Brawl in Waco, TX

The night of Sunday May 17, 2015 produced a quite different scene for the usual inhabitants of the college town of Waco Texas. On Sunday night at the local bar and grill of twin peaks the inhabitants were met by five rival motorcycle gangs, which soon turned into a deadly brawl. These rival motorcycle gangs turned the south Texas town into a bloody battle scene, rendering nine deceased bikers and eighteen others injured. This cross town biker feud has been brooding for years and the bitterness of the gang members unleashed into an all out bar and parking lot battle with weapons from guns to knives, chains, and clubs. As many as 192 other bikers and fighters are facing organized crime charges thus aiming to distinguish the biker feud.

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ISIS Takes Important Iraq City

ISIS militants have recently taken over most of Ramadi and Anbar in Iraq, despite the U.S. led air attacks trying to stop them. Since June of 2014, when the ISIS seized Mosul, Ramadi is the first important city seized in these recent attacks. The ISIS is a terrorist organization, currently traveling through Iraq taking over cities and placing their flag at the government headquarters in each city. Due to the chaotic invasion, government officials apparently have requested help from the tribal group the Shia. However, the government has been warned that Sunni tribal allies might retaliate. Ramadi is home to 500,000 and is considered a key area of Sunni dissent against the Iraqi government. The war against ISIS continues in Iraq with America’s help.

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Former Egyptian President Given Death Sentence

Mohamed Morsy, the leader of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood, was elected the fifth president and first democratically elected president of Egypt from 2012 to 2013 then removed in June of 2013 by the Egyptian coup d’etat. In April of 2015 Morsy was sentenced to 20 years of prison for the arrest and torture of protesters in the Cairo uprising of 2012. A month later, on May 16th, 2015 Morsy was sentenced to death, on charges of breaking out of prison during the 2011 Arab Springs uprisings. His original verdict is currently under review by the Grand Mufti, Egypt’s highest religious authority, although this final jury’s decision isn’t legally binding, this final jury is traditionally held by the court. A final verdict based on the previous trials and Morsy’s innocence and life will be released on June 2nd.

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The Rohingyas

In the Andaman Sea, just south of Myanmar and Thailand sit thousands of stranded and desperate Rohingya Migrants from Myanmar. Rohingya people are Muslims living in Myanmar who have a history of persecution. The Rohingya migrants are stranded in the Andaman Sea to escape Myanmar persecution and man slaughter, most of the migrants are woman and children hoping to find refuge in nearby Malaysia or Thailand. Both Malaysia and Thailand have begun to refuse the immigrants due to an abundance of previous Rohingya migrants and supposed overcrowding of this particular group. Malaysian officials claim that some stranded on the Andaman seas are also economic refugees from Bangladesh thus they are not permitting the refugees, however most are the minority Muslim Rohingya people of Northwest Myanmar, stranded and searching for solace. 

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Kayne West Earns Honorary Doctorate

Kanye West, a pop music icon graduated high School and was enrolled at Chicago’s American Academy of Art but dropped out in 1999 because he claimed that his collegiate studies were deterring him from being able to excel as a rap artist. Dropping out of College was much to his mother Donda West’s, a college professor, disapproval, this disapproval and the story of his schooling was a huge factor of the success of his albums such as College Dropout, a concept album about him dropping out of college. His mother died from complications of the heart in 2007 and as an ode to his beloved mother, and after accomplishing wild amounts of fame West re-enrolled at Chicago’s Academy of Art and graduated with an honorary doctoral degree on May 12th, 2015. Lisa Wainwright, the dean of faculty had nothing but praise for Mr. West, she stated "here is this major figure in the cultural landscape promoting art school".

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Fowler Wins the Players Championship

The Players Championship concluded Sunday night after a thrilling 3 hole playoff and sudden death. Although the Players is not considered one of the 4 major championships, it is often times referred to as the "5th major". Rickie Fowler, Sergio Garcia, and Kevin Kisner all finished the tournament tied for 1st at 12 strokes under par. This began an aggregate 3 hole playoff in which both Fowler and Kisner birdied hole 17 and were tied ahead of Sergio after the 18th. Fowler and Kisner had now advanced into a sudden death playoff beginning on the iconic par-3 17th. Fowler beautiful tee shot set him up for birdie and the championship. Fowler's ascent to the playoff was nothing short of extraordinary. He finished the last 4 holes with birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie. Fowler's victory quiets his critics because it comes immediately after being voted as the most overrated player on the tour. 

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Terrorist Attack in Garland

Two Phoenix roommates, seemingly linked to ISIS, attacked an American Freedom Defense Initiative cartoon drawing competition. The event was held in Garland, Texas, and was a contest on the best drawing of the prophet Mohammed. Any drawing of the prophet Mohammed is a considered sacrilegious in Islamic religion. The American Freedom Defense Initiative is an active anti-Muslim group.  The two terrorists were armed with assault rifles but couldn’t get past the first line of security. The police officer that was on duty fatally shot the two men with his pistol. No one at the event was killed thanks to the success of the officer, but unfortunately a security guard was wounded. The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a statement chastising the terrorists, declaring, “Bigoted speech can never be an excuse for violence”.

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