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Mayor Brad Cohen Runs for Congress

BY DRISHYA NISHANTH & RITIKA ANNAMANENI MAY 28, 2026

Brad Cohen, the longtime mayor of East Brunswick, recently launched his campaign for Congress in New Jersey’s 12th District. This was after Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman’s announcement that she will retire at the end of her term. Cohen has served as mayor since 2017, and the main portion of his campaign ...

NJ Lawyer Fined $5K for an AI Generated Brief

BY DRISHYA NISHANTH & RITIKA ANNAMANENI MAY 28, 2026

A Camden County attorney was recently fined $5,000 after submitting a court brief containing fake legal citations generated by artificial intelligence. According to insider court documents, attorney Raja Rajan used AI-generated research that included nonexistent court cases, in legal filings and arguments. This was not his first offense ...

Amazon and OpenAI Merger

BY DRISHYA NISHANTH & RITIKA ANNAMANENI MAY 28, 2026

Amazon and OpenAI have taken their relationship to a new level with a partnership expansion that could change the future of artificial intelligence as we know it . As competition in the AI space grows faster, the two companies are deepening their collaboration through both financial investment and cloud technology support ...

Supreme Court Rules on Gender Identity Notifications

BY DELVYN DAVIES MARCH 30, 2026

On March 2nd, the Supreme Court ruled on a case regarding parental notification of a student’s gender identity, bringing discussions about privacy, autonomy, and religious rights to a national stage. California’ Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today’s Youth Act (SAFETY), was the first statutory protection for educators to ...

East Brunswick's All New Ice Skating Arena

BY SOFIA MARULANDA MARCH 30, 2026

After months of development, the East Brunswick Ice Arena opened March 22nd. The grand opening included figure skating exhibitions, hockey games, and many public skating sessions. The project broke ground on September 20th of 2024 and has now opened to the public nearly two and a half years later. The arena includes two NHL sized...

Gen-Z Revitalizes the Shopping Mall Industry

BY RIVER EISENKRAMER MARCH 30, 2026

Shopping malls in America were born in the 1950s, when the Interstate Highway Act funded billions of dollars for a highway system across the country. These highways were the basis of suburban life: cars lining the streets, family homes, and of course, shopping malls. The 80’s and 90’s saw the popularity boom of malls serving as food courts ...

Trevi Fountain Charging Tourists

BY DRISHYA NISHANTH MARCH 4, 2026

One of the top four most visited countries, Italy is home to some of the most famous and beloved tourist attractions one is highly recommended to experience in life. It ranges from grand historical sites like the Colosseum, to smaller, more traditionally spirited attractions like the Trevi Fountain; the Italian experience is evidently popular, as 500,000 tourists ...

Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping

BY SOFIA MARULANDA MARCH 4, 2026

On February 1st, Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing. The 84- year-old mother was last seen on January 31st at her daughter’s house for dinner. The police were notified after she failed to appear at church the next morning. Once her home was examined they came to the conclusion that she was abducted ...

Nobel-Prize Winning Chemist Omar Yaghi

BY RITIKA ANNAMANENI MARCH 4, 2026

Dr. Omar Yaghi, a chemist and professor at U.C. Berkeley, was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his innovation of porous material capable of capturing, storing and transforming gases. Dedicating his career to advancing reticular chemistry, a field he discovered to study metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), Yaghi pioneered ...

K-Beauty: The Rise of a Multibillion Dollar Industry

BY DRISHYA NISHANTH & RITIKA ANNAMANENI JANUARY 31, 2026

A quarter into the 21st century, countless advancements have been made to increase consumption habits. From planned obsolescence to the blind box phenomenon, consumerism has become increasingly prevalent in an already saturated economy. Recently, the rise of the skin-care industry, particularly, K-Beauty, has contributed to this growth ...

Emerging Technology: The Oura Ring

BY HELEN AN JANUARY 31, 2026

Starting off the new year, emerging technologies are making everyday tasks more convenient than ever. From artificial intelligence to high-technology smart watches, the technology industry has been moving at an unprecedented pace. One recent innovation is the Oura Ring, a sleek smart ring developed by health technology company Oura ...

New Years Swiss Fire

BY UPANYA HARISHKUMAR JANUARY 31, 2026

A tragic fire tore through a popular bar in the Swiss Ski Town of Crans-Montana during New Year’s Celebrations, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than 100 others. The fire broke out in the crowded basement nightclub called “Le Constellation” around 1:30 a.m. while people participated in New Years festivities ...

Hong Kong Fire

BY DRISHYA NISHANTH & RITIKA ANNAMANENI DECEMBER 18, 2025

Recently, Hong Kong has been shaken by one of the deadliest residential fires in decades. On November 26th, a massive blaze tore through the Wang Fuk court apartment complex in Tai Pao district. Fueled by flammable renovation materials at the site, the fire quickly spread through the complex, affecting seven of the eight towers ...

