Talor Murphy, Current Events reporter, 2/16/2026

China, a wonderful, wonderful place, full of wonders and lights, Lunar New Year, and parades, to help lost souls. Did you know that a lot of lights are used for all of those? Teamwork is key to success, and this is what China's doing.

 Well, not all of China. People love celebrations, and people and towns make celebrations. Sorry, I meant that the town makes all of the Chinese celebration lanterns. ONE TOWN. MAKING 90% OF ALL LANTERNS. Isn't that surprising?

 Well, if you've been to China, you've probably seen lanterns. They're pretty bright, as well as the town. The name you ask?... Tuntou Village, down in Hebei Province.

 This village has been making lanterns since the 1800's! Imagine that, well, other traditions have been longer! But this is ONE town, that's like, 1000 years if it were a country! 

And the most asked questions. How much is made a year? Well, my answer is 100,000,000. That's right, eight zeros. Also known as 100 Million! A YEAR??!! And that is about 2 billion yuan. ALSO KNOWN AS $289,981,151.23 MILLION. 

You know, China. A populated country with tons of lanterns. Wait, this sounds like a movie. "1 city, 1 billion lanterns." Coming soon this August. It's amazing what one town is doing!

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15x38x7z8xo

https://www.aol.com/articles/little-town-making-nearly-chinas-052808433.html

Talor Murphy, Current Events reporter, 3/10/2026

Imagine you're a 39-year-old guy living in Alabama. You have a hungry, starving family you have to feed. You have a home - barely -, but you're alive. All of your options are gone. No more "Borrowing" Money, you can't get a job. Just one option left. Rob the store.

 Now imagine 36 years later, YOU'RE CHARGED FOR A MURDER YOU DIDN'T DO! You may have robbed the store, but you did not kill anybody. And that you, were Charles Burton. And guess what, he would have been killed with nitrogen gas. That is unfair. 

But, something great. THE GOVERNOR FREED HIM. Thanks to Kay Ivey, Charles only has life in prison! That's still bad... But now you know,  a totally different person, named Derrick DeBruce, shot the guy.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/10/alabama-governor-commutes-nitrogen-gas-execution