News Briefs
Patrick Brown, Associate Writer
International
Suicide Bombers
March 25 seemed completely normal at first, but ended in more than 25 deaths and 90 injured. The incident occurred at a soccer stadium to celebrate a championship for a popular Iraqi soccer team. While the team was celebrating and getting their trophies, a suicide bomber released a bomb inside the stadium. The tragedy happened less than a week after the bombings in Brussels. ISIS has claimed responsibility for both attacks and countries around the world are beefing up security in every aspect.
Satellite going out of control
Japan was on a breakthrough of scientific proportions and on its way to huge scientific success last month with the launch of Hitomi. Hitomi, which means “the pupil of the eye,” was launched in February and designed to study energetic space objects, such as black holes and galaxy clusters. However, this mission is failing and failing fast. Some scientists think that a gas leak has occurred; however, no one knows due to the loss of communication with the satellite. Scientists are working as hard as they can in order to get data back on what is going wrong.
National
Trump’s aide is arrested
Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump’s campaign manager, has been charged with assault to a journalist at a campaign rally. Former Breibart reporter Michelle Fields was the one who brought the accusation, of an incident that was supposed to have occurred on March 8, to light. Trump did release a statement saying, “Mr. Lewandowski is absolutely innocent of this charge, he is completely confident that he will be exonerated.” Trump also tweeted, “Wow, Corey Lewandowski, my campaign manager and a very decent man, was just charged with assaulting a reporter. Look at tapes-nothing there!” Lewandowski is planning to plea not guilty; his trial date has yet to be released.
FBI: We Don’t Need Apple
After months and months of talks and debates between the privacy regarding Apple messages and the FBI trying to receive information about the messages, the FBI got its way. The FBI was able to get into the phone of the deceased terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook. However, Apple never changed its encryption policies on its phones, even for special occasions. A third party helped the FBI learn how to hack into his phone and was able to read the messages that were in the phone.
Local
The Mermaids are Back
For the third year in a row, the South Carolina Aquarium has introduced a week-long attraction for customers to view. For one week, you can see mermaids swimming with over 100 fishes. This has been a draw that boosts the attendance at the South Carolina Aquarium and has increasedattendance by 10 percent per year. People around the area love the attraction and they have said that they want the attraction to be a yearly event for the aquarium. No word yet on whether or not the aquarium will continue this promotion.
Officer Glenn Jacobs
Officer Glenn Jacobs was laid to rest this past week after he was killed in the line of duty. Thousands of people from all around Greenville County came to the funeral in support of the fallen officer. While the casket was being driven to its final resting spot, the Fire Department held up American flags as a sign of respect. Others stood on the side of the road to pay their respects to Jacobs.
