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.

Global October 2018

UVA Launches New Engineering Systems And Environment Dept

The University of Virginia Engineering has launched a new department: Engineering Systems and Environment. This move comes in response to the growing need for engineers to be trained in solving complex global problems of the 21st century. This is the first new department for UVA Engineering in more than 40 years.

Global October 2018

Parent-Led Group Hopes To Help Hungry Kids In Minnesota

Feeding Area Children Together, a parent-led group, has distributed more than 23,000 meal packs to St. Cloud-area children in a little more than a year. This is roughly the equivalent of the combined student populations of St. Cloud Community & Technical College, St. Cloud State University, St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict.

Global October 2018

1 Migrant Dies As 2nd Group Tries To Force Entry Into Mexico

A 26-year-old Honduran migrant was killed at a border crossing from a rubber bullet hitting him in the head, according to Guatemalan firefighters. Mexican Interior Secretary Alfonso Navarrete Prida has denied that Mexico’s forces were responsible and said that his country’s federal police and immigration agents were attacked.

Global October 2018

Suspect In Synagogue Shooting Due In Court; Survivors Recall Ordeal

Robert Gregory Bowers is due in federal court today. Bowers is the suspected gunman in a shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, which resulted in 11 deaths. Survivors of the attack are giving firsthand accounts of the shooting.

Global October 2018

Synagogue Survivor Speaks; 10 Things To Know For Today

A survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre gives a harrowing account of the gunman. With politics continuing divisively in the wake of election season violence, has America grown numb to tragedies? Human remains have been recovered from the passenger jet crash in Indonesia. Jair Bolsonaro has been elected the next president of Brazil.

Global October 2018

Rutgers U To Serve As NJ’s Center On Gun Violence Research

Rutgers University will serve as New Jersey’s Center on Gun Violence Research. The new initiative focuses on the university’s expertise in public health, criminal justice and other fields that deal with the nationwide problem. New Jersey will now have their own research center that will fill in the knowledge gap between the federal government’s inaction and the obstruction from the gun industry.

Global October 2018

T-Mobile Doubles Hurricane Recovery Donations During MLB World Series

T-Mobile is doubling its Home Runs for Hurricane Recovery donations. The company will now be donating $10,000 per home run to Team Rubicon, a non-profit that unites military veterans with first responders to deploy emergency response teams in communities impacted by disaster.