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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...

Flickr user wiz722 captured this sign indicated legal carrying of guns in Harris, Texas in 2011.

The current laws surrounding guns in churches

Valerie Keys, Contributing Writer November 15, 2017

Within the last three months, the United States has suffered from a series of mass shootings that have changed the way many Americans are now looking at gun control. On Nov. 5, 26-year-old Devin Patrick...

Disney flexes its muscles with talks of Fox acquisition

Disney flexes its muscles with talks of Fox acquisition

Tyler Newman, Staff Writer November 10, 2017

The Walt Disney Company, one of the largest media conglomerates in the world, was reported to have held talks to buy 21st Century Fox on Monday. First reported by CNBC, a deal between the two media...

Weekly update: News from the World Outside Wilmington

Weekly update: News from the World Outside Wilmington

Tyler Newman, Staff Writer November 8, 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. The Paradise Papers A massive new release...

The view of Puerto Rico from space, before and after Hurricane Maria.

Puerto Rico’s road to recovery continues, weeks after Hurricane Maria

Tyler Newman, Staff Writer November 7, 2017

If one were to look down upon the island of Puerto Rico at night, they would see mostly darkness. A sharp contrast to what it looked like in early September. A sharp contrast to what it looked like before...

Investigators work at the scene of a mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/TNS)

Mass shooting at Texas church kills 26

Tyler Newman, Staff Writer November 7, 2017

The community of Sutherland Springs, Texas is now the site of the most recent American mass shooting after a gunman opened fire in a Baptist church. Sutherland Springs – located in Wilson County –...

The first page of the indictment against Paul Manafort and Richard Gates, released by the Special Counsel’s Office of the United States Department of Justice

Trump-Russia investigation deepens with charges of conspiracy, lying to FBI

Tyler Newman, Staff Writer November 1, 2017

On the morning of Oct. 30, 2017, Paul J. Manafort Jr. and his business associate, Richard Gates, surrendered to the Federal Bureau of Investigation following indictments from a federal grand jury in the...

Weekly update: News from the World Outside Wilmington

Weekly update: News from the World Outside Wilmington

Tyler Newman, Staff Writer October 30, 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. Catalan parliament declares independence...

The Catalan Independence Flag hangs over a home's balcony in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia.

Spanish Catalan independence movement makes history tangible to UNCW students abroad

Meredith Hoffman, Assistant News Editor October 26, 2017

In Spain, a push for independence has persisted in the state of Catalonia, and there are many UNC Wilmington students studying abroad and seeing the Catalan independence movement firsthand, all experiencing...

Weekly update: News from the World Outside Wilmington

Weekly update: News from the World Outside Wilmington

Tyler Newman, Staff Writer October 19, 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.    North Korea’s latest war of...

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