Hillary Clinton Email Scandals

Hillary Clinton

Yesterday Hilary Clinton came out to say that the new emails that were released were dated before she said that her private server was operational. She is quoted with saying, "There was about a month where I didn't have everything already on the server, and we went back, tried to recover whatever we could recover. I think it's also fair to say that there are some things about this that I just can't control. I can't control the technical aspects of it." Clinton is trying to fix the problems that these emails are causing because they are affecting her political poles. All of this is confusing because weeks ago she claimed that all the emails had been turned in. 
Hillary Clinton Explains Discrepancy In When She Began Using Private Email Server

Joyce Mitchell Sentenced

Joyce Mitchell

A former New York prison worker, Joyce Mitchell, is facing two to seven years in prison after helping two murderers escape. She pleaded guilty earlier this summer with providing tools to the murderers to help them escape from maximum security jail. The two escapes were caught, one was killed and the other was found wounded. Monday she got the sentence of the two to seven years in prison and is quoted with saying, "If I could take it back I would, but I can't".
New York Prison Worker Who Helped In Escape Faces Seven-Year Sentence

U.S. Born Poputlaiton

Citizenship and Immigration

Foreign born population has been growing very fast and "it could break a 125- year old record within the next decade." This information is from the Pew Research Center research that was finalized today. 13.7% of people living in the U.S. were born out of the country in 2015 and this number is projected to reach 14.9% by 2025. The previous highest was in 1890 with 4.8%. This is a "problem" talked about a lot with the presidential candidates, most are for adding more security to the borders and limiting immigration. It will be interesting to see what the country does under this circumstance and how they use these new numbers to make their points.
U.S. Born Population Nears High

Decline to Halt Execution

Angry Judge

On Monday morning a federal judge declined the "halt to the Tuesday's execution of the only women on death row". Her name is Kelly Renee Gissendanter and in 1997 was convicted of murdering her husband with the help of her lover. The lover got sentenced with life in jail while she is being sentenced to the death penalty. Kelly's lawyers tried to get the Judge to to consider a request that they filed in March, but the Judge did not take it. The lawyers plan to take it to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Declines to Halt Execution of Female Inmate in Georgia

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Logo

Volkswagen is facing a huge scandal because they have been "cheating admission tests in the United States according to the Environmental Protection Agency." On some of Volkswagen's diesel vehicles they placed a device that can detect when they are being tested and change the performance to improve adults. This is a problem because the engines release 40 times more nitrogen oxide pollutants that is allowed in the U.S. Volkswagen has come forward saying that they messed up and has recalled over 500,000 vehicles. This problem is turning many peoples heads, not only Volkswagen owners but also environmental activists.
Volkswagen: The Scandal Explained

Republican GOP Debate

All Republican Candidates in 2nd GOP Debate

Last night, Wednesday September 16th, the second republican presidential candidate debate occurred. In past candidate debates and other things Trump has taken over and controlled the entire thing, however this was not the case last night. Of course he got angry and trying to but the other candidates did not just standby this time. Every candidate made good points and none had any major mess ups. Fiorina was the most surprising candidate last night. She stood her ground and even began to take Trump down with his own words. Trump held his tongue much more than usual last night and was seen as a little more cordial. It will be interesting to see where the polls stand after last night and if Trump's following declined and if Fiornia's grew.
Carly Fiorina Delivers As Trump Takes Some Hits In GOP Debate

Homemade Clock Thought To Be Bomb

Ahmed Mohamed's Homemade Clock

On Monday September 14th a freshman from Irvin, Texas was arrested and sent to juvenile detention after bringing a clock that he made to school and it being misconstrued as a bomb. Ahmed Mohamed a Muslim 14 year old who has a passion for robotics brought a homemade clock made out of a pencil case and a circuit board  to school to impress his teachers. Ahmed was taken to the principles office later that day to be threatened with expulsion. He was out of juvenile detention with no charge but his story caught the attention of the media and even made it to the white house. People are upset about the stereotyping as well as the jump to conclusion that was a completely innocent act of a young, innocent boy.
Muslim 9th Grader Ahmed Mohamed Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to School