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Puerto Rico, still reeling from Hurricane Maria, hammered again by a storm

by Enes Calli | Mar 6, 2018 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Puerto Rico just can’t get a break. A powerful Nor’easter hit the Puerto Rico on Monday, as the U.S. island territory still struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria. Nearly 30-foot waves devastated beaches and docks and forced dozens of...
The road ahead: How a ‘universal’ flu vaccine might work

The road ahead: How a ‘universal’ flu vaccine might work

by David Thill | Mar 6, 2018 | Featured, Health

WASHINGTON – The good news is that flu season has finally peaked. Outpatient visits for influenza-like illness dropped from 6.4 percent of all recorded visits to 5 percent during the eighth week of the year, according to the latest data from the federal Centers...
Just A Game? North Korea Open To Talks With U.S. About Dismantling Nuclear Arsenal

Just A Game? North Korea Open To Talks With U.S. About Dismantling Nuclear Arsenal

by Joey Mendolia | Mar 6, 2018 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – Instead of fire and fury, we may get discussion and compromise. On Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told South Korean delegates that the North is willing to begin discussion with the United States on dismantling its nuclear arsenal and...

Companies take the lead on gun reform in wake of Florida mass shooting

by Casey Egan & Yingjie Gu | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, Politics

 In the wake of another deadly mass shooting, some of the nation’s largest private companies took significant steps this week to reform their gun marketing policies, after years of congressional inaction. Walmart – the nation’s top retailer – announced...

Senators Revive NATO Observer Group as Russia Poses Increased Threats

by Enes Calli | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, National Security

Washington –  A bipartisan group of senators announced on Wednesday a revival of a group that oversaw the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to former socialist bloc countries Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic and helped to revise...

Federal government steps up effort to combat opioid crisis

by Casey Egan | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, Health

As the opioid epidemic continues to scourge communities across America at a record rate, Congress and the Trump Administration have begun stepping up efforts to stem the surge in deaths from drug overdose. President Donald Trump made combatting the drug epidemic a...
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