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  • Collapsed glacier causes flood in north-central Nepal

    Collapsed glacier causes flood in north-central Nepal

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    • September 15, 2026

    On Wednesday, Aug. 26, a massive flood and avalanche of debris devastated parts of northern Nepal. Over 1300 deaths have been recorded, and nearly 5000 are reported missing. Critical infrastructure and entire towns were destroyed, including Gyirong Port border crossing between Nepal and Tibet.  Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital and largest city with a population of around

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  • Iran War Propagates Conflict in the Middle East

    Iran War Propagates Conflict in the Middle East

    On Feb. 28, the United States and Israel launched coordinated airstrikes on Iran, killing supreme leader Ali Khamenei as well as several high-ranking Iranian generals. Khamenei’s body was found in his compound in Tehran, Iran’s capital and largest city.  Afterwards, Iran launched retaliatory strikes against Israel, targeting sites in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Bet Shemesh,

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  • Today’s Tech: Los Angeles Trial puts social media companies under fire for intentionally designing addictive software

    Today’s Tech: Los Angeles Trial puts social media companies under fire for intentionally designing addictive software

    After nearly five weeks of testimony, a Los Angeles civil trial examining whether large major social media platforms, such as Instagram, were being deliberately designed to draw in young users and attempt to addict them to the software, has nearly reached its end. The trial centers around a 20-year-old woman anonymously identified in court at

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  • LGBTQIA+ rights bill showing the impact of Pennsylvania’s divided legislature

    LGBTQIA+ rights bill showing the impact of Pennsylvania’s divided legislature

    Same-sex marriage is, technically, still illegal in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015 invalidated all state laws banning same-sex marriage. Despite this, Pennsylvania’s law defining marriage as a civil contract between one man and one woman only remains on the books. Lawmakers wishing to change this, and formally recognize

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  • Steady trend of tuition increases for Elizabethtown College students

    Steady trend of tuition increases for Elizabethtown College students

    Elizabethtown College’s tuition will be increasing by 3.25% for the 2026-2027 academic year. That would amount to a difference of more than $1,000 from the current annual tuition price of $38,370. This increase was announced in an email set to students on Feb. 25 by President Betty Rider outlining the actions taken by a voting

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  • A look at Elizabethtown College’s newest minor

    A look at Elizabethtown College’s newest minor

    Added in the fall semester to the more than 100 minors offered at Elizabethtown College was the Transformative Justice minor, an interdisciplinary program focused on the analysis of systemic disparities and marginalization of racial and other societal minorities. “We wanted it to be more than just learning content,” Associate Professor of Education and minor advisor

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