By Christopher Sullivan CASTAIC, Calif. (mocsnews.com) – California was faced with a large wildfire Saturday evening that broke out near Los Angeles. The fire was pushed through dry brush and across Interstate 5 by 15mph winds. The fire ended up burning nearly 400 acres by the time the Los Angeles …
Read More »California Wildfire Shuts Down Freeway
By Grace James CASTAIC, Calif. (mocsnews.com) — A wildfire broke out Saturday near Castaic, resulting in the California Highway Patrol’s closure of Interstate 5 in both directions, according to officials. The fire, known as the Route Fire, was reported by The U.S. Forest Service shortly before 5 p.m. The Route …
Read More »Critical Race Theory in a divided America
By Stephen Lloyd WASHINGTON D.C. (mocsnews.com) – Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been around since the 1970s and has recently entered the political spotlight in 2020 with the former president, Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13950 titled, “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping”. Which has since been revoked by the current president, …
Read More »Could Police Funding Be Used More Effectively?
By Maria Illarramendi CHATTANOOGA , TENN (mocsnews.com) – Recently, with the deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Daunte Wright there has been a lot of speculation on how police funding is being handled. This is widely being considered now because of the recent decision of Minneapolis to disband their …
Read More »Public universities and their students battle over mandates for the Covid-19 vaccine
By Stephen Lloyd Kayla Stissel, a first-year student at the University of Florida, gets her first COVID-19 vaccine from UF nursing student Taylor Collins at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville on April 5, 2021. Brad McClenny ATLANTA, GA (mocsnews.com) – As nearly half of the adult United States population …
Read More »NASA Set to Launch Two New Robotic Missions to Venus by 2028
By KIMBERLY MERFERT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (mocsnews.com) – Over three decades after NASA sent the spacecraft Magellan into Venus’s orbit in 1989, NASA is returning to hot, humid Venus, Earth’s closest, most ignored neighbor in the solar system. During his first address to NASA employees on Wednesday, Bill Nelson, the …
Read More »Princess Diana’s wedding dress goes on display in London.
By Jessica Coco | mocsnews.com The dress Princess Diana walked down the aisle in nearly 40 years ago is on display at the late princess’s former London home. The taffeta-ruffled white dress designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel. Its 25-foot (8 meters) sequin-encrusted train helped give the fairytale …
Read More »Trump Impeachment Trial Designated an Act of ‘Political Theater’
WASHINGTON, D.C. (mocsnews.com) — Lawyers of former President Donald Trump label the impeachment case as an act of “political theater” while accusing House Democrats of exploiting their trauma for the advancement of their party. Preparing for the trial of their careers, defenders are ready to challenge both the constitutionality of …
Read More »Colorado shooting suspect passed check in legal gun purchase
By PATTY NIEBERG and JAMES ANDERSON Associated PressBOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The suspect in the Colorado supermarket shootings bought a firearm at a local gun store after passing a background check, and he also had a second weapon with him that he didn’t use in the attack that killed 10 …
Read More »Economic Impact Payment Eligibility Shifts to Include Adult Dependents
CHATTANOOGA, TN (mocsnews.com) — A third round of Economic Impact Payments, EIP3, will take effect in March. President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan aims to develop a national vaccination program, reopen schools, deliver immediate relief to working families, and support struggling communities. One of the notable changes from the previous stimulus payments, referred to as EIP1 and EIP2, …
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