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Program aims to connect veterans with best colleges

Program aims to connect veterans with best colleges

by Apoorva Mittal | Aug 8, 2019 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — Chelsea Russ’ search for an undergraduate college during her transition from serving as an electronics technician in the Navy to the reserves in 2016 included researching university websites, making long lists of options and visiting 20 schools. She...
House measure on weaponized ticks revives discredited conspiracy theory

House measure on weaponized ticks revives discredited conspiracy theory

by Matt Reynolds | Aug 8, 2019 | Featured, Health

WASHINGTON – It’s the germ of an idea that seems ready-made for internet conspiracists: Is Lyme disease the result of a shadowy bioweapons program that unleashed pathogen-infected ticks on the American public? Scientists think not. But a recent bill passed by...
Green New Deal rally in Detroit before Democratic Debate at Fox Theatre

Green New Deal rally in Detroit before Democratic Debate at Fox Theatre

by Josephine Chu | Aug 7, 2019 | Featured, Politics

DETROIT — Masses march during the Green New Deal rally in Detroit before the start of the Democratic Debate at the Fox Theatre on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Published in conjunction...
Detroit protesters: ‘No hate no fear, immigrants are welcome here!’

Detroit protesters: ‘No hate no fear, immigrants are welcome here!’

by Josephine Chu | Aug 7, 2019 | Featured, Immigration

DETROIT — On the second day of the Detroit Democratic debates, Movimiento Cosecha held a rally for immigrant rights. Protesters sat in the street and refused to move, blocking the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. Detroit police arrested 21 protesters. Published in...
Policymakers aim to address 900,000-person green card backlog

Policymakers aim to address 900,000-person green card backlog

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...
Frederick ruck club uses mud, weights to complete challenging hikes

Frederick ruck club uses mud, weights to complete challenging hikes

by Sruthi Darbhamulla | Aug 6, 2019 | Featured, Sports

FREDERICK, Md. — On a recent Sunday morning, 10 people created a pool of mud in Ballenger Creek Park and did push-ups, rolled around and crawled in it, their sole aim to get as muddy as possible. That mission accomplished, they set out to hike four miles with...
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