On June 16, an apartment balcony collapsed during a 21-birthday-party in Berkeley, leading to the death of six students.  Seven other students were injured and hospitalized. Among the students killed, five were Irish students (the other was a young women from California). …

National News: Nobel Prize winner of 1994 for mathematics, John Nash, , was killed in a car accident along with his wife on Saturday, May 23, aged 86. His life accomplishments included developing theories in computational mathematics, game theory, evolutionary biology, and …

The Silicon Valley mourns the death of Dave Goldberg, chief executive of online development SurveyMonkey, who died of head trauma and blood loss on May 1, 2015. Mr. Goldberg, 47, was on a family vacation at the Four Seasons Resort in Punta …

Baltimore protesters who were angry at the death of 25 year-old Freddie Gray destroyed cars, windows, and other objects. Among those, 12 were arrested. They argue that Gray did not receive timely medical treatment after he was arrested. His spinal cord was …

Nepal experienced an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude on Saturday, 2:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time. To put in perspective, the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake had a magnitude of 6.9 as compared to this one with a 7.8 magnitude. Around half an hour later, …

By Cherri Wang We all started as immigrants. America is essentially a nation of newcomers that promises freedom. Yet despite the origins of this country, discrimination is still prevalent throughout. As a Chinese-American, I have experienced the all of the stereotypical and …

 Audience, are you ready? It’s almost time. Appraisers, are you ready? My stomach is full of butterflies. Team, are you ready? Yes! My nervousness disappears as my team and I begin to set up for our performance, singing as we walk onto …

Matt Finders is a trombonist and former member of Jay Leno Band on Tonight Show. He performed in several big bands and major musical productions on Broadway. I decided to interview Mr. Finders as a successful musician to understand more about music …

By: Shannon Yan The Success of Rainbow Loom They started popping up everywhere. The colorful bracelets constructed out of carefully woven rubber bands. Tons of people are wearing them, mostly kids in elementary school, but a few adults too. Publicity is everywhere too; …

By Shannon Yan There are myriad great people that others look up to. Mom and dad are my role models. My dad is a sea turtle, which means that he works and lives in a different country. My dad lives in China, …