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In August, Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte (left) and three other
swimmers claimed that they were held up in a Rio gas station. Police
later found video evidence proving that they had intentionally
vandalized the gas station bathroom while drunk, and were not
actually robbed. Lochte came forw ard and confessed that he had
exaggerated the story. As a result Lochte was suspended from all
swimming competitions until July 2017, with his accomplices receiving
four months.

une 12, 29 year-old security guard O m ar M ateen opened
at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 4 9
and wounding 53. He was shot and killed by O rlando
after a three and a half hour stand off. It was also the
iest terror attack in the U.S. since 9/11.

In 2014, the city of Flint, Michigan
switched their source of drinking water to
the cost effective Flint River. The river,
however, was contaminated and the
w ater tested positive for dangerous levels
of lead and other toxicities. A fter much
help, the crisis in Flint is starting to look
better. Pictured left is a bottle of Flint
water.

Just tw o days into his presidency, Donald Trump
Fidel Castro (right), the announced his intent to resume construction on the
defiant former leader of controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. Former President
Cuba died at age 9 0 in Obam a had previously suspended construction on the
November. pipeline after numerous protests by the Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe and their supporters.

Tyler Cherrington, a 2015
alumnus of Ralston High School
In January, Charleston Church
Shooter Dylann Roof was sentenced was killed in a car crash in late
February. She sadly passed
to death by lethal injection for
numerous murder and hate crime aw ay on scene after her SUV
charges. collided with a semi-truck. M a y
she rest in peace.