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Posted by James Zhang London Metropolitan Police have arrested Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. As a mastermind who is behind one of the largest ever leaks of government secrets, he might also have to face a U.S. extradition. Since his case will test the principle of freedom of the press for which the U.S. government has…

Posted by Cassandra Huang Today is a rainy day in Knoxville. Tomorrow seems to be a rainy day, too. Is the wet weather making your Monday dark blue? Let’s have some pink color today! Spring is coming around, and we can see lots of flowers blooming everywhere on campus. Also, the Washington District has the…

Posted by Ying Xiong On April 7th, 2019, Kirstjen Nielsen, Department of Homeland Security Secretary, resigned from her position. Kevin McAleenan will serve as acting DHS secretary. The Twitter discussion of Nielsen’s news reached to peak at 6 pm on April 7th. For Nielsen’s news, the majority of influencers on Twitter were news agencies, including…

Posted by James Zhang The 54th Academy of Country Music Awards will be held April 7 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. What is the public saying about this event on social media? Let’s find out about it. Even one week before the award ceremony takes place, people have already started to…

Posted by Rachael A. Murphy On Sunday, March 31st, the AMC network premiered the Season 9 finale of the popular zombie television show The Walking Dead. The closing episode follows the arduous trek of residents from The Kingdom to Hilltop and Alexandria during the series’s first blizzard. The finale comes one episode after 3 regular…

Posted by Cassandra Huang The border with Mexico has been an issue that raises lots of debates. This week, Trump White House presses a threat to close the border. We use Social Studio to analyze people’s opinions on Twitter from both Mexico and the US. We retrieve posts from Mexico in both English and Spanish.…

Posted by Rachael Murphy “Us,” the long-awaited follow-up to Jordan Peele’s “Get Out,” premiered this past week on March 22, 2019. The comedian director’s second horror film centers around a family tormented by their exact lookalikes. According to Vox, the film brought in around $70 million domestically during its opening weekend, making it “the largest…

Posted by Cassandra Huang Welcome back, folks! Hope everyone had a restful or a productive spring break! If you are a follower of our ABSMCC blog, you must still remember our last post before spring break: “Darkest day” in New Zealand: Mass shooting on Friday.” The shooting in New Zealand was ten days ago, but…

Posted by James Zhang At least 49 people were killed and plenty was injured on Friday at two mosques in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand during a well-planned racist attack carried out by a 28-year-old Australian white man. Most victims of this tragic accident were believed as refugees or immigrants. Here are what people…

Posted by Brandy Mmbaga Do you remember that one thing? The ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter that equals 3.14159265358979323846264…. but we call it 3.14 or Pi? Yeah, well, today is 3.14 and also what we refer to as Pi Day! Pi Day is celebrated annually on March 14th as the numeric format…