Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the College Board has announced a revamp of Advanced Placement (AP) testing. Keeping in line with recommendations for social distancing, there will be no in-person AP testing for the 2019-20 school year. Instead, students will have the opportunity to test online. Tests will be 45 minutes in length and can be taken at h...

On Thursday, March 19, McLean County Health Department Administrator Jessica McKnight reported the county's first case of COVID-19. The man, in his 70s, is in good condition and being treated in isolation at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal. Before this report, the impact of Coronavirus could be seen at the local level. As Americans grow...

Innovationation and excitement: two words that describe the 2018 Apple educational product launch held Tuesday at Chicago's Lane Tech High School.  “People with passion change the world,” said Tim Cook, Apple CEO, during his opening speech. It was made clear to spectators of this momentous occasion Apple’s passion for their new products could beg...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.1 tore through Mexico’s southern cities Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco claiming 95 lives and injuring 300, September 7. An estimated 1.5 million people were affected by the earthquake, with 41,000 homes damaged While still analyzing the damage from the quake, the country was struck by another natural disasters, Hurricane Katia, a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall north of Tecolutla, Mexico, on Friday, September 8. Mexico had been planning to offer aid to the victims of Hurricane Harvey, which hit land on August 25th in Texas....

Since the Baby Boomers started to vote consistently in the 1990s, that traditionally conservative population has had a controlling stake over the politics of America. The Baby Boomers' vote has resulted in a Republican controlled Congress for the majority of the last two decades. Yet, President Barack Obama succeeded in winning a Democratic vote in...