diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php
index 5877c736..cb4c63c8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 
 class ProjectController extends Controller
 {
+    
     public function store(Request $request)
     {
         // TASK: Currently this statement fails. Fix the underlying issue.
-        Project::create([
+             Project::create([
             'name' => $request->name
         ]);
 
@@ -24,8 +25,9 @@ public function mass_update(Request $request)
         // update projects
         //   set name = $request->new_name
         //   where name = $request->old_name
-
         // Insert Eloquent statement below
+         Project::where('name' , $request->old_name)
+            ->update(['name' => $request->new_name]);
 
         return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Projects updated');
     }
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ public function destroy($projectId)
         Project::destroy($projectId);
 
         // TASK: change this Eloquent statement to include the soft-deletes records
-        $projects = Project::all();
+        $projects = Project::withTrashed()->get();
 
         return view('projects.index', compact('projects'));
     }
@@ -48,6 +50,10 @@ public function store_with_stats(Request $request)
         $project->name = $request->name;
         $project->save();
 
+        // $project = Project::create([
+        //     'name' => $request->name
+        // )];
+
         return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Project created');
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php
index 9b8c73dc..6b000fdc 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
 class UserController extends Controller
 {
@@ -13,25 +15,32 @@ public function index()
         // select * from users
         //   where email_verified_at is not null
         //   order by created_at desc
-        //   limit 3
-
-        $users = User::all(); // replace this with Eloquent statement
+             //   limit 3
+        $users = User::whereNotNull('email_verified_at')
+            ->orderByDesc('created_at')  //latest('created_at')
+            ->limit(3)
+            ->get();
+         // $users = User::all(); // replace this with Eloquent statement
 
         return view('users.index', compact('users'));
     }
 
     public function show($userId)
     {
-        $user = NULL; // TASK: find user by $userId or show "404 not found" page
-
+        // $user = NULL; // TASK: find user by $userId or show "404 not found" page
+        $user = User::findOrFail($userId);
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
 
     public function check_create($name, $email)
     {
         // TASK: find a user by $name and $email
+        $user = User::firstOrCreate(
+            ['name' => $name , 'email' => $email] ,
+            ['password' => Hash::make(str::password())] ,
+        );
         //   if not found, create a user with $name, $email and random password
-        $user = NULL;
+        
 
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
@@ -39,8 +48,14 @@ public function check_create($name, $email)
     public function check_update($name, $email)
     {
         // TASK: find a user by $name and update it with $email
+        $user = User::firstOrNew(
+            ['name' => $name] ,
+            ['email' => $email , 'password' => Hash::make(str::random())] ,
+        );
+        $user->email = $email;
+        $user->save();
         //   if not found, create a user with $name, $email and random password
-        $user = NULL; // updated or created user
+        // $user = NULL; // updated or created user
 
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
@@ -52,7 +67,8 @@ public function destroy(Request $request)
         // $request->users is an array of IDs, ex. [1, 2, 3]
 
         // Insert Eloquent statement here
-
+        User::destroy($request->users);
+        
         return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Users deleted');
     }
 
@@ -61,7 +77,6 @@ public function only_active()
         // TASK: That "active()" doesn't exist at the moment.
         //   Create this scope to filter "where email_verified_at is not null"
         $users = User::active()->get();
-
         return view('users.index', compact('users'));
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Models/Morningnews.php b/app/Models/Morningnews.php
index 2335e17d..54a3af9b 100644
--- a/app/Models/Morningnews.php
+++ b/app/Models/Morningnews.php
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ class Morningnews extends Model
     use HasFactory;
 
     protected $fillable = ['title', 'news_text'];
+    protected $table = 'morning_news';
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/Project.php b/app/Models/Project.php
index dc43be0e..83524a11 100644
--- a/app/Models/Project.php
+++ b/app/Models/Project.php
@@ -9,4 +9,13 @@
 class Project extends Model
 {
     use HasFactory, SoftDeletes;
+    
+    /**
+     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
+     *
+     * @var string[]
+     */
+    protected $fillable= [ 'name' ,
+    ];
+    
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/User.php b/app/Models/User.php
index e23e0905..8dd30d6c 100644
--- a/app/Models/User.php
+++ b/app/Models/User.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Models;
 
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ class User extends Authenticatable
 {
     use HasApiTokens, HasFactory, Notifiable;
 
+
     /**
      * The attributes that are mass assignable.
      *
@@ -41,4 +43,12 @@ class User extends Authenticatable
     protected $casts = [
         'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
     ];
+
+    /**
+     * Scope a query.
+     */
+    public function scopeActive(Builder $query): void
+    {
+        $query->whereNotNull('email_verified_at');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Observers/ProjectObserver.php b/app/Observers/ProjectObserver.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a31377e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Observers/ProjectObserver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+ 
+namespace App\Observers;
+ 
+use App\Models\Project;
+use App\Models\Stat;
+
+class ProjectObserver
+{
+    /**
+     * Handle the Project "created" event.
+     */
+    public function created(Project $project): void
+    {
+        (Stat::first())->increment('projects_count');
+    }
+ 
+    /**
+     * Handle the Project "updated" event.
+     */
+    public function updated(Project $project): void
+    {
+        // ...
+    }
+ 
+    /**
+     * Handle the Project "deleted" event.
+     */
+    public function deleted(Project $project): void
+    {
+        // ...
+    }
+ 
+    /**
+     * Handle the Project "restored" event.
+     */
+    public function restored(Project $project): void
+    {
+        // ...
+    }
+ 
+    /**
+     * Handle the Project "forceDeleted" event.
+     */
+    public function forceDeleted(Project $project): void
+    {
+        // ...
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php
index a9f10a63..006d189c 100644
--- a/app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\EventServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;
 
+use App\Models\Project;
+use App\Observers\ProjectObserver;
+
 class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 {
     /**
@@ -27,6 +30,6 @@ class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
      */
     public function boot()
     {
-        //
+        Project::observe(ProjectObserver::class);
     }
 }