by Anna Bisaro | Jun 9, 2014 | Education, Sports, Topics
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama welcomed the men’s and the women’s basketball teams from the University of Connecticut Monday, congratulating the Huskies on their twin NCAA national basketball championships in April. “As president, one of my goals has been...
by Anna Bisaro | Jun 2, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – With a few quick strokes of her pen, Environmental Protection Administration chief Gina McCarthy signed a draft regulation Monday morning to cut carbon emissions from coal plants 30 percent by 2030. Power plants produce the most carbon emissions of any...
by Anna Bisaro | May 30, 2014 | Education, Topics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md – The Scripps National Spelling Bee finals finished with two champions Thursday night for the first time since 1962. See some scenes from the bee here.
by Anna Bisaro | May 29, 2014 | Education, Topics
Mary Polking awaits her turn to spell in the morning round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday. (Anna Bisaro/MNS) NATIONAL HARBOR, MD – “A-P-O-G-E-E.” And just like that, Katie Danis, 14, made it through the second round on stage at the Scripps...
by Anna Bisaro | May 19, 2014 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – For the second time since it was created in 2001, a rule banning timber harvesting on millions of acres in national forests has been modified to exclude the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. But, harvesting projects there likely will be slow to...
