Route 91 Harvest Shooting

On the night of Sunday, October 1, a 64-year old gunman opened fire on a crowd of 22,000 concert goers in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

59 people were killed (victims: 36 women, 22 men), including the male shooter, and over 500 people…

Snapchat IPO

Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, began trading on March 2nd after an initial public offering priced 200 million shares at $17…

Trans-Pacific Partnership

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a multilateral trade agreement of Pacific Rim nations, with the notable…

Milo Yiannopoulos

Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos announced his resignation from Breitbart News on February 21st, where he served as a…

Paris Climate Agreement

In 1992 at an Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…

Yuan Crude Contract

China launched a yuan-denominated crude oil contract which began trading on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange…

Google $2.7B Fine

Google was fined a record 2.4 billion euros ($2.7 billion) by European antitrust officials on June 27. The fine was levied…

2017 Special Elections

Special elections to the U.S. Congress are called by state governors to fill a congressional vacancy for reasons of…

DNC Chairman Tom Perez

On February 25th, Tom Perez won the 2017 Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairmanship election. Perez, the former…