my solution

app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ public function mass_update(Request $request)
         //   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');
     }
 
@@ -35,9 +36,11 @@ public function destroy($projectId)
         Project::destroy($projectId);
 
         // TASK: change this Eloquent statement to include the soft-deletes records
-        $projects = Project::all();
+       // $projects = Project::all();
+        $projects = Project::withTrashed()->get();
 
         return view('projects.index', compact('projects'));
+
     }
 
     public function store_with_stats(Request $request)
@@ -47,8 +50,8 @@ public function store_with_stats(Request $request)
         $project = new Project();
         $project->name = $request->name;
         $project->save();
-
         return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Project created');
     }
 
 }
+

app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 class UserController extends Controller
 {
     public function index()
@@ -14,16 +16,19 @@ public function index()
         //   where email_verified_at is not null
         //   order by created_at desc
         //   limit 3
+       $users =User::whereNotNull('email_verified_at')->orderBy('created_at','desc')->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
-
+        $user = User::find($userId);
+        if(is_null($user)){
+            abort(404);
+        }
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
 
@@ -32,16 +37,34 @@ public function check_create($name, $email)
         // TASK: find a user by $name and $email
         //   if not found, create a user with $name, $email and random password
         $user = NULL;
-
+        $user = User::firstOrCreate(
+            ['name' => $name, 'email' => $email],
+            ['password' => Hash::make(Str::random(10))]
+        );
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
 
     public function check_update($name, $email)
     {
         // TASK: find a user by $name and update it with $email
         //   if not found, create a user with $name, $email and random password
-        $user = NULL; // updated or created user
-
+                //$user = NULL; // updated or created user
+
+       //$user = DB::table('users')->updateOrInsert(['name' => $name, 'email' => $email]);
+       $user = User::where('name', $name)->first();
+
+       if ($user) {
+           // If user is found, update the email
+           $user->email = $email;
+           $user->save();
+       } else {
+           // If user is not found, create a new user with a random password
+           $user = User::create([
+               'name' => $name,
+               'email' => $email,
+               'password' => Hash::make(Str::random(10)),
+           ]);
+       }
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
 
@@ -52,7 +75,7 @@ public function destroy(Request $request)
         // $request->users is an array of IDs, ex. [1, 2, 3]
 
         // Insert Eloquent statement here
-
+        User::whereIn('id', $request->users)->delete();
         return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Users deleted');
     }
 

app/Models/Morningnews.php

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 class Morningnews extends Model
 {
     use HasFactory;
+    protected $table = 'morning_news';
 
     protected $fillable = ['title', 'news_text'];
 }

app/Models/Project.php

@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@
 class Project extends Model
 {
     use HasFactory, SoftDeletes;
+    protected $fillable = ['name'];
+    protected $dates = ['deleted_at'];
 }

app/Models/User.php

@@ -41,4 +41,8 @@ class User extends Authenticatable
     protected $casts = [
         'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
     ];
+     public function scopeActive($query){
+
+        return $query->whereNotNull('email_verified_at');
+    }
 }

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::query()->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 "force deleted" event.
+     */
+    public function forceDeleted(Project $project): void
+    {
+        //
+    }
+}

app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 namespace App\Providers;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use App\Models\Project;
+use App\Observers\ProjectObserver;
 
 class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 {
@@ -23,6 +25,6 @@ public function register()
      */
     public function boot()
     {
-        //
+        Project::observe(ProjectObserver::class);
     }
 }