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In this June 23, 2014 file photo, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle on the main road in Mosul, Iraq.

A deeper look into terrorism

Extremist groups try to create fear in the public for years
Varvara Makarevich, Contributing Writer / May 21, 2018

Paris, 2015. Nice, 2016. Berlin, 2016. St.Petersburg, 2017. London, 2017. Brussels, 2017. Barcelona, 2017. These are the locations of a number of high-profile terror attacks committed in Europe by Islamist...

An Iranian protestor clenches his fist behind a burnt representation of the U.S. flag during a gathering after their Friday prayer in Tehran, Iran on May 11, 2018. Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in cities across the country to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the nuclear deal with world powers.

The U.S. pulls out of Iran Deal

Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor / May 14, 2018

President Donald Trump campaigned on withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and on Tuesday May 8, ahead of the May 12 deadline, he did what many in Washington expected: he announced America...

IAAF changes the regulations for female intersex athletes

IAAF changes the regulations for female intersex athletes

Carina Smith, Nation & World Editor / May 14, 2018

The rules regarding participation for athletes with abnormal hormone production changed as of last month, bringing a huge loss to female intersex athletes who produce more testosterone than their peers....

Unemployment rate falls to lowest in almost two decades

Unemployment rate falls to lowest in almost two decades

Evan Sully / May 14, 2018

Unemployment in the U.S. is sliding down to record-lows, as the unemployment rate in April dipped to 3.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted measurement according to April’s job report released by the...

Red ash rises from the Puu Oo vent on Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano after a magnitude-5.0 earthquake struck the Big Island, Thursday, May 3, 2018 in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. (Kevan kamibayashi |U.S. Geological survey via AP)

Nation & World Briefs: May 7, 2018

Associated Press / May 7, 2018

Arizona schools reopen after funding deal reached Hundreds of thousands of Arizona schoolchildren returned to classes Friday a day after state lawmakers approved 20 percent raises for teachers and they...

Graphics by Ally Zacek | The Depaulia

Stories from the melting pot

DePaul students tell their stories about being immigrants
Hector Cervantes / May 7, 2018

The melting pot is what America calls itself, and at DePaul University there are many cultures represented in the student population who are immigrants. Sophomore Alan Zientarski and freshman Andriy Dutka...

Activist Asa Khalif, left, stands inside a Starbucks, April 15 demanding the firing of the manager who called police resulting the arrest of two black men. (Michael Bryant | The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Starbucks closing stores for “racial bias training”

Evan Sully / April 30, 2018

Don’t make any plans to drop by Starbucks on May 29 and grab that morning chai latté, because the company will be closing all 8,000-plus company-owned American stores, including its corporate offices,...

Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel during an April 23, 2018 meeting with the Bolivian president at Revolution Palace in Havana, Cuba. (Ramon Espinosa | Pool via AP)

Cuba’s historic change in power

For the first time since 1961, a Castro is not in control of Cuba
Emily McTavish, Contributing Writer / April 30, 2018

Cuba has new leadership, marking the first time in 60 years the nation is not being led by a member of the Castro family. The new Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who came through the ranks of the Communist...

Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer

Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer

Rapper makes history with award for album "DAMN."
Brittney Bray / April 23, 2018

Toni Morrison, playwright. Arthur Miller, screenwriter. Sylvia Plath, author. And now you can add Compton-born rapper Kendrick Lamar to the list of prominent Pulitzer Prize winners. In previous years,...

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 19, 2018. (Mikhail klimentyev | Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Nation & World Briefs: April 23, 2018

Associated Press / April 23, 2018

USA Gymnastics settles sex abuse lawsuit USA Gymnastics has reached a confidential settlement in a Georgia lawsuit that spurred a newspaper investigation into the organization's practices for reporting...

Migrants sleep outside the police headquarters at the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, Friday, April 13, 2018. Several hundred refugees and migrants have gathered outside a police station in Greece's second largest city, waiting for hours to be formally arrested and gain temporary residence in the European Union country.

Nation and World Briefs: April 16, 2018

Associated Press / April 16, 2018

Trump pardons former Cheney aide President Donald Trump issued a full pardon Friday to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Trump said he does not know Libby,...

Marchers cheer as they cross the finish line at the state Capitol after marching 110 miles from Tulsa, Okla., as protests continue over public school funding, in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (SUE OGROCKI | AP)

The walkouts end, but unrest remains

Carina Smith, Nation & World Editor / April 16, 2018

After nine days of protesting, Oklahoma teachers union leaders and organizers called for an official end to the statewide strike and asked educators to return to the classroom. The decision came once it...

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