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On July 19, 2024, the cybersecurity platform CrowdStrike released an update for all Windows systems. This update, called the Falcon Sensor Update, was automatically downloaded on 8.5 million Windows systems…
(Benjamin Franklin Statue, Covered in Chocolate Syrup and Rainbow Feathers, credit to Martin College Library Archives) They’re easy to miss. If one was dashing to class, or frantically attempting to…
Photo courtesy of Fizz Tragedy struck Franklin and Marshall College last week. After several days of intense rainfall flooded the campus, improper runoff channels culminated in the appearance of a…
On Tuesday, March 26th, around 1:30 a.m, Baltimore made the news for another tragedy. In just twenty-four hours six men died, a cargo ship lost power, a bridge was destroyed,…
On March 13, 2024, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would require the Chinese technology giant ByteDance to sell the social media platform TikTok. If the bill becomes…
While F&M students were all on spring break, Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) was working hard to perform several successful launches. The first notable launch lifted off from…
This decade, the world has witnessed many different takes on abortion like, for example, the reversing of Roe v Wade in the United States in 2022. On the contrary, France…
On March 4th, 2024, the Supreme Court decided unanimously in favor of Donald Trump in a case appealed from the State Supreme Court of Colorado. The Colorado Supreme Court had…
Catherine Middleton, Princess of Wales, announced her cancer diagnosis last week. After undergoing abdominal surgery, Kate explained in a publicized video that doctors discovered cancer and advised her to undergo…
New York judge Arthur Engoron has recently ordered former President Donald Trump to pay over $350 million for civil fraud, which is to benefit from intentionally withholding or misrepresenting information.…
Dear F&M Community, An unfinished article has been stapled to The Protest Tree, accusing The College Reporter of censorship and stating that we “would not publish” the piece. This article…
The rise of “Let’s go Brandon” The meme comes from a NASCAR race in 2021. Spectators chanted “F-ck Joe Biden!” throughout the race, which was misheard as “Let’s go Brandon”…
Apple recently released their new mixed-reality headset, called the Apple Vision Pro. The headset, aiming to combine the outside world with the virtual world using holographic displays, has received a…
On February 5th, a formal statement from Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles has been diagnosed with cancer. This news comes after the King underwent a “scheduled treatment” for an…
After many hearings brought about by South Africa’s initial charge, which accused Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza, the International Court of Justice has delivered its provisional…