by Steve Musal | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Two central San Joaquin Valley, California, girls found their spelling journeys halted Wednesday, each by a single-letter error and the sound of a disqualification bell at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Ananya Vinay of Fresno and...
by Steve Musal | May 5, 2016 | Living
WASHINGTON — Now comes the time of year for stressed office workers and the college-age party crowd to cut loose, don culturally stereotypical outfits, turn up the appropriate folk music, and drink. No, not St. Patrick’s Day. The other one: Cinco de Mayo. But...
by Steve Musal | Apr 26, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Defense Department officials defended the embattled F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program Tuesday, insisting the warplane is still on track despite continued financial and technical glitches. Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, the program’s executive...
by Steve Musal | Apr 19, 2016 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – A top Apple lawyer and the FBI’s top tech official agreed Tuesday that cooperation between law enforcement agencies and the tech giant could avoid stand-offs over how to access encrypted data as well as the need for law enforcement to hire its own...
by Steve Musal | Apr 18, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The Marine Corps says its new armored troop carrier will deploy Marines faster, maneuver better on the ground and cost less than half of what was anticipated, but a Senate Armed Services subcommittee says Congress has heard that before from the Corps. The...
