As we do every week, we’ve collected the top news stories and compiled them on one page. Digital Journalists reported on viral videos, jaw-dropping NASA news, the latest religion stories and much more.
We also highlight some of the major topics Digital Journalists have been covering recently. Note you can see the trending topics at the top of any page on our news network, in the black bar. They are changing constantly to react to what people are reading on the site. We wanted to include this feature to let you know the topics people want to read about on Digital Journal.
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Last pieces of spire to be raised on One World Trade Center today (Includes first-hand account) by Leigh Goessl
Today One World Trade Center is about to reach a new milestone. As the final pieces of the building’s spire are hoisted, it will make the new building the tallest one in the Western Hemisphere.
Interview with country star Merle Haggard (Includes interview and first-hand account) by Adrian Peel
The country legend chats with Digital Journal about his upcoming series of shows and, among other things, the trials and tribulations of crossing the Canadian border.
Op-Ed: Nepal’s poor yet beautiful women, young and old (Includes first-hand account) by R. C. Camphausen
Nepal is among the most impoverished nations in the world, but you wouldn’t suspect it when seeing the smiles and open faces of its women and girls. Most travelers are drawn here because of the magnificent Himalayas, yet the people are even more majestic.
Review: ‘Mercy Mercy’ is a sad portrait of international adoption (Includes first-hand account) by Sarah Gopaul
‘Mercy Mercy: A Portrait of True Adoption’ is a documentary about inter-country adoption that provides a raw look at all participants in the adoption process.
Review: ‘Dead Island: Riptide’ is the same game with a new title (Includes first-hand account) by Stan Rezaee
In theory; ‘Dead Island: Riptide’ should be a great horror game with an open world environment and RPG elements. Instead Techland found a way to make such a game incredibly boring, again!
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NASA’s Chandra spots galactic collision by Jordan Howell
Two spiral galaxies, tethered by the gravitational pull of supermassive black holes at their centers, have collided in space and kicked up a massive cloud of hot dense gas.
Massive explosion rocks Detroit tar sands refinery by Brett Wilkins
A massive explosion has been reported at a tar sands oil refinery in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday afternoon, prompting a mandatory evacuation order for parts of a nearby city.
Graphic: Video of Bagram Airfield Boeing 747 crash surfaces by JohnThomas Didymus
Video evidence of the US Boeing 747-400 cargo plane crash that occurred on Monday at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan has surfaced online. The dashcam footage which appeared on LiveLeak Tuesday provides some clues as to what might have caused the crash.
Pew Research study: Most Muslims want sharia law by Katerina Nikolas
A Pew Research survey of 38,000 Muslims across 39 countries shows the majority favour the implementation of sharia law – though interpretations of the Islamic law vary widely.
Michigan mom wants ‘pornographic’ Anne Frank Diary out of school by Brett Wilkins
A Michigan mother has filed a formal complaint against her daughter’s school district in a bid to have a seminal work of Holocaust literature removed from the curriculum.
Wilcox County High School holds first ever racially mixed prom by JohnThomas Didymus
It has been 60 years since the US Supreme Court ruled segregation in public schools illegal. But Wilcox High School in rural Wilcox County, an insular enclave in which racially segregated proms have persisted, held its first integrated prom Saturday.
UFC 159: Jon Bones Jones Defeats Chael Sonnen by Owen Weldon
Jon Bones Jones entered UFC 159, which was held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, as the light heavyweight champion and he walked out the light heavyweight champion after defeating Chael Sonnen.
Video: ‘Assassin’s Creed IV — Black Flag’ VIP Watch trailer by Can Tran
A new video from Ubisoft shows a special treat for players that decide to pre-order a copy of the upcoming “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag” in the form of an app called “The Watch.”
Regeneration of Doctor Who announced for 50th anniversary by Mathew Wace Peck
Regeneration, a Doctor Who book-and-DVD set chronicling each regeneration of the Doctor, will be released in June as part of the BBC’s 50th-anniversary celebrations of their iconic science-fiction television series.
Barbara Bush on Jeb 2016: ‘We’ve had enough Bushes’ in WH by JohnThomas Didymus
Barbara Pierce Bush, 87, wife of George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the US, and “first mom,” when her son George W. Bush served as 43rd president, said on the “Today” show Thursday that she does not want to see her son Jeb Bush run for president.
Op-Ed: Could Manny Pacquiao rise again? by Leo Reyes
A few days after his devastating loss to Juan Manuel Marquez last December 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said the fight is not yet over as he assured his fans of his desire to continue fighting.
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The erosion of parental rights by the public school system by Robin Scott Dorf
I am so frustrated and angry tonight that I don’t even know how to truly write this post without sounding like a horrible person and/or a raving lunatic…
How Digital Journal may have been one step ahead of MSM by Robert Myles
On Tuesday this week I picked up a hint via my (personal) Facebook feed that a storm might be brewing in relation to…
Screwing us up every single day by Joseph Boltrukiewicz
This is my first crime report. The crime we see and experience everyday, the crime we are all affected by and the type…
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