by Beth Lawrence & Micaela Meaney | Apr 23, 2015 | Health
Victoria Hearst, granddaughter of the late news baron, William Randolph Hearst, launched her campaign, “Cosmo Harms Minors”, Wednesday at the National Press Club. Hearst wants Cosmopolitan magazine, owned by the Hearst Corporation, to be sold exclusively...
by Beth Lawrence & Micaela Meaney | Nov 5, 2014 | Midterm Election 2014
DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican Joni Ernst late Tuesday won the Senate seat held for 30 years by Democrat Tom Harkin, becoming the first female U.S. senator in Iowa’s history in a tight race against Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley, who had Harkin’s endorsement....
by Beth Lawrence & Micaela Meaney | Nov 4, 2014 | Midterm Election 2014
IOWA CITY, Iowa — On a quiet residential street in Johnson County Monday afternoon, Bruce Braley volunteers congregated on the front porch of Robin and Rick Chambers’ home, eagerly awaiting their U.S. Senate candidate’s arrival. Rep. Braley, a Democrat who is...
by Beth Lawrence & Micaela Meaney | Aug 28, 2014 | Events
WASHINGTON– Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Justice Department Wednesday to deliver a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, asking him to take stronger action against excessive use of force by police and racial profiling in Ferguson, Mo., and around...
by Beth Lawrence & Micaela Meaney | Nov 9, 2012 | Business & Tech, Environment, Sports
WASHINGTON — Green is more than a team color for the Philadelphia Eagles. By the end of the year the team’s stadium, Lincoln Financial Field, will generate enough energy from 14 wind turbines and 11,000 solar panels to power every home game. “One of the...
