by Oyin Falana & Ricky Zipp | Mar 15, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
PARIS — Yara Al Hasbani was preparing for a dance recital in her hometown of Damascus in 2014, when her uncle called her and told her to come home. “When I arrived…I heard the voice of my mother screaming so loudly,” she recalled. “Then I...
by Casey Egan | Mar 15, 2018 | Featured, Living
While the U.S. economy continues to grow and Americans enjoy a far better life style than most people around the globe, the U.S. for the second year in a row has fallen in a “World Happiness Report” compiled by the United Nations. And the reason has far more to do...
by Jasmine Khayami | Mar 15, 2018 | Featured, Living
FALLS CHURCH – Iranian-American children and their families gathered in Falls Church, Virg. to celebrate the Iranian New Year, Nowruz, on March 10. The organization, Farsi Speaking Kids, hosted the event at the Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School. Complete...
by Elizabeth Strassner | Mar 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly learned that he was being fired when the rest of the country did: the morning of March 13, when the president posted the information to his Twitter account. “Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will...
by Casey Egan | Mar 14, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – By choosing CIA Director Mike Pompeo to succeed Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, President Donald Trump has picked a hard-edged conservative who shares virtually all of his views on foreign policy. On Tuesday, Trump announced via Twitter he had...
by Gerald Harris | Mar 14, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON- Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, one of the most endangered Democrats in the 2018 mid-term campaign, is feeling heat from President Donald Trump and her likely Republican challenger, state Atty. Gen. Josh Hawley. Trump is scheduled to be in St. Louis on...
