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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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?!!!"
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
