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Shattering News!

Just in case your head is stuck in a bush.

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I feel like I have been living under a rock, these past few weeks. I have been so busy with school and extracurricular activities that I haven’t been paying attention to current events happening around me. In high school, one of my day-to-day hobbies, was to surf through Yahoo!’s news tab, but I have not done that this year. So when I finished my midterms, I decided to search the web today, for some interesting and insightful news. These were my top five findings:

1. Casey Anthony is pregnant?

It is still not 100 percent confirmed, but apparently Casey Anthony is expecting. For those of you who need a recap, she was the lady who was found not guilty for first-degree murder. In 2008, her daughter Caylee was reported missing and there was a lead that it was her allegedly her mother, Casey, who murdered her. Not that there is anything wrong in being pregnant, but can we go over the fact that there were leads that she may have murdered her own child?

2. Jeb Bush, where you at?

In recent political news, "jebbush.com" automatically redirects to Donald Trump’s website. It has not yet been proven if this was Trump’s doing, but according to CNN, this domain was on sale for $250,000. Many other candidates have had fake websites trying to sabotage their campaign too. Trump, was that you? And now, Jeb has dropped out.

3. Rest In Peace, Harper Lee

Harper Lee, the author of the timeless classic, “To Kill a Mockingbird," passed away in her sleep at age 89. It was confirmed on Friday, February 19, 2016, by the City Hall in Monroeville, Alabama. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a book that is still cherished and has affected my values a lot. I still remember reading it for the very first time in eighth grade. Rest in peace, Harper Lee; you will be missed.

4. A backdoor to iPhone?

There has been information that has recently resurfaced that FBI wants to crack into one of the San Bernardino shooters' iPhone. However, after 10 attempts on cracking a passcode, an iPhone is subject to wipe itself. To prevent this, the FBI wants Tom Cook, CEO of Apple, to create a backdoor to get access to the information stored in iPhones. According to the All Writs Act of 1789, the government is allowed to ask for such requests. Tim Cook is fighting against this because it could be handed to the wrong people, risking the privacy of all iPhone users.

5. #FreeKesha

On Friday, February 19, 2016, a Manhattan Supreme Court judge would not let Kesha end her “six album” deal with Sony Records. Kesha wanted to break the contract because she claims she was allegedly drugged and raped by her producer, Luke Gottwald (he was not charged). Though Sony is offering to let her switch producers, she is afraid her music won’t be endorsed as much, and is still afraid to be in the same company as Dr. Luke.

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