by Ritu Prasad & Katie Watkins | Jul 7, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The mystery behind the origins of a recently discovered second handwritten parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence sounds like it came from the movie “National Treasure” – with Thomas Paine, the Third Duke of Richmond and declaration signer...
by Eric Englert | Jul 7, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security will take the lead in fighting agro-terrorism and ensuring a safe food supply by providing a better-coordinated response between agencies in the event of an outbreak, officials say. Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts authored the...
by Christine Huang | Jul 5, 2017 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — A Michigan State University sociologist reports in The Journal of Health and Social Behavior that religious participation affects suicide rates differently around the world, and in Latin America particularly, high religious involvement is associated...
by Mengjie(Jessie) Jiang | Jul 5, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Too many countries are benefiting from NAFTA free tariffs because the rules setting standards for what constitutes a locally made product in the U.S., Canada and Mexico aren’t strict enough, a top United Auto Workers official said Thursday. At a three-day...
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by Hannah Levitt | Jun 30, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
As millions face worsening hunger and a humanitarian threat in South Sudan, international aid workers warned Friday that governments have not taken leadership or sufficient responsibility to resolve the crisis. Specialists at a Center for Strategic & International...
by Ritu Prasad | Jun 29, 2017 | Featured, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut NASA’s 2018 budget means its education office, which creates programs for students from grade school through college would be eliminated. But Robert Lightfoot Jr., NASA’s acting administrator, assured...
