School bus crash kills one student in Georgia, US

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Monday, October 4, 2010 A school bus, with fourteen students from the Temple High School aboard, crashed in Georgia, United States, earlier today on Georgia State Route 113 going southbound, killing one student and leaving a dozen more injured. It is reported that at the time of the crash there was a trainee driving the […]

Libricide plans on ice at University of Oslo

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Saturday, September 27, 2008 The plan to incinerate over 200 years’ worth of archived newspapers at the University of Oslo was paused this week, following an article by the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten publicising the intended destruction. The unwanted archives take up 3 kilometres of shelf space, and neither the University nor the National Library are […]

Fifteen people killed in attack on Nigerian college

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Friday, September 19, 2014 Officials said at least fifteen people were killed in an attack on a teachers training college in the Northern Nigerian city of Kano by a group of armed gunmen on Wednesday. Over 30 others were wounded. News agencies have reported while there has been no claim of responsibility, suspicion will likely […]

The Care Of Solar Panels

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Read An Opinion On: Demand Response Energy Efficiency Australia By Coleen Smith Solar panels are designed to provide a steady source of electricity and heat. The panels feature an array of solar cells and are linked up to other compartments. They’re usually installed onto the roofs and tops of homes and buildings in groups of […]

US Congresswoman Jackie Speier comments about Obamacare, Paralympics

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Saturday, November 9, 2013 With the 2014 Winter Paralympics set for March, Wikinews sought comment from U.S. Representative Jackie Speier, who serves California’s 14th congressional district about the event and how current U.S. policies impact people with disabilities. Elected to the U.S. House in 2008, she serves on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform […]

Mother seals fight gallantly for their pups

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Tuesday, February 7, 2006 Pictou Island had 2,000 to 3,000 seals on it when struck by a “severe” storm that buried the tiny Canadian island in snow and created rough ocean effects Wednesday and Thursday. Jane MacDonald, an island resident, said that she woke up Thursday morning to see “wall to wall seals” and their […]

Why The World’s Greatest Nba Betting System Is Held In High Esteem

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Read An Opinion On: Greyhound Derby Betting Before they even sold one membership in their exclusive club, the developers of the World’s Greatest NBA Betting System had amassed an unheard of 1,496 consecutive selection wins in a row over ten years using the basketball betting system they had created. They had one NBA season where […]

Wikinews interviews Democratic candidate for the Texas 6th congressional district special election Daryl Eddings, Sr’s campaign manager

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Wikinews extended invitations by e-mail on March 23 to multiple candidates running in the Texas’ 6th congressional district special election of May 1 to fill a vacancy left upon the death of Republican congressman Ron Wright. Of them, the office of Democrat Daryl Eddings, Sr. agreed to answer some questions by […]

Wikinews Shorts: March 7, 2007

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A compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, March 7, 2007. The European Union has banned the 35 planes in the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) 45 aircraft fleet from flying in EU airspace. The reason provided by EU was that these plans do not fulfill the safety requirement for international planes and thus were banned. PIA […]

“PGR4” pre-launch in Taiwan: TOP Drivers’ Derby

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Saturday, September 29, 2007 After the launch of “Halo 3” on Tuesday (September 25), Microsoft promoted a brand new Xbox360 racing game “Project Gotham Racing 4” (PGR4) with a friendship match as a “TOP on TOP” competition between Taiwanese World Cyber Games (WCG) PGR3 Delegate You-cheng Liu and “Drift Master of Taiwan” Po-hsiung Chou at […]