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 Top Stories:  Chemicals ignite at flooded plant in Texas as Harvey’s devastation lingers    News Near You: Austin decides to lease property on southeast side of town for evacuees     World:  How Russia Can Help the United States Defuse the Korean Crisis      U.S.:  As Houston Looks to Recover, Small Towns Now Bear the Brunt   Business:  Wells Fargo uncovers more fake accounts in drawn-out scandal Technology:  Buying a black iPhone 8 may be the only way to hide its rumored ugly notch Entertainment:  In ‘Lord of the Flies’ Remake, Girls Survive Instead   Sports: Lakers Fined $500K After Magic Johnson, Rob Pelinka Tamper with Paul George   Science:   Strange signals were just spotted coming from a distant galaxy   Health:  US clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia

Current Events Quiz 1.2

5,000 You could find a rope swing and a giant trampoline  Amazon Writepad and Lecturenotes Encore Records, Groovers Paradise record shop, and waterloo records Long response My older brother Dylan and his wife Camila live in an apartment in north eastern Houston. They are not able to leave their apartment building due to the bayou they live by overflowing. They recently got married over the summer in Mexico, it was a really small wedding so this weekend we were planning on throwing a reception party but we can not now because they can't leave Houston as well as some guest who were going to attend. If their was a major storm going to affect my house I would check my insurance to make sure it covers flood damage first. Then I would take all sentimental items and pack them up on a higher floor or in a car to keep them safe from potential water. Then board up all the windows to prevent them from breaking. Lastly I would probably evacuate the city just to stay safe. ...

News Ethics

The Sting         Summary-   Reporters for Perverted-Justice.com go on internet chat rooms and lure men into sexually explicit content with underage girls and boys. This website take the pictures the men send and of the conversation and post them on their website. The game has spread and recently Local Kansas news station rented out a warehouse and had volunteers message men and lured the ones who responded to the "teens." Out of all the ones who were talked to 16 men had shown up at the warehouse as the camera crew waited to record them. Eventually one of the men who was targeted filed a lawsuit claiming he was miss represented as a pedophile costing him his job.           Opinion- I do not think it ethical that the reporters exposed the man on camera possibly without his permission. even though at the end of the story it says they could have done this to protect the people in the community I do not think that is the reason, I be...

Current Events Quiz #1

Judge Nelva Gonzales   USS John S. McCain   Long  term effects from carbon monoxide poisoning that came from the police vehicles more than 50 million  bean to bar chocolate making  sounds fun, I would do it because my family would also have alot of fun Charlottesville officials covered Civil war monument while mourning the death of Heather Heyer due to white supremacist marches. As some are glad the statues are being covered White nationalist groups are in the streets protesting this action due to it being illegal. I think the statues should have been shrouded. They are praising people who supported slavery and broke away from the United States. What we are all about is being "united and equal" although the statute was of someone who showed neither of those things. The statues could possibly be offending the peoples who's relatives were enslaved. I think UT's decision to remove...

News Values

Timeliness:   Winner of $758M Powerball Jackpot ' My Pipe Dream Came True!'  This is about the lady who literally won the Powerball last night and this is what she plans on doing with her money. Proximity:   This is talking about how Texas could be hit with major rain and floods do to new Hurricane Harvey.    Hurricane Harvey Roars Towards Texas Coast, Should Be 115-mph Storm at Landfall with 'Life Threatening' Flooding. Prominence:  Different speeches, different venues, but there's only one Donald Trump  Donald Trump is very big and very important since he is the president so everybody want to stay updated on what he is doing. Impact:  Hurricane Andrew still haunts Florida 25 years later  this talks about the impact that hurricane Andrew left on Florida even though it has ben 25 years. Conflict: Trump and McConnell are having some conflicts so they have not talked to each for a few weeks.  Trump and McConnell are locked in a c...