Author: Alex Trent

Migrants who were receiving housing from the government of Chicago are now being evicted in a planned first wave of evictions in the city. The Chicago mayor’s office said that they would be forcing 34 migrant evictions on Friday, but reportedly only three migrants ended up actually leaving during the weekend. These migration eviction waves come from a new policy the city established in November that migrants can only be sheltered for a maximum of 60 days. Volunteers say the rollout of the policy has caused chaos. Additional Landing Zone Personnel Source: Ken Lund/Wikimedia In November, the city government in…

A recent string of accidents from Boeing and Airbus planes has made some worried about choosing airplanes as their traveling preference in the future. However, despite this recent string of incidents, experts are reminding people that statistics show air travel is at one of its safest points in history. It can be easy to be consumed by fear of something going wrong while high in the sky, but as a method of travel, airplanes consistently beat out their competition. Boeing Decompression Incident Source: John McArthur/Unsplash One airplane incident making news is when an Alaska Airlines Boeing craft had a panel…

Millennials are starting to talk about a phenomenon they have been noticing where their parents are moving in with them once they are established adults. While people often hear about the trend of older children increasingly living with their parents, this situation reversal has many online talking. Some have come to term this phenomenon “reverse boomerang parents” and data shows it is becoming increasingly common. Viral TikTok Source: @laslayr/TikTok Lars, a TikToker who goes by the handle @laslayr recently went viral in a now-deleted video talking about how they are dealing with their parents are moving back in. “They can…

A weekend of raucous partying has resulted in severe damage to college buildings at California Polytechnic State University, with students being evacuated as the damage went on. Partiers descended onto the campus this weekend for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. School officials have come out strongly condemning the behavior that saw the campus trashed and a string of thefts at campus facilities. Huge Crowd Source: Patrick Fore/Unsplash The Cal Poly campus saw a huge influx of thousands of people show up for St. Patrick’s Day. Police estimate that the center of the festivities on Hathway Avenue saw as many as 6,000…

Every year residents in the “human-black bear conflict zone” in Southern California dread the arrival of Spring. Hibernating bears emerge with an intense hunger, invading towns like Pine Mountain Club located in the San Emigdio Mountains. These bears will break into resident’s houses, cars, and well, anything that they can gain access to. Increased urbanization and the destruction of their habitat have led bears’ encounters with humans in the area to become much more frequent. Pine Mountain Club Source: Arkyan/Wikimedia Officials in Pine Mountain Club, a mountain village with a population of around 2,800 residents are worried about the attacks…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took the stage at a rally in Dayton, Ohio on Saturday with some fiery rhetoric against certain immigrants. In his speech, Trump asserted that criminal immigrants like those from the gang MS-13 and others in prison are ‘not people.’ He also took the opportunity to paint a picture of America if he is not elected, predicting a ‘blood bath’ in the automobile industry and the country should it come to pass. Rally in Dayton Source: The White House/Wikimedia Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Dayton for Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno. The Senate race…

Alaska Airlines is under fire again after a cargo accident saw the plane land with an open door, which could have potentially damaged passenger pets who were being kept in the cargo hold. While no pets were reported injured, this is another time in recent months that the company has had to deal with airplane door-opening controversies and is currently in a $1 billion lawsuit over another incident. Pets in Danger Source: Lee/Wikimedia In Portland, Oregon on March 1st, an Alaska Airlines plane landed and arrived at the airport gate terminal like a normal flight. However, upon its landing, it…

The residents of Salisbury Massachusetts are now out an expensive investment that was meant to protect them from ocean tides. The sand dune, which reportedly cost $500,000, was washed away in only a matter of days after high tides rolling in completely swept it away. Homes in the area are now exposed if a future storm decides to come after them. A Community Sand Dune Source: Donna G/Usnplash Homeowners in the area of Salisbury Beach in Massachusetts reportedly invested over $500,000 in an effort to bring in over 14,000 tons of sand. They hoped to use this sand to create…

The State of the Union Address, especially during an election year, draws millions of American eyeballs. With that in mind, lawmakers and politicians in attendance often wear different colors or outfits to send a message to the American public, who they know is watching. This year, several lawmakers were seen wearing all white. This color is meant to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment that granted women the right to vote and show unity around women’s reproductive issues under threat in America. Democratic Women’s Caucus Source: Judy Chu/Wikimedia The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) is a group of 94 Democrat…

A disturbing trend known as ‘swatting’ is ramping up as the US elections in November fastly approach. In a recent case, Missouri’s Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft became the latest victim of a false police report. Heavily armed officers showed up at his house, and while no one was hurt, the incident could have very easily turned deadly. What is Swatting? Source: Logan Weaver/Unsplash ‘Swatting’ is a colloquial term used to describe the act of calling in a fake violent 911 call to try to get heavily armed police officers to storm someone’s house. People will call the police anonymously…