Summer News Stories

Wow!  It has a busy news summer both on the national level and internationally.  Below is a list of some of the major news stories from the past couple of months.

• Elections in Kenya & Angola
• Severe weather in Sierra Leone
• Political scandals in South Africa & Pakistan
• Nuclear threats by North Korea
• Senate votes on health care
• Terror attacks in London & Barcelona
• Tower fires in London & Abu Dhabi
• Political crisis in Venezuela
• US withdrawal from international treaties
• Testimony before the Senate
• US Naval collisions
• Political uses of social media
• US travel restrictions
• Russian political interference
• Struggle against ISIS in Syria & Iraq
• Protests & unrest in the United States
• Opioid epidemic
• Eclipse

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