by Fatemeh Jamalpour | Jul 20, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Their robot — dubbed Better Idea of Afghan Girls — didn’t nab a gold medal. Even so, the six teenage girls who had traveled from Afghanistan to Washington became celebrities at the three-day First Global Challenge, an international robotics competition...
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by Misha Euceph | Jul 20, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday that U.S. production of cleaner burning coal, shale oil and gas, and liquefied natural gas has grown under the Trump administration and the increase didn’t result in more pollution. This increase has led to “job...
by Jacob Rogers | Jul 20, 2017 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center was honored this week as one of 10 institutions to receive a 2017 national award for service and education from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Susan Abrams, the Skokie-based...
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by Yemeng Yang | Jul 20, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — Facing a 60-day deadline and a looming summer congressional recess, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas vowed Wednesday that he and his fellow Republicans have enough time to overturn a rule that allows consumers to band together and sue financial institutions....
by Ritu Prasad & Katie Watkins | Jul 19, 2017 | Featured, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Growing up in Alexandria, Egypt, Yomna Ahmed Rageb remembers a childhood full of Legos. So when her parents suggested she get involved with robotics, it felt natural to trade her plastic bricks for metal gears. But when she first joined a robotics team as...
by Mengjie(Jessie) Jiang | Jul 18, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON–U.S. and China have different goals for the Wednesday bilateral economic dialogue: President Donald Trump wants tangible success in reducing the U.S. trade deficit with China, while Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to keep the status quo, a number...
