Latest in Politics
Washington state’s top election official says Postal Service critical to state’s elections
Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, a Republican, urged Congress to provide emergency funding to ensure the USPS’s survival.
Latest in Politics
Washington state’s top election official says Postal Service critical to state’s elections
Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, a Republican, urged Congress to provide emergency funding to ensure the USPS’s survival.
Wisconsin’s congressional delegation split on governor’s stay-at-home extension
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers extended his stay at home order to May 26. The state’s congressional delegation is split on that decision.
UN program trains African judiciary to uphold freedom of the press
A United Nations agency has successfully trained more than 1,800 African lawyers, prosecutors and judges to protect and uphold freedom of the press in courts across the African continent.
Latest in Environment
HEROES Act provision aims to fund environmental justice efforts
The funding from the act would go toward three environmental justice grant programs. The provision would also write the grant programs into law.
Latest in Environment
HEROES Act provision aims to fund environmental justice efforts
The funding from the act would go toward three environmental justice grant programs. The provision would also write the grant programs into law.
New solar park to ease Iraqi governorate’s power shortage
The Iraqi governorate of Duhok signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) earlier this month to set up the district’s first solar energy park. The project comes amid pressure on Iraq to diversify its energy sources and lessen its dependence on Iran.
25 years after war, a Bosnian city fights for democracy
MOSTAR, Bosnia and Herzegovina -- A European Court decision could open the way for residents of the Bosnian city of Mostar to vote in municipal elections and finally close an illegal landfill poisoning the city. The European Court for Human Rights ruled Oct. 29 that...
Latest in National Security
Five burn-in’ questions on the ‘real robotic revolution’
A future where artificial intelligence controls Washington D.C. may not be far off, according to a new book from Peter Singer and August Cole: “Burn-In, a Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution.” Like the authors’ previous book, “Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World...
Latest in National Security
Five burn-in’ questions on the ‘real robotic revolution’
A future where artificial intelligence controls Washington D.C. may not be far off, according to a new book from Peter Singer and August Cole: “Burn-In, a Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution.” Like the authors’ previous book, “Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World...
European nations may be hesitant to trust AI for cybersecurity
The United States is designating resources to develop artificial intelligence (AI) for cybersecurity, but European countries are slower to follow.
Human Rights groups push for resettlement of Afghan Sikhs after Gurudwara Attack
On March 25, gunmen stormed a Gurudwara complex in Kabul where 150 members of the community had gathered to pray and killed 25 people including a 6-year-old.
Latest in Campaign 2020
Weeks after state’s first pandemic election, voters in northern Wisconsin slated to return to polls
Wisconsin’s April 7 election resulted in at least 19 new COVID-19 cases. Just weeks later, voters in one part of the state will return to the polls.
Latest in Campaign 2020
Five burn-in’ questions on the ‘real robotic revolution’
A future where artificial intelligence controls Washington D.C. may not be far off, according to a new book from Peter Singer and August Cole: “Burn-In, a Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution.” Like the authors’ previous book, “Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World...
Why a Sanders presidency has some people worried
Bernie Sanders’ presidency has some people worried. Four democratic party candidates – Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Mike Bloomberg, and Elizabeth Warren – have dropped out of the democratic race for president. Yet none of them have endorsed Bernie Sanders.
North Carolina’s long fight over voter ID continues
The North Carolina primary went ahead on Tuesday without voters required to show an ID to cast their ballot.
Latest in Education
Congresswoman Robin Kelly seeks to resolve labor shortage with bill
Representative Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) sponsored a bill to help businesses suffering labor shortage and make education more affordable for college students pursuing degrees in high skilled industries.
College debt threatens economic future of young Americans, congressman says
WASHINGTON -- Americans will make student debt a priority in the 2020 presidential election because more young college graduates can’t afford housing while other young people avoid college, causing business owners to struggle to find workers, said House Education and...
Senators say programs to help fund rural communities should be reauthorized
Senators and witnesses at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Thursday say that federal programs that provide funding rural communities should be reauthorized.
Coronavirus
HEROES Act provision aims to fund environmental justice efforts
The funding from the act would go toward three environmental justice grant programs. The provision would also write the grant programs into law.
Researchers Take Unique Approach, looking outside of cells for a COVID-19 treatment
Michael Jewett, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at Northwestern University, and his colleagues are working with cell-free protein synthesis systems, which create proteins outside of a cell.
As rural teachers adjust to online classes, students drive 30 miles to access the internet
For many of Wisconsin’s rural students, parking lots have replaced classrooms amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Latest in Health
Pandemic may lead more to become nurses
While the heroism of nurses who have been treating COVID-19 patients could lead more people to pursue a career in that profession, some nursing students say the dangeres may mean a leveling off of nursing school applications.
This former health insurance executive became one of the industry’s biggest critics
As a former communications executive for Cigna, one of America’s largest private health insurers, Wendell Potter was responsible for seeing that support for a government-run health care program remained as low as possible. Now, he sees Medicare-for-All as the only way forward and it one of its most vocal advocates.
Health experts warn life-saving coronavirus vaccine still years away
Developing a vaccine is just one hurdle in the race to fight the dangerous virus.
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