by Nona Tepper | Mar 16, 2017 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON–After 15 years of working in Chinese banking and finance, Matt Trusch turned to the bottle. Trusch moved from Shanghai to Houston in 2013 and founded ByeJoe Spirits USA, the first U.S.-based manufacturer of the traditional Chinese liquor baijiu. The...
by Nona Tepper | Feb 28, 2017 | Politics
WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump entered the House chamber Tuesday shaking hands left and right, looking like a man who was confident he could sell what he called his plan for “American Greatness.” An hour later, Trump left his first Congressional speech signing...
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by Nona Tepper | Feb 23, 2017 | Featured, Science + Technology
Twenty miles east of Reno, Nevada, garbage trucks skip the landfill and stop at Fulcrum BioEnergy, where tons of egg shells, coffee grinds, mattresses and other refuse are dumped into a large holding area. Two hours later, this garbage leaves the facility transformed...
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by Nona Tepper | Feb 22, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON–Will the National Zoo change without Bao Bao? “Ask the bamboo,” joked Noah Tadele, 9, an aspiring veterinarian who was at the zoo Tuesday to say good-bye to Bao Bao, a panda cub headed home to China after four years as the big celebrity at the...
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by Nona Tepper | Feb 3, 2017 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Wherever you are, Akmal, Scott Cooper remembers you. Akmal, an Iraqi and Cooper’s friend, wanted to visit America someday and connect with his friends from the U.S. Marine Corps on their home territory, said Cooper, a retired lieutenant colonel. But...
