INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Brussels on high terror alert, Russia intensifies air raids in Syria on ‘terrorist targets’, Search for three suspects continues in Mali hotel attack killing 19
SAMANTHA PANGRAZIO STAFF WRITER Belgian Prime Minister places Brussels on high terror alert In response to information about the risk of an attack like the one in Paris, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel placed the Belgian capital of Brussels on the highest level of terror alert. Some of the assailants in the Paris attacks lived […]
NATIONAL NEWS: Louisiana diocese creates mobile confessional, Pregnant woman killed in Indianapolis home invasion, “Safe Spaces” for university students following racially charged atmospheres
SAMANTHA PANGRAZIO STAFF WRITER Louisiana diocese turns donated ambulance into mobile confessional Louisiana’s Diocese of Lafayette received a donated ambulance and decided to create a unique outreach program, according to local news outlet KLFY News. With the upcoming Year of Mercy declared by Pope Francis, Bishop Michael Jarrell wanted to convert the ambulance into […]
INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Taiwan and China in talks, Black box from Russian plane crash discovered, Sierra Leone declared free of Ebola
SAMANTHA PANGRAZIO STAFF WRITER Historic talks between Taiwan and China Taiwanese President Ma Yingjeou and Chinese President Xi Jinping held the first talk between their governments in more than 60 years, according to the BBC. The presidents shook hands with each other, a gesture that was symbolic of the easing relationship between the two […]