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    BREAKING NEWS: UNCW student arrested on multiple sex crime charges while babysitting

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    Marlowe Foster announces campaign for Wilmington City Council

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    Sen. Michael Lee receives Razor Walker Award for Public Policy despite protests

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Members of the National Guard take a rest in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 13, 2021, ahead of an expected House vote impeaching US President Donald Trump. The Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives on Wednesday opened debate on a historic second impeachment of President Donald Trump over his supporters attack of the Capitol that left five dead.Lawmakers in the lower chamber are expected to vote for impeachment around 3:00 pm

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House votes to impeach Trump for the second time

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor January 13, 2021

On Jan. 13, a week after the insurrection at the Capitol, the House of Representatives met to vote on whether to impeach President Donald Trump. Many members of Congress including top Democrats and Republicans...

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) attend a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on October 22, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Democratic committee members boycotted the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting.

NC Senator Thom Tillis co-sponsors bill making streaming pirated content a felony

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor January 2, 2021
Following its approval in the House and Senate, President Donald Trump signed the second coronavirus (COVID-19) relief package into law on Dec. 27. In addition to providing COVID-19 relief to Americans, many other bills were written within the document. One includes making streaming pirated content a felony.
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts after signing an executive order following his remarks on his health care policies on Thursday, September 24, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Trumps trip to North Carolina marks his fifth time in the state within the last 30 days.

Second COVID relief package passes

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor January 2, 2021
After several months of negotiations and delays due to a lack of bipartisanship between Democrats and Republicans, a second coronavirus (COVID-19) relief package passed on Dec. 21. 
46th President-elect Joe Biden addressing the nation on Nov 6 ahead of his win.

Joe Biden elected as 46th president of United States

Nicolas Ziccardi, Contributing Writer November 9, 2020
After an unprecedented election week and a swarm of conflict and inevitable lawsuits, Former Vice-President Joe Biden has secured enough electoral votes to become the President-Elect and the eventual 46 President of the United States.  
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and U.S. President Donald Trump, shown in a reflection, participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University on October 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. This is the last debate between the two candidates before the election on November 3. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS)

Biden and Trump face off in final debate

Bethanie Simms, Contributing Writer October 26, 2020
The final presidential debate of the 2020 election took place on Oct. 23, just twelve days before the election. The second debate, in what was supposed to be a series of three, was held at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. 
The Commission on Presidential Debates cancelled the second debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. (JIM WATSON,SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Commission on Presidential Debates cancels second presidential debate

Bethanie Simms, Contributing Writer October 15, 2020
In an unprecedented move, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) canceled a presidential debate amid fallout from President Trump’s positive coronavirus diagnosis.
Stage IV or metastatic breast cancer is cancer that has spread beyond the breast.

Oct. 13 is metastatic breast cancer awareness day

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor October 13, 2020
One in eight women and one in 883 men in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Of those, 276,480 of women and 2,620 of men cases are expected to become invasive in 2020, according to BreastCancer.org.
Signs posted on the fence of a 7-11 in Salem, Oregon.

Levels of depression and anxiety rising in Americans amid COVID-19

Aurora Xiong, Contributing Writer October 11, 2020
With more and more strict quarantine procedures being placed among us every day by the state, the numbers of depression and anxiety amongst Americans seem to be on the rise.
Trump supporters watch the first presidential debate between US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden on Sept. 29, 2020 in Old Forge, near Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Trump and Biden face off in first presidential debate

Hannah McDonnell, Contributing Writer October 2, 2020
Moderated by Chris Wallace in Cleveland, OH, the first presidential debate was held between former Vice President Joe Biden and current President Donald Trump where they discussed a number of relevant issues happening in the nation.
In this photo combination: President Donald Trump, left, speaks during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House; and Democratic presidential candidate, and former Vice President, Joe Biden speaks about the unrest across the country from Philadelphia City Hall. (From left:Alex Wong/Jim Watson AFP/Getty Images/TNS) (Editors note: this is two combined, cropped photos from Getty Images)

Trump or Biden: Where Do You Stand?

Ambar Delgado , Contributing Writer September 24, 2020
Below you will find an introductory guide to the platforms of Donald J. Trump and Joe Biden. 
The Seahawk statue displayed at the front of UNCWs campus.

UNCW ranked among the top 100 Public National Universities for 2021

Veronica Wernicke, News Editor September 15, 2020

The 2021 U.S. News & World Report for Top 100 Public Schools ranked UNC Wilmington (UNCW) 95 out of 100. UNCW was also ranked as 187 of 389 for Best National University. This is the second year...

People march in support of Jacob Blake and his family to the Kenosha County Courthouse on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Blake was shot seven times in the back in front of his three children by a police officer in Kenosha. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/TNS)

The commonality of racial injustice

Kiley Woods, Contributing Writer September 4, 2020

During the summer of 2020, global protests surrounding racial injustice soared in the U.S alongside the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.   Throughout history, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr....

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