blownlight.com

Welcome to Wikinews,

the free-content news source you can write!

January 3, 2021 17:04 UTC | Latest articles RSS |Audio RSS|Print RSS

Seven dead in campus shooting at Northern Illinois University

image credit – edit this

Wikinews 2020: An ‘Original reporting’ year in review

Latest news by section is also available

+1-866-653-4265 (toll-free in the U.S. only) +1-202-742-5918 (outside the U.S. – long distance) +44-871-218-6397 (U.K. / Europe)

All regions, countries and topics

Start a new article

Articles are written by readers like you! To report on a news event, check if it is already being covered. If not, write a quick brief. For more guidance, see Wikinews:Writing an article. Got news, but no time to write a full article or a quick brief? Tell us what news you would like to see covered by Wikinews at Wikinews:Requested articles.

International row after Spielberg quits 2008 Beijing Olympics

The U.S. film director stepped down as artistic adviser saying that China, which has close links to the Sudanese government, should do more to address the Darfur situation. » Full story

Featured Story

‘Top Model’ winner Jaslene Gonzalez on her career and being a Latina role model

Wikinews talks with America’s Next Top Model’s first Puerto Rican winner, Jaslene Gonzalez, about her childhood, what makes her a strong individual, and what television show her abuela would want her to go on. This is also the first time one of our interviews can also be read in Spanish at Wikinoticias. » Full story

Recent interviews (More…)

‘Earth-based life can survive in hydrogen-rich atmospheres’: MIT professor Dr Seager tells Wikinews about her research on organisms thriving in oxygen-less environment
Gregory Kurtzer discusses plans for Rocky Linux with Wikinews as Red Hat announces moving focus away from CentOS
Red Hat to move focus away from CentOS in favour of Stream; CentOS team discuss implications with Wikinews

FIFA World Cup 2006

FinalItaly 6-4 FranceThird place play-offGermany 3-1 PortugalSemi-finalsFrance 1-0 PortugalGermany 0-2 ItalyQuarter-finalsFrance 1-0 BrazilEngland 1-3 PortugalItaly 3-0 UkraineGermany 5-3 Argentina

» All reports

The Print Edition has been temporarily discontinued. Please visit the Print Edition archives for previous editions.

Audio Wikinews

August 06, 2010

Original reporting First-hand journalism by Wikinews reporters (More…)

Wikinews 2020: An ‘Original reporting’ year in review
On the campaign trail in the USA, October 2020
On the campaign trail in the USA, September 2020

Wikinews from January 3, 2008 (More…)

Indian NE state of Nagaland now under President’s rule
Three firemen die fighting office block fire in China
Several police officers stabbed in the UK
One dead in ski chairlift accident in Switzerland

Wikinews from January 3, 2007 (More…)

CNN typo mixes up prospective U.S. presidential candidate with Osama bin Laden
Saddam’s co-defendants to be executed Thursday
Broncos player Williams shot to death, police looking for suspect
U.S. superbug expected to emerge in Canada

Wikinews from January 3, 2006 (More…)

Southern Ocean whale slaughter to resume
US survey finds advertising contributes to increased underage drinking
Abramoff pleads guilty to three charges
Russia assumes leadership of G8 for 2006

Wikinews from January 3, 2005 (More…)

UN ‘optimistic’ on tsunami aid effort
Indian Sensex reaches a New All-time High
Radical Group declares Tsunami punishment from God

