by Meghan Anne Bunchman | Jun 10, 2013 | Topics
WASHINGTON — The gun debate on Capitol Hill is at a standstill, but the argument – ranging from expanding mandatory background checks to demands that America disarm – rages. At the forefront, an overarching concern: does a society benumbed to violence in the...
by Meghan Anne Bunchman | May 28, 2013 | Education
WASHINGTON — Mitchell Kameha Miya, 14, of Hanford, was going to to follow his breakfast ritual Tuesday before stepping up to compete in the 86th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. “I have to have French toast before a competition … with butter and...
by Meghan Anne Bunchman | May 21, 2013 | National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Actor and human rights advocate Sean Penn urged Congress Monday to take a stand against the nearly two-year imprisonment of U.S. businessman Jacob Ostreicher, who has been held without formal charges for 20 months in Bolivia. Organizers of the Dakar...
by Meghan Anne Bunchman | May 9, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON, May 8 — A State Department official who was serving in Libya last year offered a riveting first-hard account Wednesday of the deadly attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, drawing praise from House Republicans who called the hearing to question the...
