Homepage In Review World In Review: Week of 11/9-11/15 November 16, 2013December 19, 2013 Amanda De MoraesBY JESSICA LYNN DEPAULA[media-credit name="MCT 2013" align="alignnone" width="245"][/media-credit] POLITICS:The Supreme Court declined to hear the case against a 2011 Oklahoma law requiring women to undergo ultrasound exams prior to having an abortionMuch-publicized technical difficulties concerning the helathcare.gov website have also led to increased difficulty for Americans attempting to sign up for MedicareSen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) reports that President Obama has already come up with a solution to dealing with cancelled health care plans under the Affordable Care Act, and that Congress is willing to work with the administration on the issueAccording to an anonymous source, talks between the U.S. and other nations with Iran are going well, and a deal involving Iran's nuclear weapons program could soon emergeSenator John Cornyn (R-Tx), a prominent Republican, announces reelection bidSarah Palin apologizes for controversial comments she made Tuesday in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper regarding her distrust of Pope Francis' liberal views NATIONAL:Less than 6% of the projected 500,000 Americans the Obama administration expected to be signed up for obamacare have registered using the healthcare.gov websiteThe chief engineer and captain of an American oil-supply ship kidnapped from the gulf of Guinea by pirates on Oct. 23 were freed Nov.12Two members of an Iranian punk rock group who traveled to the U.S. for "musical freedom" are identified, along with a neighbor, the victims of an alleged murder-suicide supposed to have been committed by bandmember Mohammadi Rafie early Monday morningA volunteer pilot flies a banner Sunday with the hotline number New Yorkers are being asked to call with information regarding missing autistic teenager Avonte OquendoJames "Whitey" Bulger sentencing trial begins in Boston; he is sentenced to 2 life sentences on ThursdayThe Make-A-Wish Foundation transformed San Francisco into Gotham City on Friday, in order to grant the wishes of a 5-year-old leukemia patient who wanted to be Batman for a day INTERNATIONAL:With 3,000 dead and nealy two million displaced, the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan continues to wreak havoc on the PhillippinesThe North Korean government executes 80 citizens charged with watching Western films and listening to Western music/radio broadcastsWith a rapidly aging population posing significant problems, the Chinese Communist Party announces they will relax the country's one-child policyPoland's Independence Day festivities are plagued by violent demonstrations by far-right protestersNearly 400 children from countries such as the Ukraine and Russia are rescued from a Canadian child porn investigation; U.S., Canadian and other citizens from various other nations were arrested in relation to the investigationNadezhda Tolokonnikova, member of the controversial Russian punk band Pussy Riot, has been confirmed as an inmate at a Siberian prison, where she will assumedly remain until her release in less than six monthsRelated PostsEvent Graduation Homepage Local Photo Gallery Photo Gallery: Malden High Class of 2023 Graduation June 16, 2023June 16, 2023 Jessica LiHomepage Photo Gallery Sports Spring Sports Malden Softball vs. Melrose Photo Gallery June 12, 2023June 12, 2023 Bo Stead
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