AI's Impact on Teen Mental Health

BY UPANYA HARISHKUMAR DECEMBER 18, 2025

The rise of conversational AI, particularly tools like ChatGPT, has fundamentally shifted the landscape of high school academics. While offering assistance with homework and studying, students and staff at EBHS have begun to recognize a more nuanced consequence: the effect of these tools on teen health and well-being ...

Canadian Ostrich Culling

BY DRISHYA NISHANTH & RITIKA ANNAMANENI DECEMBER 1, 2025

In November 2025, the damp, CO2-infiltrated air in the back of the Universal Ostrich Farm hung heavy over the bodies of around 300 ostriches lying unconscious against the hay stacks. The culling of these ostriches was ordered in 2024 by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) after two initially tested positive for the highly pathogenic ...

Devastating Hurricane Hits Jamaica

BY PRAKRUTI PANDEY DECEMBER 1, 2025

Hurricane Melissa, which formed on October 21, 2025, in the Atlantic Ocean, rapidly intensified into a Category 5 behemoth—one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded. By October 28th, it made landfall in Jamaica with sustained winds reaching 185 mph and a central pressure dropping to just 892 mb, tying records for its sheer ferocity ...

EB Mall Redevelopment

BY JIYA DOSS NOVEMBER 30, 2025

Significant changes are coming to East Brunswick as the Brunswick Square Mall begins its transformation, focusing now on pickleball. The district has approved redeveloping the mall into a more active, community-centered space. A new indoor facility called “The Picklr” is set to open in mid-2026, featuring 13 professional pickleball courts ...

Revival of the Green Sea Turtle

BY HELEN AN NOVEMBER 1, 2025

Recently, the scientific community achieved a significant milestone with the recovery of the green sea turtle from the brink of extinction. Although the green sea turtles were once abundant worldwide, human impacts, beginning in the 19th century, have led to pollution and global warming, threatening the species and contributing to their decline.

NJ Governor's Race

BY DELVYN DAVIES OCTOBER 16, 2025

This November 4th, voters across New Jersey will have the opportunity to elect a new governor to replace two-term incumbent Phil Murphy, who has served since 2017. 6.3 million eligible voters will decide on Election Day which of the two main candidates–Mikie Sherrill or Jack Ciattarelli–should lead the state for the next four years.

Honoring Jane Goodall

BY HELEN AN OCTOBER 16, 2025

Dr. Jane Goodall, a lifelong advocate for animal rights and widely recognized for her studies of chimpanzee behavior, passed away at the age of 91. While many people today know Goodall as the “Gorilla Lady”, it is undeniable that she was one of the most influential scientists and conservation activists of our time ...

Vibe Code

BY RITIKA ANNAMANENI OCTOBER 5, 2025

The world of AI is ever-expanding, and its goal to simplify human life is reaching new heights. “Vibe code”, a term coined by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy in February 2025, describes a workflow where users type ideas in plain text and AI generates and debugs code, focusing on the desired “vibe” ...

Trump Claims Tylenol Causes Autism

BY SAYU VINOD OCTOBER 5, 2025

During a White House news conference on September 22nd, President Trump claimed that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy can cause autism. Trump’s announcement has drawn opposition from political figures and health experts alike, as the cause of autism has been researched for decades ...

Australian Social Media Ban

BY RITIKA ANNAMANENI & DRISHYA NISHANTH SEPTEMBER 29, 2025

Beginning on December 10, 2025, the Australian Parliament plans to enforce the world’s first nationwide ban on the creation of social media accounts for children under the age of 16. Amid growing parental unease over children’s social media use, the Australian Parliament has pushed over 30 bills ...

Mexican ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge, devastating the heart of the NYC

BY DRISHYA NISHANTH JUNE 25, 2025

Recently, what was supposed to be a routine naval trip ended in tragedy when the masts of the Mexican Navy training ship, Cuauhtémoc, hit the bottom of the 142-year-old Brooklyn bridge. The 43-year-old ship left Acapulco, Mexico on April 6th for the “Bicentennial of the Consolidation of Independence at ...

The Ongoing Manhunt for the New Orleans Jailbreak

BY RITIKA ANNAMANENI JUNE 25, 2025

On May 16, 2025, ten inmates escaped from the Orleans Parish Prison, prompting a city-wide manhunt. Achieving the largest prison break in years in America, the inmates were able to escape around midnight by carving a hole behind a toilet in a handicapped cell. EBHS sophomore Dannelle Sumilang said ...

U.S and China make a trade truce: What might the future economy hold?

BY DRISHYA NISHANTH JUNE 25, 2025

The governments of the United States and the People's Republic of China met in Geneva on May 10th to discuss de-escalating the ongoing trade war with a truce. Since tensions stemming from the first Trump Administration’s tariffs, which aimed at changing China’s unfair trade practices, have worsened in the ...

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