The Catalan President issued a Declaration of Independence on Tuesday, Oct, 10. Catalan is a region of Spain that has historically tried to be either independent or autonomous.
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The community of Hoboken gathered this past Tuesday, Oct. 10, for the first of many community outreach meetings hosted by the City of Hoboken.
Another week, another information breach. Or, in this case, some new information about Yahoo’s 2013 security breach. On October 3rd, Yahoo released a memo that their 2013 breach, previously believed to have affected “at least 500 million” accounts, actually affected every single one of its 3 billion accounts.
Last Friday, Sept. 29, an industrial building fire caused structural damage to the NJ-139 westbound ramp near the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City, closing three westbound lanes.
Before 10 p.m. local time on Oct. 1, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival in Las Vegas, NV.
On Sept. 27, Republicans released a nine-page-long framework for tax reform. President Trump endorsed the plan, saying it will make the U.S.
This week marked the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. The assembly included over 190 member nations, from all over the world.
Since Kim Jong-Un took power over North Korea after the death of his father, he has been running the country emphasizing just how much power he has over his people: frequent military parades, public executions of political enemies, and consistently reminding the people about the “dangers” of the West (particularly the United States of America).
On Sept. 19, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the Puebla State of Mexico, about 71 miles southeast of Mexico City. The states of Morelos, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Mexico have also been damaged by the earthquake, the second to hit Mexico since the 1985 Mexico City earthquake that killed nearly 10,000 people.
Two weeks after the devastating Hurricane Irma, Puerto Rico was battered by another storm, Hurricane Maria. The storm’s 155 miles-per-hour winds spanned across the entire territory, prompting thousands to take refuge and wrecking an already-crushed island.