![Penalty for faulty fire-extinguishers signals stiffer consumer-safety rules in Biden era]()
by Alicia Diaz | Jan 12, 2021 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON—The first major U.S. consumer-safety penalty in almost three years against a maker of popular fire extinguishers could be a preview of the tougher oversight companies will face under a more aggressive Biden administration. North Carolina-based Kidde was...
![Latino nonvoters cite distrust, apathy, political barriers]()
by Alicia Diaz | Dec 15, 2020 | Topics
WASHINGTON — Christopher Garcia’s grandparents immigrated from Mexico to California to build opportunities for their family. His mother is politically engaged, working in a local polling place. But the 33-year-old forklift operator said that he will never register to...
by Alicia Diaz | Nov 11, 2020 | Business & Tech, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — As Twitter and Facebook cracked down on the spread of election misinformation in recent months, conservatives flocked to Parler, an app that has no regulations about posting misinformation. The app jumped to the number one spot on the most downloaded...
by Alicia Diaz | Nov 8, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — With a record-breaking 75 million ballots cast in favor of the former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris, Harris has been elected as the nation’s first woman and first Black woman as vice president. After CNN formally called the...
by Alicia Diaz | Nov 5, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured
WASHINGTON – Predictions based on survey results that Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 presidential election spurred widespread distrust in the polling industry. Pollsters adapted to learn from their mistakes, but several state-level prediction faults in this year’s...
