Merriam-Webster announced that their 2020 word of the year is “pandemic.” This decision is based on statistical analysis that shows the word “pandemic” was one of the most searched words of 2020. At the top of 2020, nobody could have envisioned the way in which the word “pandemic” would take such precedence across the globe. When COVID-19 began to devastate the world in March, it changed the course of history as we know it. Merriem- Webster’s editor at large, Peter Solowski i

We've heard some incredible stories regarding women giving birth and having to push through some severe obstacles. But none quite like Monique Jones of Ferguson Missouri. Jones was admitted to the ICU on Sept. 4, after not feeling well and struggling to breathe. At this time, Jones was 26-weeks pregnant expecting her second child. Jones says that as her condition worsened, things began to look more scary. Doctors approached her about signing a consent form, allowing them to d

Microsoft Meetings announced new features that will start soon. On November 30, the best-based version of Microsoft Teams will stop working with IE 11. Though almost everyone uses Google Chrome, people still use Internet Explorer 11 till this day. According to Express, the Windows 10 makers announced this big Microsoft Teams change earlier this year, and it appears to all be part of a push to move Internet Explorer 11 users onto Edge. Along with losing Microsoft Teams on IE11

The NFL has issued a shutdown of all team facilities in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 amongst staff and players. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sent the memo late Friday night, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero tweeted the page-long memo which stated in-person meetings are prohibited on Monday and Tuesday and must be held virtually. Tom Pelissero Tweeted: “The NFL informed clubs all in-person team activities will be prohibited this coming Monday and Tuesday — a mitigation me

The Walt Disney Co. has announced plans to lay off 4,000 more employees due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement came by way of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing earlier this week. The company revealed 32,000 employees at the parks, experiences and products division will be terminated in the first half of fiscal year 2021. This is not the beginning of Walt Disney’s mass firings, back in September nearly 28,00 theme park workers were termina

Houston, Texas rapper KenTheMan is next up. Well, some might say she’s already there. This H-Town lyricist is taking over radio waves across the nation with two of her most popular songs from her project “4 da 304’s”. The songs that have 2020 ending on a high note for this artist are “He Be Like” and “IDGAF” which are songs for people who want to feel a sense of empowerment when it comes to dating. KenTheMan commands both of these records with her distinct voice and raw lyric

After 35-years in the field, Iris Meda retired from nursing in January. Two months later, the coronavirus pandemic devastated the nation in unprecedented fashion. Iris felt that it was her duty to come out of retirement to train the future nurses, who would be on the frontlines of this virus. Meda would teach the basics at Collin College in Dallas. From the very beginning, healthcare officials stressed the vulnerability that the elderly have to this virus. Senior citizens wer

The San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program is one of the largest and oldest programs of its kind, the program has been in operation since 1949. They distribute about 200,000 toys to an estimated 40,000 disadvantaged children each year. This year however, thieves have set out to ruin the Christmas spirit - after thousands of dollars worth of donated toys appear to have gone missing. Sally Casazza of the San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program arrived at a shipping container whe

A sonic Drive-in became the site of a fatal shooting in Nebraska late Saturday night. The suspect, 23-year old Roberto Carlos Silva Jr. of Omaha was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson. Here’s how the devastating events unfold. Silva was arrested on Wednesday for identity theft at the same Sonic restaurant. He allegedly used the Sonic app to order $57 worth of hamburgers and corn dogs, according to the World-Herald. Police seized

One of the five teens who were wrongfully imprisoned in the highly publicized 1989 “Central Park jogger” case, is penning a memoir scheduled to be released in the Spring. Dr. Yusef Salaam's new memoir is titled “Better, Not Bitter: Living On Purpose in The Pursuit of Racial Justice.” The publisher, ‘Grand Central Publishing’ describes Dr. Salaam’s memoir as a “candid and poignant look at the life of an American citizen, born and raised in Harlem, New York who was accused and