On Friday, August 23 Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan was found guilty on all 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. On Wednesday, August 28 Hassan was sentenced to death. During the trial Hasan took ownership of his actions and justified them by his belief in jihad. By all accounts […]
Hot Arab summer continues BY MATT SHI JULY 9, 2013 – The recent shift in Egyptian media is in the favor of the military. Egypt’s state news organizations, as well as many independent news stations, now fully support Adly Mansour, the interim president whom the army instated last week. TV channels that maintained support of […]
BY MATT SHI JULY 3, 2013 – Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has been ousted by what can only be called a military coup, albeit one enjoying tremendous popular support, as millions poured into the streets demanding a new government. Five p.m. on July 2 marked the deadline set by the army for Morsi to resolve […]
Andrew Luisi, 22, of Stony Point, N.Y., has been accepted into the Peace Corps and departed for Liberia, Africa on June 4 to begin training as an education volunteer. During the first three months of his service, Luisi will live with a host family in Liberia to become fully immersed in the country’s language and […]
Big Changes Planned for Rockland Polling Places In response to concerns about the safety of polling locations, Rockland County Election Commissioner Louis “Butch” Babcock announced changes and security improvements which will be made in response to observations made during visits to polls to check for disability access. According to Babcock, some polling places have been moved […]
BY DIANA BIERMAN Three brave women are finally free in Cleveland, Ohio after being held against their will for an entire decade. The women—Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight—were teens and in their early 20s at the time of their kidnapping. They went missing at separate times, but in close vicinity of one another, […]