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Thomas Murray | June 24, 2016
In an interview with the Associated Press on Friday, the top North Korean official for U.S. relations said that his country is now a "nuclear state," and it is Obama’s “strategic patience” policy which has given them the chance to become so strong. “My country is a nuclear state. In the past, my country has been threatened by the United States with its nuclear weapons,” said Han Song Ryol to…
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Thomas Murray | June 24, 2016
Although the Unites States Congress has been in a deadlock over gun control for the last couple days, that has not stopped Hawaii Governor David Ige from signing a flurry of bills that target gun owners. On Thursday, Ige signed three gun control bills into law that treats all gun owners as potential threats and degrade gun ownership to a second-tier right. According to the first bill Ige…
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Thomas Murray | June 23, 2016
North Korea confirmed on Thursday that after months of attempts and five failures, they have succesfully launched a midrange missile. The Hwasong-10 missile, which is also known as Musudan, landed accurately after flying 249 miles. North Korea made two attempts at missile launches on Wednesday. The first launch ended in a failure, after the missile crashed into the water about 150 miles from…
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Thomas Murray | June 22, 2016
An angry mob of Muslims reportedly looted and burned down the homes of 80 Christian families in an Egyptian village last Friday after hearing rumors of church being built in the city without their permission. According to the Christian Post, an eyewitness saw a large number of Muslims gathered in front of a home that was under construction after Friday noon prayer. Allegedly, the Muslims were…
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Thomas Murray | June 22, 2016
  According to the American Camp Association (ACA), about 14 million adults attend over 14,000 summer camps each year, and the industry is still growing. Since 2002, the number of ACA-certified residential camps for adults has increased by 21 percent, and the number of day camps has increased almost 70 percent. A large part of the continued success of summer camps is the renewed interest of…
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Thomas Murray | June 21, 2016
                         The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has finalized the first ever operational rules for commercial unmanned aircraft systems under 55 pounds, commonly referred to as drones. Operating drones, which is the replacement for flying model planes for the millennial generation, has become a rather popular hobby over the last couple years,…
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Thomas Murray | June 21, 2016
A couple of weeks ago, Facebook was called out for allegedly being biased against conservative topics in their "trending" section. But bias isn't just about blatantly omitting certain stories from being told; it also covers how stories are presented when they're told. One of Tuesday's big national stories was that the Senate did not approve any of the four gun bans or regulations that had been…
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Thomas Murray | June 21, 2016
According to a joint announcement by Inovio Pharmaceuticals and GeneOne Life Science released on Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever trial of an experimental Zika virus vaccine on human test subjects. In the test, which will start over the next couple of weeks, 40 healthy human being will be injected with the vaccine to test its safety, tolerability, and…
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Thomas Murray | June 20, 2016
Without comment, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal challenging New York’s and Connecticut’s ban on some semiautomatic rifles. The decision left in place the October ruling from the New York-based Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld the ban. The court’s refusal to hear the appeal does not set any official precedent on gun control, but it does show that…
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Thomas Murray | June 17, 2016
(Image source: Twitter) Posters, signs, and stickers depicting an uncharacteristic rainbow flag popped up seemingly overnight Wednesday in West Hollywood, Calif., an area with a historically large LGBTQ community, in response to the terrorist attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. last weekend. However, the flag isn't the normal rainbow flag used to express solidarity with gay rights and…