by Beverly Banks | Nov 29, 2018 | Demographics, Energy, Environment, Featured, Politics
WEST VIRGINIA’S employment numbers have risen thanks to more coal, natural gas and construction projects, but young people say they need more diverse career options in order to stay in the state. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’...
by Lucas Robinson | Nov 28, 2018 | Featured, Foreign Affairs
WASHINGTON — The Senate moved closer Wednesday to ending U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, a rebuke of the close U.S. ally amid outrage over the Middle Eastern kingdom’s war in which tens of thousands of civilians have been killed. The Senate took a...
by Kietryn Zychal | Nov 28, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi won the House Democrats’ vote to lead their party in the House, and now needs to win a majority of the full House — 218 votes – to regain the House Speaker title she lost in 2011 when Republicans took control. “Our diversity is...
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by Jessica A. Floyd | Nov 27, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — Fetal tissue is not as effective as cell lines obtained through various alternative methods such as using placenta tissue or stem cells from pregnant women, experts from the anti-abortion Charlotte Lozier Institute said Tuesday. David Prentice, vice...
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by Daniel Grimes | Nov 27, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON—Encryption technology may help you keep those racy Google searches private, but cybersecurity experts Tuesday said it also helps racial minorities, battered women and LGBTQ people by protecting their information from wrongdoers and connecting them with...
