Morgan Hopkins - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:45:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg Morgan Hopkins - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 What 2019 State Elections Could Mean for the 2020 Presidential Race https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2019/11/14/what-2019-state-elections-could-mean-for-the-2020-presidential-race/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-2019-state-elections-could-mean-for-the-2020-presidential-race Thu, 14 Nov 2019 13:01:42 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12318 By Morgan Hopkins, Staff Reporter Tuesday, Nov. 5 marked Election Day for many states, including gubernatorial elections in Kentucky and Mississippi and state legislative elections in Mississippi and Virginia.  Kentucky Although the Democratic candidate was ahead by 5,100 votes with 100 percent of the precincts counted, Republican incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin refused to concede the […]

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]]> 12318 CEO of Leading E-Cigarette Producer Resigns Amid Congressional Investigations https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2019/10/01/ceo-of-leading-e-cigarette-producer-resigns-amid-congressional-investigations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ceo-of-leading-e-cigarette-producer-resigns-amid-congressional-investigations Tue, 01 Oct 2019 19:05:38 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12106 By Morgan Hopkins There have been 530 cases of vaping-related lung injuries reported from 38 states and one U.S. territory, according to the CDC. The number of vape users increased from seven million in 2011 to 35 million people worldwide today. Officials have confirmed seven recent deaths related to vaping. 16 percent of the 530 cases mentioned […]

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]]> 12106 There Have Been 287 Mass Shootings in 2019 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2019/09/09/there-have-been-287-mass-shootings-in-2019/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=there-have-been-287-mass-shootings-in-2019 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:00:21 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12050 By Morgan Hopkins Seth Aaron Ator killed seven people and left 25 injured in the latest mass shooting in Odessa, Texas on Aug. 31. According to officials, Ator was fired from his job at Journey Oilfield Services that same morning and was “on a long way down.”   The shooting started after a routine traffic […]

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