By Mary Whitfill, editor-in-chief
Separate from the current Dzhokhar Tsarnev trial underway in Boston, a Florida group says it plans to sue the FBI for $30 million in thedeath of Ibragim Todashev, a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnev. Todashev was killed...
A 3-2 vote taken by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Feb. 26 approves measures to protect net neutrality, or the right to a Internet that treats all legal information equally no matter who created it or who is trying to see it
By Scotty Schenck, photo editor
Only a few weeks after CBS “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams was suspended for an error in his retelling of an Iraq War news story, famed Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly is coming under fire for similar charges.
He railed against Williams,...
By Mary Whitfill, editor-in-chief
For the rest of the season, Boston Celtics fans will miss seeing breakout star forward Jared Sullinger dominate opposing teams. The Celtics announced Sunday that a left metatarsal stress fracture will bench the Ohio native until at least next...
By Scotty Schenck, photo editor
For over 40 years, Bob Simon had a voice that people could recognize instantly – deep and smooth. On Feb. 11, Simon was killed in a car crash at about 7 p.m. in New York City after his car veered into a pedestrian expansion, according to...
By Scotty Schenck, photo editor
John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” has been increasing in its presence and influence as a news broadcast on HBO. On Sunday, Feb. 15, he decided to strike against tobacco companies using social media and a cartoon diseased lung named Jeff.
For...
In promotion of Taylor Swift’s most recent album, “1989,” the pop princess released videos of tracks “Shake It Off” and “Blank Space,” the record’s first two singles. Today, Swift followed up with the release of the album’s third single video, “Style.” While the track is one of the album’s best, the video, directed by Kyle Newman, leaves something to be desired.
The New York Times culture reporter and star of "Page One" David Carr was pronounced dead at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital after collapsing in the Times newsroom on Thursday. He was 58.
A media legend, Carr reported on every aspect of the the media business with brutal...
By Scotty Schenck, photo editor
The controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline bill passed in Congress today.
The pipeline is proposed to be built to transport oil sands from Canada to refineries in Texas along the Gulf Coast. The Canadian company TransCanada Corporation wants...
By Scotty Schenck, photo editor
President Barack Obama met with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and held a press conference with her today in the White House.
One of the key points they discussed was the rising tension in the Ukraine, specifically in the east where...
By Scotty Schenck, photo editor
As the night of Wednesday, Feb. 4 came to a close, students inside the West Village B residence hall were forced into the cold night air as firemen rushed into the building. Residents reported seeing smoke and were standing outside for over...
By Mary Whitfill, editor-in-chief
There is hardly an American student alive who hasn't read, or at least been assigned, Harper Lee's 1960 critically-acclaimed novel "To Kill a Mockingbird." The coming-of-age story featuring the Finch family touched on a number of issues still...
