Author: Katie Arnold

Officials say “Three Islamic State suicide bombers targeted a police base in Iraq’s western Anbar province with explosives-laden Humvees on Monday, killing at least 41 police and Shiite militiamen.” The attack took place Monday and around S-held provincial capital, Ramadi. The police base being the target caused a secondary explosion from the ammunition depot. Another 63 officers were injured in the attack according to Hospital officials who were able to confirm the amount of casualties from the attack. However, they are not allowed to brief the media on what happened and had to be vague about the attacks. A similar…

The Obama administration and the Environmental Protection Agency have come together to create a new Clean Water Rule. According to U.S. News the original Clean Water Act that was enacted in 1972, “granted the federal government broad powers to limit pollution in so-called ‘navigable’ waterways like the Great Lakes and the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. A pair of Supreme Court Decisions in 2001 and 2006, however, muddied the waters, making it unclear whether the act also covered smaller bodies like groundwater, headwaters, streams and wetlands that feed those larger waterways.” With this new rule the EPA is able to protect…

According to CNN, “A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied a request from Justice Department lawyers to allow President Barack Obama’s controversial immigration actions to go into effect pending appeal.” This is a setback for the Obama administration who wanted to pass an immigration reform to make undocumented immigrants protection from being deported. The program was announced that it would go through executive action by Obama back in November. However, Texas and 25 other states want to sue the administration  because they felt that this move would be unconstitutional. In February a judge  ruled that the program should be put…

Whole Foods sells organic and healthy food, premium products for premium prices. Since the store has pretty high prices a lot of the younger demographic like to refer to Whole Foods as “Whole Paycheck”. To try and fix this Whole Foods has announced they will be opening newer and smaller stores that are targeted at millennials. The grocery store chain wishes to add some new technology, so they reduce the prices and will attract the attention of millennials. With competition such as Trader Joe’s, Kroger, and even Walmart, Whole Foods has been taking a hit from the younger demographic. However,…