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The Crimson Connection

The student news site of Cypress Woods High School

The Crimson Connection

The student news site of Cypress Woods High School

The Crimson Connection

Escalator Malfunction in China

Escalator Malfunction in China

KaeT, Social Media Editor March 28, 2017

On Saturday afternoon in a Hong Kong mall, visitors were stunned when a tall escalator standing at roughly 150 feet suddenly malfunctioned. This sent the machine in the reverse direction at nearly twice...

Orlando Shooters Wife Denied Release

Orlando Shooter’s Wife Denied Release

TeresaH, Acting Online Editor March 10, 2017

The Orlando Pulse nightclub shooter's widow will now remain in custody after a judge denied bail and an early release.  On June 2016, Omar Mateen walked into the nightclub and killed 49 people causing...

Park Geun-hye

Corruption and Park Geun-hye

TeresaH, Staff Reporter March 9, 2017

After being South Korean President since February 25th, 2013, Park Geun-hye has been impeached on March 10th after a unanimous parliamentary vote following her role in a corruption scandal. Elections for...

CIA and WikiLeaks

CIA and WikiLeaks

ColinH, Staff Reporter March 8, 2017

The notorious site WikiLeaks has uncovered one of the biggest secretive government programs since the Edward Snowden incident back in 2013. They uncovered a set of documents that details how the CIA...

Protests of Dakota Access pipeline

Dakota Pipeline Request Denied

TeresaH, Staff Reporter March 7, 2017

The Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) is a $3.7bn project that would transport 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Last year, protests over the completion of the Dakota Pipeline reached their height after...

A horse at the vet

Horsing Into a Disease

HaleyB, Reporter February 28, 2017

Taking a horse anywhere with other horses around is a risk for them to catch any disease or infection. Horse owners are required by law to carry a negative Coggins with them whenever they take the animal...

Mars

The Future of NASA

TeresaH, Staff Reporter February 17, 2017

Even with the increasing sci-fi movies, NASA has been quietly working on their next project, developing technology capable of sending humans to an asteroid by 2025 and Mars in the 2030s. Currently,...

The Disappearing Bumblebee

The Disappearing Bumblebee

TeresaH, Staff Reporter February 16, 2017

As of this year, bumblebees in the United States have been declared endangered by the US Fish and Wild Service. According to the wildlife service, the population of the bumblebee population has shrunk...

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Oroville Dam Evacuation

ColinH, Staff Reporter February 14, 2017

In northern California, nearly 188,000 residents were ordered evacuated after damage was found in the local Oroville dam. The dam, which is the highest dam in the country, standing at a whopping 770 feet,...

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Successful Test to Detect Ebola

TeresaH, Staff Reporter February 10, 2017

In 2014, the world's attention was directed to the Ebola virus as an outbreak moved the virus from West Africa to places where it has never been, attracting unprecedented attention. The Ebola virus is...

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Unusually Warm Winters

FeliciaH, Managing Editor February 9, 2017

Last week, on Ground Hog's Day, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow declaring that more winter is on its way. The weather in Cypress, Texas begs to differ. Texas has been known to do its own thing, in...

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Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions Confirmed as Attorney General

JordanM, Editor-in-Chief February 8, 2017

President Trump’s pick for Attorney General, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions (R) was confirmed by the senate on Wednesday evening. Sessions’ confirmation hearings were the subject of controversy following...

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