by Zachary Vasile | May 28, 2015 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Charlotte native Akshra Paimagam was among the 49 contestants left standing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee as the first day of competition closed. During two oral spelling rounds Wednesday, 234 contestants were eliminated, leaving only a...
by Zachary Vasile | May 14, 2015 | Health
WASHINGTON — Octogenarians running marathons, or seniors skydiving to celebrate a birthday? Don’t be surprised. Americans are going to continue to live longer and feel better. If you need proof of that, just look at Dixon Hemphill. Now 90, Hemphill competed in the...
by Zachary Vasile | May 6, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The embattled Drug Enforcement Administration came under fire Tuesday as senators dug into the agency’s controlled substances quota program, questioning whether it contributes to shortages of certain medications. A Government Accountability Office report...
by Zachary Vasile | Apr 30, 2015 | Business & Tech, Topics
WASHINGTON — It has been almost eight years since Congress passed major energy legislation, but House Republicans and their Senate allies intend to change that — even if their “reforms” force a showdown with President Barack Obama. The GOP “Architecture of...
by Zachary Vasile | Apr 29, 2015 | Demographics
BALTIMORE, Md. — Protesters clashed with police on the city’s west side Tuesday night as anger over the death of 25-year-old black man Freddie Gray while in police custody again boiled into violence. Though the unrest stopped well short of the rioting and arson that...
