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Team USA and Simone Biles Dominate in Gymnastics Competition
The U.S. gymnastics team took the spotlight this year as Simone Biles led the group to the gold. Oddsmakers ranked team USA as having a 94% chance to win the gold before they even took to the mats, mostly due to the star of the team, Simone. Nastia Liukin, the 2008 Olympic champion, anticipated the…
How ISIS Uses Social Media to Grow Numbers
The Internet: a New Battleground Against Terrorism Since the Islamic State’s (ISIS) dramatic rise to power in 2014, one of the group’s more disquieting successes has been its ability to use social media as a means of creating and disseminating propaganda, recruiting followers, and inspiring terrorist attacks. Now, more than ever, this is an…
It’s Time to Celebrate World Elephant Day!
What is World Elephant Day? World Elephant Day, acknowledged worldwide on August 12, is an annual day of recognition concerning the urgent plight facing the world’s elephant populations. The purpose of the day is to educate the general public about the need for elephant conservation. Both African and Asian elephants are included on the list…
Millions of Tickets Still Available for Olympic Events
The 2016 Rio Summer Olympics may already be underway, but it is not too late to watch the Olympics live and in person. Just hours prior to the start of the opening ceremonies, more than a million tickets still remained unsold for many of the major events. Currently, only the most popular Brazilian sports, including…
