Top Stories 2024 by Keith Layman https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll en-us 2025-01-02 14:02:22 UTC 2025-07-11 04:22:09 UTC hello@padlet.com November 5th - Donald Trump wins presidential election. laymank1 https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278670138 2025-01-02 14:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278670138 February 11 - Chiefs Defeat 49ers 25-22 in Super Bowl 58 https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278715616 The game was an OT thriller with plenty of excitement. The game had a record-breaking viewership of over 140 million.

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/super-bowl-2024-chiefs-49ers-game-coverage/

]]> 2025-01-02 15:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278715616 July 13- Trump assassination attempt. nityagulati1 https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278716546 On July 13, Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. There, Thomas Crooks attempted to shot Trump. Trump's ear was shot. The shooter alongside a bystander was killed. https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-biden-trump-07-13-24/index.html

]]> 2025-01-02 15:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278716546 Kendrick and Drake beef https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278717472 The feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake got more intense in 2024, going from music insults to personal attacks and real-life trouble. It started when Lamar said he was better than Drake and J. Cole, leading Drake to fire back with songs like "Push Ups" and "Taylor Made Freestyle." Lamar responded with "Meet the Grahams," making serious accusations, including claims about a secret daughter, which Drake denied. Things got even more serious when a guard at Drake’s home was shot, adding real-world danger to their fight.

]]> 2025-01-02 15:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278717472 Jimmy Carter Passed https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278717577 Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the united states, and in late December he died at the age of 100. Carter was loved by many American citizens and his death is obviously significant because hes a former world leader.


]]> 2025-01-02 15:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278717577 March 26th- Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapsed. https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278717651 The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after being struck by a ship that lost power, leaving 6 dead and rerouting trade ships. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/14/us/baltimore-bridge-collapse-ntsb-report/index.html

]]> 2025-01-02 15:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278717651 September 5th - Apalachee High School shooting https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278717857 The father of the Apalachee High School shooting suspect has been arrested for “knowingly allowing” his son to have a weapon, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Colin Gray is charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children.

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/apalachee-school-shooting-georgia-09-05-24/index.html

]]> 2025-01-02 15:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278717857 Rio Grande do Sul flood https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278718188 Heavy rains caused flooding in southern brazil and left Hundreds of towns underwater. as of June 10 2024 173 dead, 38 missing, and 423,486 thousand people were displaced. This is important because it affected 2.4 million Brazilian citizens and cost $15 billion in damages. https://bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68968987

]]> 2025-01-02 15:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278718188 NASA Solar Probe https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278718545 On December 4, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe approached the sun within 3.8 million miles. Traveling at 430,000 mph, This is the closest a man-made object has been to the sun in history. This record-breaking proximity to the sun allows the probe to conduct tests to advance our understanding of the sun's outer atmosphere.


https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-parker-solar-probe-makes-history-with-closest-pass-to-sun/

]]> 2025-01-02 15:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278718545 July 17- Biden withdraws from presidential race nityagulati1 https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278719204 Following the presidential debate, on July 17, President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential race. He was replaced by Kamala Harris. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/president-joe-biden-drops-2024-presidential-race-rcna159867

]]> 2025-01-02 15:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278719204 Harvard President Resigns After Mounting Plagiarism Accusations https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278719238 Claudine Gay resigned as president of Harvard after mounting accusations of plagiarism and lack of disciplinary action for antisemitism on campus.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/us/harvard-claudine-gay-resigns.html

]]> 2025-01-02 15:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278719238 January 7 - Boeing jet's door plug blows out mid flight https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278719760 Alaskan Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing minutes after take-off due to door plug blowing off.

]]> 2025-01-02 15:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278719760 Minneapolis Shooting https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278720033 On May 30, a man shot three people at his apartment building before fatally shooting a responding police officer. In the ensuing shootout, a second officer and a bystander were injured, and the gunman was killed

]]> 2025-01-02 15:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278720033 October 1st, 2024 - Iran launches missile attack on Israel https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278720171 Iran attacked Israel with high speed missiles, which is the largest ever attack committed by Tehran. Iran attacked since Israel has killed 40,000 Palestinians.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/02/iranian-strikes-on-israel-what-happened-why-did-iran-attack-missiles-damage-what-next


]]> 2025-01-02 15:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278720171 Nurse Prosecuted - May 2 2024 https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278720345 Nurse gets life in prison after admitting she intentionally gave patients excess insulin, prosecutors say. A former nurse who killed at least three patients and tried to kill more than a dozen more at nursing facilities across Pennsylvania has been sentenced to life in prison, the state’s attorney general said. This is important because this highlighted issues in healthcare.

]]> 2025-01-02 15:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278720345 December 8th - Syria's government overthrown https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278720515 Syria had a revolt for 13 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 4 days and on the 8th of December 2024 the rebels finally did a lighting sweep and take over of the capital of Syria Damascus and had kicked out the tyrant Bashar al-Assad https://apnews.com/article/syria-assad-sweida-daraa-homs-hts-qatar-7f65823bbf0a7bd331109e8dff419430

]]> 2025-01-02 15:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278720515 March 20th - An Ohio toddler dies after her mom left her home alone while she took a 10-day vacation. https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278720590 A toddler from Ohio passes away after her mother left for a 10-day vacation. Jailyn was only 16 months old when her mom, Kristel, left her in a playpen with a couple bottles of milk while she went on a 10-day summer vacation. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/20/us/ohio-mom-toddler-death-sentencing-cec/index.html

]]> 2025-01-02 15:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278720590 On April 8th, 2024 There was a rare solar eclipse. https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278720620 A rare solar eclipse came through Mexico hitting the US east and hitting 15 us states then lastly going to Canada this was an important event b/c total eclipses are rare they only happen so often

