by Yuru (Priscilla) Zhu | Sep 4, 2019 | Living
WASHINGTON, DC – Two Illinois housing authorities, Union County and East St. Louis, will be getting nearly $2 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to identify and reduce lead-based paint hazards in pre-1978 public housing units. “Today we make...
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by Yuru (Priscilla) Zhu | Aug 20, 2019 | Living, Topics
WASHINGTON — Around 30,000 people gathered a few blocks away from the White House this past weekend for a taste of food and culture at the fourth annual Around the World Culture Food festival. “We see that everyone is embracing other people’s cultures. That’s what...
by Yuru (Priscilla) Zhu | Aug 6, 2019 | Demographics, Featured
WASHINGTON — Several proposals in Congress are competing to address the backlog of more than 900,000 approved employment-based green card applications by changing the way they are distributed. The House has passed and sent to the Senate a measure that would end...
by Yuru (Priscilla) Zhu | Jul 11, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — A program that allows pre-checked, low-risk travelers to gain expedited entry into the United States is criticized for the lax vetting of applicants and verification procedures in a report from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector...
by Yuru (Priscilla) Zhu | Jul 4, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Competitive eater Molly Schuyler finished 32 burgers within 10 minutes in the 10th Annual Z Burger Eating Championship, breaking the 27-burger record she set last year and taking the champion title for the fifth time. The event Wednesday at the...
