by Michaela Meaney | May 18, 2015 | Sports
WASHINGTON — Chris Bowers’ life changed forever in 2008. A member of the Marine Corps’ 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, he lost his left leg after being wounded in Haditha, a city in Iraq’s Anbar province that experienced some of the...
by Michaela Meaney | Apr 28, 2015 | Health
WASHINGTON — Animals show adverse effects from genetically modified foods, and consumers should take that as a warning, primatologist Jane Goodall said Tuesday at a National Press Club news conference that called to urge stronger government safeguards for genetically...
by Michaela 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 Michaela Meaney | Apr 21, 2015 | Health
CHICAGO — For many in the armed services, valor means courage against impossible odds. But for one group in Chicago, valor has a different meaning. Veterans Advancing Lives of Rescues, VALOR, is the name of a new program created by Safe Humane Chicago. The nonprofit...
by Michaela Meaney | Apr 15, 2015 | Entertainment
WASHINGTON — The husband-and-wife team behind the 9th annual GI Film Festival says that 2015 will be a banner year for the event dubbed “Sundance for the troops.” On Tuesday, the organizers offered a sneak preview of several short films to build momentum for the...
