by Amina Ismail & Noor Wazwaz | Nov 14, 2013 | Science + Technology
Six weeks after the rollout of the troubled federal health care website, President Barack Obama acknowledged Americans’ frustrations and announced a series of changes aimed at fixing the program. Seemingly frustrated himself, the president said Americans who have been...
by Amina Ismail & Noor Wazwaz | Nov 6, 2013 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — Senators grilled a top health care official Tuesday over the security of information gathered by the government’s month-old health care website. Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee jumped on a recent audit of...
by Amina Ismail & Noor Wazwaz | Nov 4, 2013 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — A new United Nations report says the world has work to do to reduce the number of young girls becoming mothers too soon. Despite a decrease in adolescent pregnancies in the last 15 years, the United Nations Population Fund said each day 20,000 girls...
by Amina Ismail & Noor Wazwaz | Oct 15, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Rallying in from of the shuttered World War II Memorial once again, leaders from veterans and active-duty military organizations Tuesday said the partial government shutdown is hurting people who have served the country and their families. The Military...
by Amina Ismail & Noor Wazwaz | Oct 14, 2013 | National Security, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Public safety experts are calling on police, firefighters and paramedics to adopt guidelines that could help them reach victims of mass shootings faster and stop bleeding sooner. It’s a mission that’s become even more critical in the aftermath of recent...