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Caster Semenya from South Africa who is a middle distance runner recently lost her battle in court about her above regulation hormone levels. World Athletics has requirements that Semenya doesn't meet as she has naturally high testosterone levels. They have informed her to able to compete in the olympics she will need to lower them. Her statement on the issue "Excluding female athletes or endangering our health solely because of our natural abilities puts World Athletics on the wrong side of history."

A long time running reality television show favorite is ending after their 20th season 'Keeping up with the Kardashians' is finally ending. Comments from E! or anyone from the Kardashian-Jenner clan have not been released except for a short tweet by Kim Kardashian thanking them for being their partner for so long. NBCUniversal said "We'll forever cherish the wonderful memories and countless people we've met along the way." This popular show going off air is said to show how the world of television is evolving because "their relevance is on social media and snapchat. Not television."

California awoke to a dreamlike orange sky which some described as a apocalyptic erie feeling. The orange sky is due to the record heat wave slamming the bay area and fueling local fires throughout the state. Many citizens were concerned about air quality and danger of going out in it. However, meteorologists explained that even though it may look like the air quality is very low that it is 'not as bad as it looks.'

Ellen has been a long time talk show host favorite and an inspiration to the LGBT community. However, she's been in the hot seat for her so called hostile work environment facing multiple accusations by employees that she is rude and discriminating. She will address the scandal at beginning of the shows 18th season return that will start up at the end of the month. Ellen in a recent interviews stated that "I can't wait to get back to work and back to our studio. And yes, we're gonna talk about it."

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4- Hometown Hard News

Hometown News: The town I grew up in isn't all that exciting I will have to admit. The only reason some may have even heard of Vilonia, Arkansas is the large tornado that hit a few years back that killed over 15 people and President Obama flew in to our small town. With a population of 4,650 there isn't much news to report. With that being said I decided to do a neighboring town that is only about 15 minutes from my house. Conway has a population of 66,426 and has plenty of news to cover. The Conway Police Department was finally able to find a man who was involved in a string of thefts that occurred August 17th through the 30th. The man was 23 year old Jonathan Tyler Christie who is a resident of Faulkner Country. Once in custody he admitted to stealing a multitude of items including two jet skis, two Honda four wheelers, a U-Haul dolly, and camping supplies. He was caught by Police after they were told to look for the silver minivan shown above that had been spotted ...

5- Hometown Feature News:

Hometown Feature News: Feature news these days revolve around the same group of issues. Simply put, our world is a hot mess whether it be natural disasters or inequality. The same issues are occurring around the United States how are different places handling COVID-19. The state of Arkansas has reported 616 new cases of Coronavirus reporting over 6,706 active cases throughout the state. Out of those there are currently 97 on ventilators which is 12 more than last week. Over the weekend 15 Arkansas residents died from COVID-19 and there were 59 new cases in Faulkner Country this week. Governor Hutchinson in his weekly coverage stated that "We continue to see good testing numbers in Arkansas. Our antigen testing has already exceeded our monthly goal and our PCR testing is on pace to do the same. The Arkansas Department of Health continues to do outstanding work in identifying and tracing COVID-19 across the state." Multiple news ideas have been exchanged about COVID-19 preca...

11 - Civics

The World of Civics: It has been a very long time since I've discussed and learned about the topic of civics. I remember taking the course back in 9th grade. We learned multiple duties that involved important things to know as a citizen. We even had a mock trial where everyone was designed to teach us about the court system and your role in the judicial system. I believe that teachers should continue to teach students major points in the topic of civics. Civics is defined as the study of rights and duties of citizenship. I wanted to take a look at the link that Professor Reppert sent out on the young activist who is pushing to lower the voting age to 16. Tyler Okeke is 19 years old and is among a group of young people who have taken the initiative to protest lowering the voting age. For the longest time people ages 18-29 were one of the lowest voting groups but recently that has been on the rise. Especially throughout the past few months these young people (Gen Z) have been pushin...

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