Ryan Farrick is a writer and small business advertising consultant based out of mid-Michigan. Passionate about international politics and world affairs, he’s an avid traveler with a keen interest in the connections between South Asia and the United States. Ryan studied neuroscience and has spent the last several years working as an operations manager in transportation logistics.
Only hours before a poorly designed bridge at Florida International University collapsed and killed six people last Thursday, the firm responsible for its construction had met to discuss an emerging crack on the structure’s façade. According to The New York Times, Figgs Bridge Engineers delivered a technical presentation on the crack and “concluded there were
A scaled-back proposal from the White House offers temporary protections for Dreamers in exchange for border wall funding. The offer, floated out by aides at the behest of President Trump, does away with some of the heavier demands the commander-in-chief made during February’s failed immigration debate. Despite relinquishing demands to decrease legal immigration, politicians are
The parents of a young man who died aboard a New York City helicopter tour on Sunday are suing the aircraft’s owner and operator. An article by The Washington Post recounts the events, which took place earlier in the week: Twenty-six-year old journalist Trevor Cardigan boarded a helicopter along with six other people. About twelve
A Baltimore judge ruled that barring a transgender teen from using the boys’ locker room is tantamount to discrimination and “harms his health and well-being.” According to The Washington Post, Max Brennan – a transgender boy from Maryland’s Eastern Shore – was offered an unusual sort of accommodation. Brennan, per district policy, had to change
A 47-year old Florida physician is under investigation after a patient claimed the doctor began masturbating midway through an examination. Months after the strange case first broke, the state’s medical board has restricted Dr. Om Parkash Kapoor’s medical license. Kapoor, of Jacksonville, is now facing charges of battery and indecent exposure. The incident allegedly occurred
The State of California plans to demand that a Trump administration challenge to its sanctuary laws be transferred from a federal court in Sacramento to another venue in San Francisco. According to Politico.com, the possibility of a venue change will be determined by Sacramento-based Judge John Mendez, who’s now adjudicating the unusual suit brought forward
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a broad bill intended to step up safety in schools and curtail gun violence on Friday. The legislation marks a major break from Republican tradition. Scott, himself a member of the GOP, rattled the National Rifle Association by raising the minimum age to purchase firearms from 18 to 21, along
On Monday, attorneys for inmates at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility opened arguments in a class-action suit alleging barbaric conditions afflicting over a thousand prisoners. Both sides, according to the Clarion Ledger, presented their cases before U.S. District Judge William Barbour, Jr., on Monday. The juryless trial – expected to last up to six weeks
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a federal lawsuit against the State of California late Wednesday, citing the implementation of local immigration laws the federal government believes are unconstitutional. The suit, writes NBC News, names Gov. Jerry Brown and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as defendants along with the state. Litigation – led by the Justice
A federal judge in Maryland reluctantly ruled against a challenge to President Donald Trump’s dissolution of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Judge Roger Titus said he’d prefer a different outcome but felt his job doesn’t allow him to set immigration policy. His opinion, wrote Politico.com, was ‘very revealing.’ “This Court does not like