by Mallory Black | Jun 13, 2014 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, National Security
WASHINGTON – Even with a family military background dating back to World War I, Shenandoah Ellis-Ulmer never considered while growing up that serving in the military might be the right choice for her, too. But that changed in her sophomore year in college after...
by Mallory Black | Jun 7, 2014 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Calling the need for increased safety fines “blatantly obvious,” rail advocacy groups are backing Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s push to raise fines for commuter rail safety violations in the wake of a series of fatal train crashes. “If the railroads knew they...
by Mallory Black | May 29, 2014 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Hard work paid off Wednesday for 13-year-old Caribbean Sea’Era Adams. She was one of 281 students, ages 8 through 15, from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. territories and seven other countries to compete in the National...
by Mallory Black | May 21, 2014 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
WASHINGTON — Thousands of people on the East Coast were living aloha this weekend to celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month and the late Hawaii Senator Daniel K. Inouye at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian’s 10-year anniversary. In honor of...
by Mallory Black | May 21, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — A veteran Marine stood vigil in Lafayette Square near the White House for more than 16 hours Monday to bring attention to the plight of veteran Sgt. Amir Hekmati, who has been imprisoned in Iran for nearly 1,000 days. Former Sgt. Terry Mahoney has...