WordPress Plugin with 5M+ installs found to be vulnerable
The Uruguayan Language Academy strongly rejected the FA sanction against Edinson Cavani and said it is a consequence of “poverty of cultural and linguistic knowledge”.
Main Page/PrintEd
The Effects of COVID-19 on Small Business Economy
Wikinews discusses DRM and DMCA with Stallman after GitHub re-enables public access to youtube-dl
Pepe
Hockey
Walmart sued by US Justice Department over alleged roll in opioid crisis
Powercut due to dancing starlings
Congo
Cambridge
Wikinews Shorts:Today
Living with HIV during COVID-19: Wikinews talks to HIV-positive sex workers about how pandemic has affected their lives
US president elect Biden to ask people wear masks for 100 days on first day of presidency
Amazon
Another test article for the devs
America
Zara Kay tells Wikinews about her non-profit organisation Faithless Hijabi
Georgia
Danish
TEST PAGE:Self-publish yesterday
TEST PAGE:Self-publish today
Scientology protest group celebrates founder’s birthday worldwide/Coordination
Ba’ath Party
George Bush
Japanese motorcylist Shoya Tomizawa dies aged 19 after crash in San Marino
Belfast
Trump
ICC
Hyderabad
Crystal Palace
Gendarmerie
The Daily Telegraph
White House
Coke
Punjab
Obama
Market Data/^MXX
Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Great Britain
American Civil War
Foreign Office
Ghent
Eid
Roma
ABC News
Australian
Citizens Party
House of Commons
Cleveland
Kurdistan
Newcastle
Baja California
Liberal Party
Korea
Trinity College
Yorkshire
Sussex
Green Party
Shelby Foote, 88, noted historian and author, dies/Brief
In depth: XM and Sirius merger
Football
Britain
Victoria
Tripoli
Taliban
Sarkozy
New York
Musharraf
Liberal Democrats
Delhi
Baath Party
France secures site for 10 billion euro nuclear fusion research project/Brief
Cypriot plane with 121 on board crashes in Greece, no passengers survive/Brief
Julian McGauran makes rude gesture to Australian Senate/Brief
Larson B ice-shelf collapse reveals exotic organisms isolated for 10,000 years/Brief
Plane carrying 160 crashes in Venezuela/Brief
2007 America East Tournament
2007 CAA Tournament
2007 C-USA Tournament
2007 Big West Tournament
2007 Big Ten Tournament
2007 Big South Tournament
2007 Big Sky Tournament
2007 Big East Tournament
2007 Big 12 Tournament
2007 A-10 Tournament
2007 ACC Tournament
2007 A-Sun Tournament
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announces cooperation between KDE Group and Wikimedia/Brief
Wal-Mart heir John Walton killed in plane crash/Brief
Ontario Votes 2007
Archaeologists find 1.8M-year-old Homo erectus skull/Brief
WP:AWB/T
Paul Winchell, voice of Tigger, Gargamel, dead at 82/Brief
News briefs:June 5 and 6, 2010
2007 National Invitation Tournament Brackets
Lemoine Suggests: investigations from a Wikimedia Foundation news leak/Email Sue Gardner January 7, 2008 7:53:44 PM PST
Plane crashes into office block in Austin, Texas/suicide note
Wikinews interviews specialists on China, Iran, Russia support for al-Assad/fr
Taliban resurgent in Pakistan on enforcement of Sharia law/Interview archive
Huckabee, Obama win Iowa caucuses/Results
TSA cuts US airport security screening personnel/Brief
Reports surface that Bush will install Bones brother to head up Plame inquiry/Brief
ABC News anchor Peter Jennings dies at 67/Brief
Robin Cook dead after collapsing/Brief
Flash floods hit Australia’s eastern coast/Brief
Helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 17/Brief
Space Shuttle Discovery STS-114 landing postponed for weather/Brief
Space Shuttle Discovery landing cancelled for today/Brief
Norway and Denmark conducting observation flights over Belarus and Russia/Brief
OhmyNews forum discusses experiences in citizen journalism/Brief
Test article for dev use
Football: Kežman goes to Madrid/Brief
Russian submarine rescued by Royal Navy/Brief
Rwandan businessmen sentenced for War Crimes/Brief
Kurmanbek Bakiev sworn in as president of Kyrgyzstan/Brief
U.S. Marines accused of assaulting Australian freed by U.S. military court/Brief
Lukashenko accuses foreign donators of ideological expansion/Brief
Maciej Zurawski accepts Celtic’s offer/Brief
Actor John Fiedler, voice of Piglet and “Bob Newhart” regular, dead at 80/Brief
Bodies found at crash site of US helicopter in Afghanistan/Brief
Israeli soldier convicted in killing of British activist in Gaza Strip/Brief
New Zealand’s South Island and southern North Island struck by storms/Brief
Babies on U.S. no-fly lists holding up passengers/Brief
Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court rules against file swapping companies/Brief
Main Page Lite
Brazil wins Confederations Cup/Brief
Undercover investigation into protests planned for July’s G8 summit/Brief
Australian Foreign Affairs Minister denies knowledge of Guantanamo abuse allegations/brief
US helicopter with 17 on board believed to have been shot down in Afghanistan/Brief
Sharapova knocked out of Wimbledon 2005 in semi-final/Brief
2007 Patriot League Tournament
2007 SWAC Tournament
2007 Mid-Con Tournament
2007 NEC Tournament
2007 Southland Tournament
2007 OVC Tournament
Lemoine Suggests: investigations from a Wikimedia Foundation news leak/Email Sue Gardner Jan 5, 2008 4:15 AM
2007 WCC Tournament
2007 MAAC Tournament
2007 MWC Tournament
2007 MVC Tournament
2007 Pac-10 Tournament
2007 WAC Tournament
2007 Horizon League Tournament
2007 SEC Tournament
2007 Southern Tournament
2007 MEAC Tournament
2007 MAC Tournament
2007 Sun Belt Tournament

Half-Life: Alyx wins Best VR/AR category at The Game Awards
Dawn Wells, known as Mary Ann on ‘Gilligan’s Island’, dies at 82
US Energy Department confirms a major breach
FBI investigating claims about Frank Mortenson’s links to Nashville bombing
Jaswant Singh dies at the age of 82
U.S. FDA advisory committee votes to grant Emergency Use Authorization to Moderna coronavirus vaccine
Primality testing finished for Mersenne number after stalling for months
37 coaches banned from esports following bug abuse
FireVerse Announce His Ep WrldClassic For Early Next Month
Debenhams to go into administration
Margaret Keenan receives coronavirus
Bus crash
Kim Ng, the Miami Marlins’ new general manager, is the first female GM in MLB history


A Wikimedia project We are a group of volunteers whose mission is to present reliable, unbiased, relevant and entertaining news. All content is released under a free license. By making our content perpetually available for free redistribution and use, we hope to contribute to a global digital commons. Wikinews stories are written from a neutral point of view to ensure fair and unbiased reporting. Wikinews needs you! We want to create a diverse community of citizens from around the globe who collaborate to report on a wide variety of current events. To contribute to Wikinews reporting, read an Introduction to Wikinews and visit the Newsroom.


If you find Wikinews or its sister projects useful, please consider making a donation. Donations are used primarily for purchasing computer equipment and launching new projects.

Main Page/Old style

Main Page/Old style