The Roar keeps you updated with local news, recent events and interesting stories ― everything you need to know for this week.
1. Over the last week, ISIS began a push deeper into Africa, in some places doubling ranks. US intelligence agencies warn of an increasing threat to countries that have thus far remained immune to terrorism.
2. “Fuller House” began streaming on Netflix this week. The revival of the family classic TV show “Full House” has been highly anticipated.
3. Last Monday marked the first eight-member Supreme Court session since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The nation’s high court is expected to sit incomplete for the rest of the election year, as Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have declared their opposition to any nominee selected by President Obama.
4. The results of the Nevada Republican caucuses on Tuesday added to a growing list of Donald Trump’s victories in his presidential campaign.
5. Last Wednesday, Congress awarded the highest civilian honor to the people who marched in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery to demand equal voting rights.
6. Leaders from the European Union and Balkan nations met in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the growing refugee crisis. The talks attempted to heal the rifts between many nations pursuing their own, often conflicting measures to stem refugee flow. Politicians worry that without resolving differences, the EU may finally fragment.
7. Last Thursday, the wife of a passenger on the missing MH370 flight filed a lawsuit on against the airline and government for $7.6 million for negligence and breach of contract; over the next year, many similar lawsuits are expected to be filed. The crash location of the plane, which vanished in 2014, remains unknown.
8. Cedric Ford killed 3 and wounded 14 on Friday at a lawnmower factory where he worked in Kansas. Police exchanged fire and later shot the gunman dead.
9. Starting yesterday, sophomore Rita Santoso’s artwork has hung in the South Gallery of the State Capitol. Next month it will be displayed in the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. Her drawing was selected for this honor as part of Youth Art Month.
10. This weekend, Consol hosted an invitational UIL meet. Around 900 students competed to in academic events ranging from Computer Science to Literary Criticism, among many others.