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/

]]> 2025-01-02 15:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278720620 October 9, 2024 - Hurricane Milton hits Florida https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278721343 Hurricane Milton hit Florida, bringing winds nearing 100 MPH, and 18.31 inches of rainfall to St. Petersburg. This amount of rain in just one day is as much as several months worth in this location usually. https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/hurricane-milton-florida-10-09-24/index.html

]]> 2025-01-02 15:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278721343 Arrest Warrants against Israel's prime minister. https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278722189 On November 21, 2024, the International Criminal Court rejected Israel's challenges to its jurisdiction in the Palestine situation and issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. They are accused of war crimes, including using starvation as a method of warfare, and crimes against humanity, such as murder, persecution, and inhumane acts, during the Gaza conflict. The ICC determined it has jurisdiction over Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, and found reasonable grounds to believe the two leaders knowingly deprived Gaza's civilian population of essential goods and services, leading to severe humanitarian consequences.


]]> 2025-01-02 15:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278722189 March 22nd- Princess Catherine of Wales announces she has cancer. https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278723022 Catherine, Princess of Wales announced that she was in the "early stages" of her cancer treatment. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/22/uk/kate-princess-of-wales-cancer-diagnosis-intl-gbr/index.html

]]> 2025-01-02 15:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278723022 New York New Jersey to host FIFA World Cup 26 final https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278723757 The full match schedule for the biggest-ever FIFA World Cup was unveiled in February 2024. It provides the framework for the 104-game tournament, which features 48 teams across 16 host cities in three countries: Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/new-york-new-jersey-stadium-host-world-cup-2026-final

]]> 2025-01-02 15:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278723757 October 30th - Dodgers Win the 2024 World Series https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278723954 With the win, the Dodgers won their eighth World Series championship in franchise history, tying their longtime rivals the San Francisco Giants for the second-most among National League clubs and the fifth-most overall. The Dodgers joined their 2020 team, the 2018 Red Sox, the 2016 Cubs, the 2013 Red Sox, the 2009 Yankees, the 2007 Red Sox, and the 1998 Yankees as teams to win a World Series after having the best regular-season record in MLB in the wild card era.[76] The Dodgers also set the record for most runs to come from behind from in a clinching game.[77] The World Series MVP Award went to Freeman, the first player to homer in the first four games and hit a walk-off grand slam in the World Series. His 12 RBIs tied the World Series record set in 1960 by Bobby Richardson.[78][79] Freeman became the 12th player to win regular season MVP and World Series MVP in a career, having previously won a regular season MVP in 2020.[80]

]]> 2025-01-02 15:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278723954 Alec Baldwin's rust case https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278724004 Alec Baldwin's rust case was dismissed due to the fact that he was not aware that the prop gun was loaded.


https://abcnews.go.com/US/alec-baldwin-trial-day-3-motion-hearing-ammunition/story?id=111883104

]]> 2025-01-02 15:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278724004 January 22 - Ron Desantis Drops Out of Republican Presidential Race https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278724474 Desantis dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump before the New Hampshire primary. Desantis appeared to be the top threat to Donald Trump before his dropping out.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ron-desantis-drops-out-2024-republican-presidential-race/

]]> 2025-01-02 15:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278724474 An Earthquake hit the Atlantic kylielewis3 https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278724955 A 4.8 earthquake hit New Jersey and parts of New York Maryland Pennsylvania etc on April 5 2024 at 10:23 EDT this is important bc this happened locally and we felt it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_New_Jersey_earthquake#:~:text=On%20April%205%2C%202024%2C%20at,the%20epicenter%20in%20Tewksbury%20Township.

]]> 2025-01-02 15:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278724955 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi fatal helicopter crash https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278725283 May 19th no survivors were found at the crash site. Irans president Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian along with other unnamed officials were on board the helicopter during the time of the crash. https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/raisi-iran-president-helicopter-crash/index.html

]]> 2025-01-02 15:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278725283 Sean 'Diddy' Combs Assault on Girlfriend- May 17 2024 https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278726491 A 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN shows Sean "Diddy" Combs violently grab, shove, drag and kick his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura during an altercation in a hotel in California.

]]> 2025-01-02 15:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278726491 October 16, 2024 - Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies after hotel balcony fall https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278726516 On October 16, former One Direction member, Liam Payne, died after falling from the third floor of his hotel balcony. Payne rose to stardom while apart of One Direction, who indefinitely split in 2016. https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/16/entertainment/liam-payne-death-one-direction/index.html

]]> 2025-01-02 15:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278726516 Bitcoin hits 100k https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278726893 Predictions regarding election night's outcome caused a surge in the stock market on November 5--most memorably Bitcoin. Trump's stock-friendly policies encourage investing, and on December 30th Bitcoin reached 100k per share. Shares have declined since then, however, they remain significantly higher compared to a few months prior.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjz04lv5q9o

]]> 2025-01-02 15:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278726893 Olympic Breaking https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278727000 The 2024 Olympic was home to the second and last time the sport "Breaking" was hosted. Breaking is a fancy way to say Breakdancing. One of the contestants, Rachael Gunn "Raygun" put on such a terrible performance that the International Olympic Committee has stated that they won't host the sport again.

]]> 2025-01-02 15:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278727000 Hurrican Helene https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278727600 Hurricane Helene killed more than 230 people and battered the southeastern U.S.. The damage reached records of costing 53 Billion dollars just in North Carolina.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-helene-path-florida/


]]> 2025-01-02 15:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/garnetvalleyschooldistrict/vnbi1grnwfn2twll/wish/3278727600