by Joe Snell | Feb 20, 2020 | Environment, Featured
DUHOK, Iraq — No one batted an eye when the power abruptly cut off in English teacher Miriam Zia’s 11th-grade classroom at the Sardam International School in Duhok. The cuts occur at least twice a day and are now “part of the fabric of our society,” Zia told...
by Joe Snell | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — An encrypted line set up by the U.S. State Department is helping Iranians expose human rights violations by regime officials. The secret tip line is created amid escalating tensions between the two countries after the U.S. departure from the Iran Nuclear...
by Chiara Vercellone | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured, Military
WASHINGTON – Three days before an F-22 suffered landing gear problems and crashed during training, a Government Accountability Office’s report found the Department of Defense should prioritize making the jet reliable and safe to fly. The F-22 Raptor was one of seven...
by Sam Cabral | Feb 7, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Politics
WATERLOO, Iowa, Feb. 7 (UPI) — Before the results of the Iowa caucuses trickled in, one of the main concerns for the campaign of former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg was his lack of support from minority voters. Buttigieg hoped to repair that with the...
by Bing Xiao | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Health, Topics
WASHINGTON — A change in the current U.S. policy limiting travel from China to the United States and quarantining returning travelers should be considered as the nation tries to handle the coronavirus outbreak, several health experts told a House hearing...
by Brian Johnson and Sara Wilson | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Politics
The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to acquit President Donald Trump on two charges of abuse of power to aid his own reelection and subsequent obstruction of Congress, bringing the third presidential impeachment trial in the country’s history to a predictable close and...
