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Minnesota police announced at a news conference that the officer who fatally shot a black man on Sunday mistakenly fired a gun, thinking it was a taser. “There was accidental discharge that resulted in the tragic death of Mr. Wright,” Brooklyn Center Chief of Police Tim Gannon said. “I have asked the BCA [Bureau of […]

A power outage at a nuclear facility in Iran on Monday has been categorized as “sabotage” by the Iranian government. Top Iranian nuclear official Ali Akbar Salehi is blaming Israel for what he calls a “terrorist act”. The attack happened at the underground site Natanz just a day after Iran unveiled new uranium enrichment equipment, […]

The Milwaukee Common Council voted unanimously on March 2 to approve a new contract that requires Barret-Lo Visionary Development LLC to pay the city $1.4 million if the streetcar hub planned for the base of their 44-story lakefront skyscraper project, known as “The Couture”, is not complete by June of 2022. The new contract puts […]

As children grow up and learn how to communicate, they adopt new ways to do so. Technology swiftly introduced a conversation beyond face-to-face, but this form of communication has led to a large issue that could leave potential deficits surrounding mental and physical illnesses all because of “collective loneliness.” This phenomenon has caused a collective […]

UWM will be returning to in-person classes in the fall of 2021. According to Scott Gronert, the dean of the college of letters and science, the fall will consist of 77% in-person classes. We are not far from the usual 85% in-person said Gronert. One year ago, the UWM union would be constantly busy. From […]

US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced that the Justice Department will conduct investigations into patterns and practices of the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department in a press conference on Wednesday.  According to the Justice Department’s corresponding press release, the investigation will be conducted in accordance with the Violent Crime Control and […]

Former officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty by a Minnesota jury on April 20 for the murder of George Floyd.  After 10 hours of deliberation, the 12 jurors delivered their verdict in front of not only Judge Peter Cahill, but an entire nation who have been watching the events of this incident closely since it began almost one year ago. All of […]

There have been 31,848,068 cumulative cases of coronavirus reported in the United States with 568,969 resulting in death. The 83% of data available for race/ethnicity shows that Black Americans are 13.65% of the population that died due to COVID-19. Only 8.4 % of Black Americans are fully vaccinated with 8.6% receiving one of two doses. […]

TEDxUWMilwaukee hosted their first of three events in their 2021 Virtual Conference Series on Saturday, April 24, the speakers using the art of storytelling to share the importance of education and leaving the fear behind. The 2021 Virtual Conference Series, with the theme “Our City, Our Story,” was originally scheduled to be an in-person conference […]

Medical Professionals Testify George Floyd’s Death Caused by Interacting with Law Enforcement  Three medical professionals rule George Floyd’s cause of death as a “low level of oxygen”. Physician and pulmonologist Dr. Martin Tobin testified on April 8 that to a degree of medical certainty George Floyd died from a low level of oxygen also known […]

A Brookyln Center, Minnesota police officer shot and killed an African-American man after mistaking her gun for her taser. On April 11 around 2 p.m. an unidentified police officer made a lethal mistake when she accidentally discharged her firearm during the arrest of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old African American man, according to Brookyln Center Police Department Chief Tim Gannon.  The officers did have bodycams and […]

Wausau is a town in central Wisconsin with a population of about 38,500 and amid the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, their biggest hospital, Aspirus, struggled. On Nov. 15, 2020 there were 279 new cases in Marathon County alone.   Decreased Access to Materials Aspirus Wausau Hospital was one of many hospitals in the state of Wisconsin to become overwhelmed with […]