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On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court made a landmark decision overruling affirmative action in the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. It was declared that considering race in college admissions was unconstitutional and could no longer be done, specifically denying Harvard University and the University of South Carolina’s admissions offices the right to practice it while also setting a nation-wide precedent. This ruling has reversed decades of decisions in favor of it.

The Biden administration approved the Willow Oil Project on March 13, sparking massive controversy over its climate impacts. This is the largest oil extraction project ever proposed in the United States, with an $8 Billion cost by oil giant ConocoPhillips. The drilling will be done on Alaska’s North Shore, which until now was the largest single expanse of untouched land in the United States.

On Thursday, March 9th, protesters took to the streets of UB, speaking out against Michael Knowles’s invitation to deliver a speech at Slee Hall that evening.

In Washington Park in Newark, New Jersey, a long standing Christopher Columbus memorial was replaced by a monument for Harriet Tubman.

After last month's trail derailment in East Palestine, another derailment occurred near Springfield, Ohio, both Norfolk Southern trains. 28 out of 212 train cars derailed, including four empty tanker cars. Fortunately, none of which derailed contained any hazardous materials, even though other cars did.

Senate Bill 147, proposed by Texas senator Lois Kolkhorst, attempted to ban citizens from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia from owning property in the state.

Puppy mills are breeding facilities that prioritize their profits over the dogs’ needs. These farms can have up to 1,000 dogs under a single roof.

Toxic chemical clouds carried by the wind from a train derailment site- a description of a catastrophe movie- had become a reality for East Palestine, Ohio, residents.

A trend of strange events at zoos since the start of the year has drawn a media spotlight onto them across the country. From escaping animals to suspicious deaths to a man who evidently wants to keep a monkey as a pet, here is a holistic overview of incidents since the start of 2023.

As we approach the one year anniversary of the Buffalo Tops shooting, the man responsible for it has been sentenced to life without parole in prison.