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Students discuss religious topics in a small group. (Photo courtesy of tcuwesley.org)
Wednesday nights at TCU’s Methodist campus ministry provide religious exploration and fellowship
By Boots Giblin, Staff Writer
Published Mar 27, 2024
Students at the Wesley said they found community on Wednesday nights.

What we’re reading: 14 American passengers aboard cruise ship bring back coronavirus

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The quarantined ship Diamond Princess is pictured through barbed wire at Yokohama port in Yokohama, near Tokyo Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. Japanese officials have confirmed 99 more people infected by the new virus aboard the ship, the Health Ministry said Monday. (Mayuko Isobe/Kyodo News via AP)
American passengers evacuated from a cruise ship in Japan disembark from a Kalitta Air flight at Kelly Field, early Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. The U.S. said it arranged the evacuation because people on the Diamond Princess were at a high risk of exposure to the new virus that’s been spreading in Asia. For the departing Americans, the evacuation cuts short a 14-day quarantine that began aboard the cruise ship Feb. 5. (William Luther /The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Americans evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship return with coronavirus

Fourteen of the 300 Americans who were aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Los Angeles Times.

More than 300 U.S. citizens from the ship were evacuated and were put on chartered flights to military bases in California and Texas.

All of the Americans will be quarantined for 14 days on the bases, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Pearl River cresting causes Mississippi flooding

Gov. Tate Reeves has declared a state of emergency as the Pearl River crested Monday in Mississippi’s capital city of Jackson, according to Fox News.

Officials have conducted 16 assisted evacuations and 200 door-to-door visits to advise residents of the flooding.

It will take days for the water to recede, and rain in the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday may make the situation worse, said Janice Dean, senior meteorologist for Fox News.

Democrats voted with Republicans to block Virginia governor’s bill to ban assault weapons

An attempt to ban assault-style weapons in Virginia failed after four moderate Democrats on Virginia’s Senate Judiciary Committee sided with Republicans to block the Democratic governor’s bill, according to New York Daily News.

The 10-5 vote will table the bill for the remainder of the year, allowing for lawmakers to further review the proposal.

House Delegate Mark Levine, one of the delegates who sponsored the bill, promised to bring the proposal back to the Senate next year.

New disposable vape pens are flooding the market

Despite the Trump administration’s partial ban on flavored e-cigarettes, new disposable vape pens have caused a setback in efforts to curb teen vaping, according to NPR.

It hasn’t taken long for kids to find alternatives to flavored cartridges, said Matt Myers, a member of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

Companies such as Puff Bar, Stig, and Viigo introduced single-use vape pens that offer flavors similar to the ones Juul had to remove from the market because they were targeted toward minors.

This Jan. 31, 2020 photo shows various brands and flavors of disposable vape devices at a store in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Marshall Ritzel)
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