Alexa Lardieri, Marketing Strategist
Fears of war broke out in the U.S. and the phrase “World War III” started trending on Twitter following a U.S. attack in Iraq last Friday that resulted in the death of top Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani.
So many Americans visited the website of the government agency responsible for the military draft that it crashed.
For U.S. News & World Report.
I am a reporter and digital producer for the Civic section of U.S. News & World Report, where I write about breaking news. I came to U.S. News in 2016 as a researcher and writer for the Rankings and Reviews section and in 2017, joined the news team, where I helped launch America 2020. I have previously worked for LifeZette.com as a reporter and social media specialist and was an editor for several outlets at my alma mater. I am a graduate of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park. You can follow me on Twitter (@arlardieri) and Facebook (/AlexaRLardieri) or connect with me on LinkedIn (/in/alexa-lardieri). View more posts
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