As the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics come to a close, many fans and commentators will miss the high-energy bobsled runs from the nation’s top contenders. The bobsleigh event took place over the course of a week, starting Feb. 18 and finishing the last day of the Olympics, Feb 25. There …
Read More »Self-driving technology company Waymo and Uber settle their court case
Google’s subsidiaries, Uber and Waymo, a self-driving technology company, found themselves in a San Francisco courthouse over accusations of stolen technology for self-driving cars. A three-week trial starting Feb. 5 concerning Uber vs. Waymo has come to an end. The two companies have agreed on a settlement to officially close …
Read More »Unheadlined: Rosie the Riveter dies at age 96
Unheadlined is a new section of the MC Sun that provides a brief overview of stories that did not make the weekly headlines. For centuries the iconic Rosie the Riveter poster has been used as a symbol of America’s welcoming of feminism. Over the years, a number of women were …
Read More »Earthquake in Alaska sends signals of potential tsunami
Alaskans were woken up on Tuesday Jan 23, at 12.32 a.m. by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska. Shortly after, sirens went off warning of a potential tsunami. The tsunami warning was not restricted to Alaska. It spread throughout all of British Columbia, from Washington to California, …
Read More »Unheadlined: Burning oil tanker sinks in East China Sea
Unheadlined is a new section of the MC Sun that provides a brief overview of stories that did not make the weekly headlines. Fear of an environmental disaster rises as the Sanchi, a burning oil tanker located in the East China Sea, has continued to leak oil since Jan. 6 …
Read More »Unheadlined: Idlib, Syria targeted with airstrike
Unheadlined is a new section of the MC Sun that provides a brief overview of stories that did not make the weekly headlines. On Sunday, Jan. 7, 40 people were reportedly killed due to explosions and suspected airstrikes in Idlib, Syria. As of March 27, 2015, the Fattah Army, a …
Read More »Inter Ikea faces tax troubles in Europe
On Tuesday, Dec. 19, Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner on commercial competition, announced the investigation of IKEA’s tax construction in the Netherlands. Suspected of evading up to a billion euros in taxes between 2009 and 2014, IKEA has established a unique financial system that allows them to pay less corporation tax. …
Read More »Vista Kicks live at the House of Blues
Young adults wearing flannels and ankle boots casually walked into the House of Blues on Dec. 13. The crowd stood still, anxiously waiting for the band Vista Kicks to perform their latest music from their 2017 album Booty Shakers Ball. Nodding their heads and swaying along to the opening acts, …
Read More »When Lo-Fi leaves the bedroom
A different type of angelic voice was singing in the old church that night and people swarmed into the room as if it were a Sunday meeting. Musicians Laura Morgan and Jordan Shih, from Orlando, FL, came together four years ago to create an indie pop duo called SALES. The …
Read More »North Korea sends an eerie gift to Japan
A series of mysterious boats filled with human skeletons and bodies have washed up on the eastern shore of Japan, thought to be from North Korea. Named “ghost ships,” for their eerie sights, the severely damaged vessels arrive day after day, the first, on Nov. 18 with three bodies …
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