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  1. Oct 2018
    1. The Mexican government, which has been under pressure by President Trump to stop the caravan, had ordered the migrants to submit to processing by the immigration authorities at a legal border crossing

      Once they reach the border, what exactly will happen?

    2. thousands of Central American undocumented migrants, most of a caravan that has been heading toward the United States for more than a week, resumed their journey on Sunday in southern Mexico

      How many people exactly are traveling together?

    1. reports indicate the explosive devices were sent to former secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former president Barack Obama, and Representative Maxine Waters; Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz also had one sent to her

      Who sent these bombs?

    1. During a search of the area about a half-hour later, a police officer encountered Mr. Pretlow — who pointed a gun at the officer — and fired shots at him, the police said

      Why are these people targeting so many officers?

    2. The police had been searching for Mr. Maynard since Saturday, when the officer, Antwan Toney, 30, was shot and killed while responding to reports of a suspicious vehicle parked near a middle school in Snellville

      What caused the people in the suspicious car to want to shoot the officer?

    1. Lawrence told HuffPost that neither the pilot nor the flight attendants asked the man to switch seats or leave the flight after the incident occurred

      The people on the flight should've have said something to the man or make him switch seats

    2. The video shows a white man yelling because he doesn’t want to sit next to an elderly black woman

      We need to stop treating people of color this way and start treating everyone equal

    1. Resiliency is important, and it's an important life message that we all have to learn. ... But at this point, there's really no making sense. It's just how do we get together, how do we recover

      Where will they begin recovery first? Clearly, this has been very detrimental for the community, so it must be hard to know where to start.

    2. You can't make sense of it, but what you do is you take the situation, and what we have to make certain that our kids know is that we must be resilient

      It will take time to repair the damage, which is hard for many people to wrap their heads around.

    1. The first suspect also picked up a bowling ball and smashed it on the back of the employee’s head

      The employees just told the guests to leave because of their behavior. There was no reason for them to respond so angrily.

    1. During this debate, she was instructed to sit in the gym with a teacher until the drill was complete, away from her peers and identified as different

      This is crazy that this person had to be separated from other students. Just because the student may be different than other students, that doesn't make it okay to separate everyone. The student is still a human like everyone else.

    1. Hospitals are overrun. In one, the ceiling of the emergency room caved in during the quake. That means patients must be treated outside in the sizzling heat.

      In order to be helped and get better, the people need hospitals ready and available, but even those have been destroyed.

    2. Rescue teams have yet to reach more remote areas, where roads were in poor condition even before the quake

      There are people that were hit by the tsunami that still haven't been helped. I have no idea what I would do if I were in that situation.

    1. Here's a brief breakdown of where the newly minted justice has come down on five major topics that have proven to be lightning rods in the courtroom and beyond.

      Because the Supreme Court now consists of majority Republican-minded people, some major things might change.

    2. His lifetime tenure on the highest court in the U.S. And this story promises to last much longer.

      Kavanaugh will be a member of the Supreme Court for many, many years. People remain justices until very old age.

    1. If no shark sightings are reported after 48 hours, the beaches will likely be reopened

      They should still notify people/have signs up that say they must be cautious of sharks

    2. the coastline was filled with several enthusiastic hunters when the boy’s screams rang out over the water, about 200 yards from shore

      Luckily, people were able to notice he was in danger

    1. The storm, which is accelerating toward the northeast

      Hurricane Florence just occurred on the East Coast in North Carolina and now another storm is heading in that direction.

  2. Sep 2018
    1. On Friday, department officers went to pick up two pallets of donated fruit and quickly discovered something off about the weight of the boxes

      Why would the people that shipped the cocaine not think that officers wouldn't suspect that something was off with the packaging?

    2. ur correctional officers and supervisory correctional officers are trained to notice things out of place that don't seem quite right

      The officers were able to see that there was something off about this "banana" shipment

    1. the 100-passenger BFR ship will now feature two movable fins near its nose and two larger ones near its tail — changes that will help the vehicle maneuver its way to safe landings on worlds with atmospheres, such as Earth and Mars

      This is leading up to the transfer of people from Earth to Mars. They seem to be getting closer to this big step.

    2. The BFR is really intended as an interplanetary transport system that's capable of getting from Earth to anywhere in the solar system, as you establish propellant depots along the way

      The BFR is supposed to be used to travel from one planet to another

    1. Water on the Cape Fear River, which passes through Fayetteville, continued to rise Sunday, and according to the National Weather Service had reached more than 44 feet by 6 p.m.

      It's important that people that live near Cape Fear River evacuate immediately because it is very dangerous.

    2. The latest death involved a driver who was killed when they lost control of their pickup truck and struck a tree near Gilbert, South Carolina

      Whey are people driving in these conditions? The roads seem to be very scary in such heavy rain.

    1. 250,000 people affected by the storm across the country -- around half of those seeking shelter in evacuation centers in the country's north.

      How is everyone able to get out of the area fast enough to beat the storm? That's a whole lot of people that need to evacuate.

    2. Hong Kong's weather observatory issued its highest storm warning alert -- a signal T10 -- and the normally bustling city was all but shut down as transport was suspended and torrential rain flooded roads and buildings

      How are people staying sheltered and safe from the storm?

    1. Nike being actually the topic of conversation in tens of millions of conversations. And they are doing it in a very cost effiecient way.

      Even though there is some negative attention towards Colin Kaepernick being the face of Nike's 30th anniversary campaign, Nike is still gaining a lot of attention and publicity.

    1. After the boom detaches from the towing vessel, the current is expected to pull it into the shape of a “U.” As it drifts along, propelled by the wind and waves, it should trap plastic “like Pac-Man

      How do they know for sure that this will work? It's too big of a project for anything bad to happen.

    1. Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, recalled McCain’s “signature cackle” and “that John McCain glint in his eye”.

      From what many leaders said about McCain in their speeches, it is clear that he was and still is a very well-respected man.

    2. brought leaders from both parties together

      Despite the tension between the two parties, the death of John McCain was able to bring them together. However, because of the hostility between McCain and Trump, Trump did not show to the memorial.

    1. What led the person who called the police to call the police? Did he/she see the girl walking the dog for just a second and immediately call the police, or was he/she watching her for a while?

    2. Nowadays, the police are being called for things as little as an 8-year-old walking her dog alone. With everything else going on in the world, the negative attention should definitely not be on something as simple as this.