Monica Sanchez
Assistant Editor, Reporter
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Monica is MRCTV’s assistant editor and West Coast correspondent. Prior to working at MRCTV, Monica worked for CNS News and The Heritage Foundation, operating primarily in digital media and video production. 

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Monica Sanchez | August 17, 2015
The step-granddaughter of Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman was fatally stabbed on a New York sidewalk early Sunday. Actress E’Dena Hines, 33, was reportedly murdered by her boyfriend Lamar Davenport, 30, during what was described as an “exorcism” by witnesses. George Hudacko, who witnessed the violent attack from his apartment window, said he heard Davenport yelling, “Get out devils…
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Monica Sanchez | July 15, 2015
After the U.S. women’s national soccer team (USWNT) won the 2015 Women’s World Cup, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced a resolution demanding the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) “immediately eliminate gender discrimination between male and female athletes.” The resolution outlines several instances of female soccer athletes being paid far less than their male…
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Monica Sanchez | July 14, 2015
After a three-billion-mile, decade-long journey, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reached Pluto on Tuesday, “the first-ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth.” Moving at over 30,000 miles per hour, the probe made good on time, "about one minute less than predicted" when launched back in 2006.  NASA reports, “New Horizons’ almost 10-year, three-billion-mile journey to closest…
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Monica Sanchez | July 14, 2015
Image via Twitter Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had some choice words in response to news of a formal nuclear agreement between Iran and the U.S. early Tuesday morning. On his personal Facebook page, Netanyahu called the deal a “historic mistake for the world,” a product of “far-reaching concessions” to a hostile nation: “When you are willing to make an agreement at any cost, this…
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Monica Sanchez | July 14, 2015
After years of ongoing negotiations and extended deadlines, the United States and Iran have reached a formal nuclear agreement. In a statement early Tuesday morning, President Obama said that the “comprehensive, long-term deal” ensures that “Iran’s pathway to a nuclear weapon” has been cut off. "This deal demonstrates that American diplomacy can bring about real and meaningful change, change…
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Monica Sanchez | July 13, 2015
Fewer Americans are getting married and many are getting married later, research reveals, which sheds light on a significant trend among American adults and their living situations. Today, fewer adults are found living with a married spouse. In fact, down to half from over two-thirds of the adult population in 1967, reports the U.S. Census Bureau. New survey data reveals that living…
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Monica Sanchez | July 10, 2015
A Minnesota man spent the past month walking more than 600 miles down the California coastline in a Star Wars Stormtrooper costume to San Diego’s Comic-Con International in honor of his late wife. Kevin Doyle, 57, started his long trek on Monday, June 6 at a Star Wars museum in Petaluma, Sonoma County. He arrived at the San Diego Convention Center just three days later on Thursday, June 9. …
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Monica Sanchez | July 10, 2015
  A McDonald’s “Happy Meal” kids toy has parents up in arms.    Concerned parents claim that the talking Minions toys, being used to promote the new Universal Pictures movie coming out in theaters today, are spouting out swear words.    One toy in particular outfitted in a brown loincloth seems to say “What the f—” pretty “clearly,” Ohio father Taylor King told local news station WTTE…
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Monica Sanchez | July 8, 2015
According to 3D Print, the United Arab Emirates National Innovation Committee has set forth a plan to 3D print an entire office building in Dubai—including exterior walls, interior walls, and furniture. To print the 2,000 square foot building, engineers will use a 20-foot-tall 3D printer—featuring Special Reinforced Concrete (SRC), Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP), and Glass Fiber Reinforced…
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Monica Sanchez | July 8, 2015
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) will reduce government revenues by making traffic violations such as speeding tickets, DUIs, and towing fees null and void, reports The Brookings Institute: "AVs will reduce cash flows to governments when speeding tickets, DUI’s, and towing fees are ostensibly eliminated by driverless systems." On the other hand, AVs will save government billions by increasing…