by Kaylah Jackson | Aug 22, 2017 | Featured, Politics
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Hundreds of African American and other students at the University of Virginia rallied late Monday to demand that university officials increase the number of minority students enrolled at the school. The protest was a reaction to the events of...
by Ritu Prasad & Katie Watkins | Aug 21, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Washington’s hot, humid summer has certainly caused those in the nation’s capital to sweat it out, but it’s just what the city’s three corpse flowers — which bloom with a violent stench — needed. The largest of the three super-sized, super-stinky blooms...
by Jacob Rogers | Aug 18, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – An Illinois Republican congressman is seeking to support the U.S. nuclear energy industry by changing federal rules that force power companies to pay more than $800 million annually for safety inspections and licensing, among other services. Rep. Adam...
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by Hannah Levitt | Aug 18, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Kenya’s near 80 percent voter turnout and lack of extreme violence mark the country’s move toward a more peaceful, democratic election process, according to a panel of Kenya specialists. Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was first...
by Eric Englert | Aug 17, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON –The U.S. Capitol features 12 statues that honor Confederate military and political leaders, sent there by the Southern states they called home. But House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Republicans need to join Democratic efforts to...
