Ellen DeGeneres is going to receive the second-ever Carol Burnett Award this year at the Golden Globe Awards.  Last January, at the 76th Golden Globes Awards, trailblazing comedian, actress, singer, and writer Carol Burnett was presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association with the very first...

Wantagh High School’s Advanced Drama troupe put on a production of “Rent: School Edition,” a version of the hit Broadway rock musical, November 20-24. Mrs. Naughton directed, as usual. The performers all did a remarkable job filling the characters of the show with energy and enthusiasm as they...

As the most populous nation in the world, China is home to a plethora of ethnic groups. Though 91%, or over 1 billion, of China’s people are Han Chinese, the smaller ethnic groups in China still account for millions of the population because of how large China is. One of these groups is the Uyghur...

Over the summer, you probably saw countless memes and posts on your social media feeds talking about a September storming of Area 51, a top-secret base, which gained notoriety in the 1980’s for its alleged connection to aliens. Area 51 is a United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada...

Do consumers realize how plastic affects our earth? Most teens really don’t think about the consequences of using plastic water bottles, plastic bags or straws. There is so much plastic in landfills and oceans. These plastic items have a terrible impact on marine life, such as turtles.  Over one...