Global November 2018

US Adds Robust 250,000 Jobs

U.S. employers have added 250,000 jobs during the month of October, according to a recent economic report. U.S. employers have also raised average pay by the most in almost a decade, and the unemployment rate remains at 3.7 percent, a five-decade low.

Global November 2018

AP Fact Check: Trump's Hype On Migrants, Illegal Immigration

The Associated Press has examined President Donald Trump’s claims on immigration, which include misleading rhetoric about the migrant caravans being full of hardened criminals and grossly inflated numbers regarding how many immigrants are currently living illegally in the United States.

Global November 2018

This Week’s Top 5 Trending Headlines

The following are the headlines that received the most views on our Facebook page: Parent-Led Group Hopes To Help Hungry Kids In Minnesota

Global November 2018

U of Nevada, Reno Announces New Engineering Minor

The University of Nevada, Reno has announced a big data minor in their College of Engineering. This new interdisciplinary minor aims to give students the technical skills and knowledge to help solve evolving challenges in analyzing all types of data.

Global November 2018

Top 4 Featured Jobs On Hispanic Outlook’s Job Board

The top 4 featured jobs on Hispanic Outlook’s job board are from the University of Washington; the Iowa State University Department of Computer Science; Cornell University, Department of History; and Stanford University, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Positions include assistant and associate professors.

Global November 2018

Trump Says Border Troops Could Hit 15K, Surprising Pentagon

The number of U.S. military troops sent to the United States’ southern border could be as high as 15,000, according to President Donald Trump. This surprised Pentagon officials who said that "more than 7,000" troops were being sent to the border to support Customs and Border Protection agents, but that under current plans that number could reach a maximum of 8,000.

Global October 2018

WPU Hosting Gun Safety Panel

WPU is a hosting a gun safety panel. Featured panelists include two students Taylor Morales and Macey Wonacott who lived through the shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, Tom Campbell, Director of the Newtown Foundation and The Newtown Action Alliance; Brett Sabo, the New Jersey State Chapter Leader of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America; and Lieutenant George Guzman, of the Haledon Police Department.

Global October 2018

Trump Far Off Track On Birthright Citizenship

President Donald Trump’s claims about his ability to end birthright citizenship with a swipe of his pen and about the United States being the only country that automatically grants citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. have been fact checked by the Associated Press.

Global October 2018

WVU Teams With Another School For Shared-Credit Program

Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania and West Virginia University's School of Public Health are teaming up to offer students a shared-credit degree program. Under this new program, students can now earn a bachelor of arts in mathematics and a master of science in biostatistics in five years.

Global October 2018

Trump Stokes Pre-Election Fear Of Immigrants To Drive Voters

With the midterms less than a week away, President Trump has been focusing on immigration. As the migrant caravan makes it way towards the United States, the U.S. has sent thousands of troops to the southern border. The president has also talked about ending the guarantee of birthright citizenship.

Global October 2018

US Sending 5,200 Troops To Border

As the migrant caravan continues to make its way towards, the Pentagon is sending 2,500 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. This number is more than double the 2,000 troops who are currently in Syria to fight the Islamic State group.

Global October 2018

Trump: End Birthright Citizenship For Some US-Born Babies

President Trump has declared that he wants to issue an executive order to end the constitutional right to citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to non-citizens. All children born in the U.S. are guaranteed the right to citizenship under the 14th Amendment.