This week in the news:March 18th – 24th

Fentanyl linked deaths have skyrocketed since 2013 in the U.S. according to a report released Thursday by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention as the opioid epidemic rages on. According to Merianne Rose Spencer, a statistician for the CDC, from the years of 2013-2016, fentanyl-related deaths have increased 113%. Men reportedly are dying nearly three times the rate of women from fentanyl-r...

Venezuela’s weeklong power outages have finally come to an end after the country endured extensive looting, deaths, food shortages, and chaos in a country that has been in crisis for years already. The major opposition leader to Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, Juan Guaido, said to CNN, “(Venezuela is) in the middle of a catastrophe… (that’s) the product of the inefficiency, the incapability,...

New Zealand will ban all types of semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles following the deadly shooting that killed 50 people at two different mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Prime Minister, Jacinda Arden, said in a news conference “Six days after this attack, we are announcing a ban on all military style semi-automatics and assault rifles in New Zealand.” She continued saying,"Our...