear gas. Keith Scotts daughter claims he was siting in his car reading a book, and wasn't armed.


LINK: http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/22/us/charlotte-protests/index.html

California High School Students Get Points Docked for not Standing during Pledge

A teacher at Lower Lake High School in California was docking points from students who were sitting during the Pledge of Allegiance. One student, Leilani Thomas, is a Native American. She was told she was being disrespectful after she told the teacher she found what the Pledge of Allegiance stood for not right. The school district, once they were informed of the situation, were in full support of Thomas, and wanted to protect her First Amendment Rights. They allowed her, along with other students who were receiving similar treatment from the teacher, to move classes.


LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/15/california-high-school-students-grade-lowered-for-sitting-during-pledge-allegiance.html

Murder Case Solved after 43 Years

43 Years ago, two 13 year old girls were found dead in a small town in California. They were shot with a shotgun at close range, and one of them was raped. The case had been closed, but with new advancements on DNA, they reopened the case. They had kept DNA found on one of the girls, and tested it. They found the DNA of two men, one that still lives in the small town this occurred. The two men, William Lloyd and Larry Don Patterson face multiple charges, and will, hopefully, be in jail for the rest of their lives.


LINK: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/suspects-43-year-old-cold-case-arrested-california-oklahom-article-1.2791017

Arrest Made for Arson on a Mosque in Florida

Joseph M. Schreiber was arrested for arson after a video of a man walking towards a Mosque with a bottle and paper, then throwing it at the religious building, appeared. This Mosque was where the gunman of the Pulse Nightclub massacre attended. Schreiber had put anti-Islamic views all over his social media, and even made the claim that there is no such thing as extreme Islam, that all Islam is extreme. No one was injured during this attack, only a hole was burned into the roof of the Mosque.


LINK: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/15/us/arrest-made-in-arson-at-mosque-that-orlando-nightclub-gunman-attended.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=9&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0

Judge Facing Possible Removal from the Bench

Robin Camp, a judge in Canada, is under trial for inappropriate questions and advice given during a trial he was judge for. The rape victim in the case was nineteen years old. Camp asked this young woman and rape victim "why couldn't you just keep your knees together." The victim also told the man that was  accused to warn his friends to be more gentle and patient with women, and that they have to be careful for themselves. The man was acquitted, and is still out there today. Judge Camp has apologized for his remarks, and his own trial will be held in November.

LINK: http://www.cnn.com/videos/justice/2016/09/13/robin-camp-canada-judge-rape-comment-lv.cnn

Zika is an STD and Needs to be Considered One

Zika has become a more prominent and serious threat in the United States. The danger of it is that someone could have it, and could show no signs. Because it is an STD, it could seriously hurt a large majority of the population, effecting our next generation. The United States has had serious problems in the past addressing STDs that have caused epidemics, an example of that is AIDS.  The FDA has even realized the danger of it, and has called for testing of it in blood donations. The expenses of being tested for zika is also highly priced, and not covered by most insurance.

LINK: http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/11/opinions/zika-should-be-called-an-std/index.html

Deaths in Understaffed Texas Jail

Hundreds of people die each year in jail cells in the United States each year. Harris county has had 12 so far this year in its jail. It is one of the largest jails in the United States. It is understaffed, and the people that do work there has a starting salary of  $34000 a year, a wage that is very hard to live off of. They use it as a stepping stone to get to other jobs, and don't take it as an actual career.


LINK: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/harris-county-jail-deaths_us_57c5ed53e4b0e60d31dbfd2b?section=&section=us_politics

Brock Turner Out of Jail Three Months Early

Brock Turner, the rapist and ex Stanford swimmer, was released 3 months early from jail after only being sentenced for 6 months for sexual assault. The case attracted a lot of attention, because of the way the media portrayed Turner. A lot of people believe they weren't strong enough on the conviction of Brock Turner. Now that he is out, he is a registered sex offender for life and will have to live with his parents for the next three years.

LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/02/ex-stanford-swimmer-brock-turner-leaves-jail-after-serving-half-his-term-for-sexual-assault.html

Colin Kaepernick refuses to stand during national anthem

Colin Kaepernick has been refusing to stand during the national anthem as a form of protest because he believes the United States is a racist country and needs to be fixed. A ton of people are bashing him for doing this, but it is technically legal because it is his personal freedom to do so. The media has been dragging so much attention to it, which is actually what he wanted so it worked. It is however highly disrespectful, even if you believe this country is racist. There were plenty of other ways he could have dragged the media into the situation.


LINK:http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/01/sport/nfl-preseason-49ers-chargers-colin-kaepernick-national-anthem/index.html

US fires warning shots at Iranian Vessel

Iranian vessels came within 300 yards of US vessels, and after the US fired off flares, and had a conversation with the Iranian crew team, they still kept coming towards the US. So they had to fire 3 warning shots into the ground to let them know they were coming to close. Then they turned around. The reason this is such a big deal is because of the Iran Nuclear War.



LINK: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/24/politics/iranian-vessels-come-within-300-yards-of-us-destroyer/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool

Trump meets President Nieto

Donald Trump met with the Mexican President, Enrique Pena Nieto, on Wednesday. Nieto said the meeting was to get to know each other. He also claimed he told Donald at the beginning of the meeting Mexico will not be paying for the wall,which Trump has claimed he will make happen as part of his campaign. In Donald Trumps statements about the meeting, he claimed that no ways on how to pay for the wall had been discussed.

Thousands of protesters protested in Mexico City outside of where the venue was being held. Signs being held included sayings like "trump is not welcome here". A lot of Mexicans weren't happy with their already disliked President on inviting trump into their country.

LINK: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/08/31/donald-trump-mexico-enrique-pena-nieto-immigration/89641690/