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Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking in his Caltech office in Pasadena, Calif., on February 5, 1997. Hawking died on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at 76.

Renowned scientist Stephen Hawking dies at 76

Tyler Newman, Assistant News Editor March 14, 2018

Stephen W. Hawking, the Cambridge professor and physicist widely renowned for his contributions to the scientific branches of cosmology, relativity and the study of black holes, has died at the age of...

A line of off-shore oil rigs in the Santa Barbara Channel near the Federal Ecological Preserve en route to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary in March 2015.

Federal government holds offshore drilling meeting in NC

Tyler Newman, Assistant News Editor February 28, 2018

In early January, the Trump administration announced that it would widely expand offshore drilling operations along the coastline of the United States. That announcement has been met with both praise...

News from the World Outside Wilmington

News from the World Outside Wilmington

Tyler Newman, Assistant News Editor February 18, 2018

2018 Winter Olympic Games   In Pyeongchang, South Korea, the 2018 Winter Olympics began in grandeur on Feb. 9. Braving frigid conditions, around 2,900 athletes marched...

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FBI aware of misconduct allegations against Larry Nassar before arrest

Casey Meadows, Contributing Writer February 12, 2018

After three weeks of court hearings, Larry Nassar was charged with 40 to 125 years in prison for sexual abuse committed over his many years working as the team doctor of USA gymnastics. The ruling came...

Donald Trump delivering his first State of the Union address courtesy of Tribune News Service  (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press)

Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, a call for bipartisanship

Meredith Hoffman, News Editor February 1, 2018

In the third longest State of the Union address in United States history; President Donald Trump spent 80 minutes speaking to a record-breaking 47.7 million viewers in what can only be described as a delicate...

Weekly Update: News from the World Outside Wilmington

Tyler Newman, Assistant News Editor February 1, 2018

Paris inundated by flooding In Paris, the Seine River’s water level reached 19.1 feet early on Monday after weeks of rainfall that created an ongoing water rise in France’s rivers. Throughout...

Andrew McCabe in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Photo courtesy of Tribune News Service (Cheriss May/NurPhoto/Sipa USA/TNS)

McCabe out at FBI

Jack DeVries, Copy Editor February 1, 2018
President Donald Trump has lambasted McCabe in the past. On Dec. 23, Trump tweeted: "FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!"
Franz Mirabal, left, patient care technician, takes the blood pressure of Adriana Gudinoperez, a patient with flu symptoms, as Carmen Perez waits with her at right in the emergency room at St. Joseph's Hospital in Orange, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018.

Flu season peaks amidst government shutdown

Tyler Newman, Assistant News Editor January 23, 2018

With influenza season peaking throughout the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 63 percent of its staff was furloughed in the wake of the government shutdown. With...

Weekly Update: News from the World Outside Wilmington

Weekly Update: News from the World Outside Wilmington

Tyler Newman, Assistant News Editor January 16, 2018

North Korea accepts South’s offer to meet for talks For the first time in nearly two years, North and South Korea met for talks in the border village of Panmunjom, the “truce village.” Discussed...

Weekly update: News from the World Outside Wilmington

Weekly update: News from the World Outside Wilmington

Tyler Newman, Staff Writer December 15, 2017

This article is one out of a weekly series by staff writer Tyler Newman titled World Outside Wilmington, which summarizes major events in international news. Russia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics   In...

TV anchor Matt Lauer (NBC's Today show) is photographed as he arrives at the "Audrey Hepburn: The Beauty Of Compassion," an exhibition and auction event to benefit the UNICEF education program held at Sotheby's in New York City, New York on Monday, April 21, 2003. (Nicolas Khayat/Abaca Press/TNS)

NBC fires longtime host Matt Lauer after sexual misconduct allegations

Meredith Hoffman, Assistant News Editor December 3, 2017

“We are grappling with a dilemma that so many people have faced these past few weeks. How do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badly? And I don’t know the...

Map of the location of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route.

Keystone XL pipeline granted historic win in Nebraska

Meredith Hoffman, Assistant News Editor November 25, 2017

In a 3-2 vote on Nov. 20 the Nebraska Public Service Commission moved to allow TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline to continue construction through the state of Nebraska. The decision is considered a...

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