This week in the news: March 11th

A pedestrian bridge in Miami, Florida collapsed Thursday killing at least six and injuring more. The collapse happened around 1:30 Thursday afternoon nearby Florida International’s University. Cars underneath the bridge, along with construction workforces completing the unfinished bridge were both present at the time of the ruin. Alavaro Zabaleta, a spokesperson for the Miami police department...

Stephen Hawking, a world-renowned physicist, died last Wednesday at his home in Cambridge at the age of 76. Stephen Hawking, known for his work on singularities and black holes, was a career scientist and researcher at the University of Cambridge. He wrote the novel A Brief History of Time, about everything from the Big Bang theory to black holes, which stayed on the British Sunday Times best seller...

Democrat Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania won a house seat by slim margins this week in a district won by Trump two years prior. Pennsylvania voted in a special election, which is used in case of “emergency” such as a death or resignation. The spot was opened, due to a scandal of the former representative Tim Murphy, after his resignation. Conor Lamb won 49.8% of the votes, with Republican Rick...

Rex Tillerson has been ousted as Secretary of State this week, adding to the long list of resignations and firings in Trump’s White House. Tillerson is set to be replaced by Mike Pompeo, the current C.I.A. director. John Kelly, who told Tillerson to return from his Africa trip stating he may “get a tweet,” warned him earlier last week. The first news of his departure was broadcasted on Trump’s...

Special Counsel Robert Mueller subpoenaed the Trump organization to hand over documents related to the Russian investigation over the last several weeks. The amount of documents being asked is unknown, but comes after Mueller has appeared to widen his investigation to foreign money such as his questioning of a United Arab Emirates advisor. Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated during her press briefing...