Taylor Swift releases new single, new look

Taylor Swift returned to the world of music with a new single titled, “Look What You Made Me Do”. The song was released on Thursday, Aug. 24, followed by her music video release on MTV’s VMAs Sunday night Aug. 26, and also featured a new edgy look for the singer. This music release was preceded by suspicion of new music as Swift cleared all her social media just days before the debut. The song is also speculated to be an attack on Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West, following dispute over West’s mention of Swift in his song “Famous”, released in 2016. A full album by Swift entitled, “Reputation”, is set to release in November. Source People. 

Hurricane Harvey harms southeast Texas

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More than 5,000 Southeast Texas residents fled their homes this past week, as the area was hit by a Category 4 hurricane, named Harvey. The storm made landfall on Friday, Aug. 25 with major winds and rain. So far, there have been two reported deaths and 1,000 rescues. Harvey is currently categorized as a tropical storm and is still bringing rain to Texas, and therefore large amounts of flooding still over coastal cities. Source The Atlantic. 

Mayweather continues winning streak

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The boxing world got attention from all over the world with the anticipated fight of Floyd Mayweather vs. Connor McGregor. Saturday Aug. 26, marked win number fifty for Mayweather, and a continuation of his career-long winning streak. McGregor, a MMA fighter, was met with defeat. However, the fight was built up with many tension-filled interactions between the two fighters at press conferences, and is estimated to have produced millions in Pay Per View revenues. Source FortheWin. 

Gorka leaves Trump administration

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Trump has lost another member of his staff, Deputy Assistant and security adviser, Sebastion Gorka has decided to leave the Trump administration. Reportedly, Gorka turned in a letter of resignation letter to the president stating, “dissatisfaction with the current state of the administration”. Gorka joins a group of over one dozen former Trump administration members to leave the political team. Source CBS News. 

Amazon.com Inc. buys Whole Foods Market Inc.

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Amazon.com Inc. bought Whole Foods Market Inc., a health food grocery store. The online shopping and delivery service has plans to lower prices of the health food store’s staple food items. These changes are planned to go in to effect on Monday, Aug. 28, and are meant to bring more shoppers in to stores. Source Wall Street Journal.