Many Americans have backed away from once-routine COVID-19 precautions, with less than half now reporting that they regularly wear face masks, avoid crowds, and avoid unnecessary travel. Americans are...
Denim Day is a national sexual assault awareness day, held on the last Wednesday of every April (Sexual Assault Awareness Month). As Denim Day rolls around the corner, it's both essential and critical...
The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, are an atmospheric phenomenon. They usually occur in all of Iceland and northern parts of Canada, Alaska, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia. The...
Devastatingly, millions of people have been forced to evacuate their homes because of the war in Ukraine (learn more with these live updates on Washignton Square Post), and family members have been separated...
Mac M., Editor, International News
• March 21, 2022
On Wednesday, March 9th, Russia bombed a maternity and children’s hospital in the city of Mariupol, Ukraine, marking the most violent fighting since the beginning of Russia’s invasion. The attack presented...
Mac M., Editor, International News
• March 19, 2022
Infant jaundice is known to be a very dangerous disease in those who have just been brought into the world, but still a very common one.
Infant jaundice is the yellow discoloration of a newborn baby’s...
Mac M., Editor, International News
• March 18, 2022
On Feb. 28, officials told the press that Putin was planning a “devastating attack” on Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine’s government officials met in Belarus the same day to discuss the ongoing war. Unfortunately,...
Mac M., Editor, International News
• March 3, 2022
"Wake up, the war has started," is what a Ukrainian citizen told a Washington Post reporter her boyfriend said as he woke her up. At five in the morning, Ukrainian citizens began to hear explosions across...
In February, the 2022 Winter Olympics, at last, began in Beijing, China. More than 214 athletes participated in the Winter Olympics in sports such as skating, speed skating, hockey, and snowboarding. Each...
Kana D., Section Editor, Current Events
• March 1, 2022
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is one with a long history and many facets, making the pressing problem of a potential invasion a complicated one. As an oversimplified breakdown for people new...
Mac M., Editor, International News
• March 1, 2022
Ukraine and Russia have been butting heads for decades, but now, the conflict has escalated from tense to what politicians are calling identical to the pre-war era of World War II.
In recent weeks,...
Kana D., Section Editor, Current Events
• February 6, 2022
COP26 refers to the 26th United Nations global conference centered around discussing climate change and what countries are doing to address it. This momentous annual event took place from Oct. 31, 2021,...