Teen in Singapore Sentenced Over Offensive Blog Posts

Singaporean teen blogger Amos Yee will be spending time in prison after uploading controversial posts about religion to social media platforms. Yee was convicted on eight charges, six of which concern “wounding religious feeling” and two of which are for failing to turn up at a police station when called for. […]


Congress Overrides President Obama Veto

The Senate and the House of Representatives both voted on Wednesday to override President Obama’s veto of a 9/11 lawsuit bill, overriding the President’s veto. This is the first overridden veto of President Obama’s administration. The last President to go without any overridden vetoes was President Lyndon B. Johnson. The […]


Colombia Peace Deal Stops Longest War in The Western Hemisphere

On Monday evening, the government of Colombia signed a historic peace deal with the rebel forces that they have been fighting for more than 50 years. Colombians chanted “Si a la paz” and “Si, se pudo,” which mean “Yes to peace” and “Yes we could,” respectively. Almost all Colombian citizens were […]


Jane Pauley to Take Over CBS Sunday Morning

Jane Pauley, a former Today Show host who currently works with CBS, will take over as the new host of CBS Sunday Morning. Charles Osgood, who has hosted since 1994, officially retired from the show on Sunday. He also announced Pauley as his replacement during his final program. Pauley joined […]


PBS Wins Big with News and Documentary Emmys

PBS won fourteen awards at the 37th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards which were held Wednesday night. Seven of the awards were won by Frontline. If Frontline was its own network, it would be tied for first with CBS and PBS. ABC News and CNN were behind CBS with […]