Rachael Lee Articles
  • Florida's Attorney General Asks for State Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage

    Pamela Bondi, Florida’s Attorney General, has asked to move two same-sex marriage cases up to the state Supreme Court for a decision. The two cases had been pending in Florida’s Third District Court of Appeals. Though in both cases, judges ruled that the state’s 2008 ban on same-sex marriages to be ...
  • Parents of Hannah Graham Plead the Public to Help in Search of their Daughter

    Hannah Graham, an 18-year-old college student from University of Virginia, had gone missing a month ago, yet still remains missing. Graham was last seen in the early hours of September 13 as she was leaving a party. Her last form of communication was a text message to her friends at 1:20 AM, ...
  • Kim Jong Un Reappears to the Public after Period of Long Absence

    In the midst of much speculation about his health and the condition of the mysterious North Korea, Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance since September 3. On Tuesday local time, Kim appeared to the public giving “field guidance” at a new residential district called Wisong Scientists ...
  • Kent Brantly Encourages People to Not Fear Ebola in the U.S., but Focus on Situation in West Africa

    Dr. Kent Brantly, who had contracted the Ebola virus but recovered after receiving treatment, assured the public to not panic about Ebola in the U.S., but to instead shift the focus to those who are suffering in West Africa. Brantly, who had contracted the virus while he was serving as a missionary ...
  • First Ebola Transmission Occurs in the U.S.

    A nurse who had been treating the first patient to be diagnosed with and to die of Ebola within the U.S. has also contracted the virus and was diagnosed on Sunday, allegedly due to a breach in safety protocols. The nurse, which has not been identified in public, had been treating Thomas Eric ...
  • Two Suicide Bombings in Yemen Kill 70

    Two suicide bombings took place in Yemen on Thursday, killing 70 and wounding over 80. The first and more severe bombing took place at a gathering of Shiite Houthi rebels at Sana, the capital of Yemen. A man which reports say was about 20 years old blew the explosives that had been attached to ...
  • Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

    Malala Yousafzai, the young 17-year-old peace and education reform activist, and Kailash Styarthi, a 60-year-old activist who had been running campaigns to end child trafficking, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The award of $1.1 million will be split equally between the two ...
  • Interview with New Life Vision Church: Being the Bridge Between Generations

    Pastor Kiwon Suh has been serving the English congregation at New Life Vision Church (NLVC) for almost five years. However, his experience with the Korean American church goes beyond his pastoral experience. He has served in Korean American churches as a worship leader previous to becoming a ...
  • Lawsuit Filed to Extend Legal Personhood to Chimpanzee

    One of the most unusual cases has been filed and heard at an appellate court on Wednesday in the state of New York: to extend human rights to a chimpanzee. The case was filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) in defense of a 26-year-old chimpanzee named Tommy, saying that Tommy has been forced ...
  • ‘Atheist Church’ Expands Rapidly with 35 New Locations Launched in the U.S.

    On September 28, 35 new locations of the Sunday Assembly, a non-religious gathering that calls itself the atheist church, were launched across the United States. The Sunday Assembly, which has the positive and appealing motto, “Live Better, Help Often, and Wonder More,” was started in January 2013 ...
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