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by Zoya Mirza | Mar 6, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
The sizzling and spattering of hot oil could be heard from the other side of the kitchen as chef Jaycee Couch laid silver-hued mackerels on a cooking range one by one. Nearby, the soothing sound of water bubbling in a pot, the comforting sight of chicken thighs...
by Annie Klingenberg | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured, Politics
A group of Bedouin girls in Egypt work at a gas station despite their jobs going against their traditional culture. The girls keep track of finances and assist customers that use the facility. While the girls are sometimes criticized for choosing to defy norms, they...
by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured, Politics
President Biden’s recent Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, met with Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar ahead of her confirmation hearings set to begin on March 21. Klobuchar is a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I just think that...
by Ariel Gans | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — A Democratic congressman is pushing for curtailing Russia’s access to the internet, saying that in recent days he has discussed that action against Vladimir Putin’s country with senior members of the Biden administration. The internet...
by Julia Shapero | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee for ambassador to Yemen responded to criticism from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday over the administration’s decision to remove the foreign terrorist designation from the Iran-backed...
by Catherine Buchaniec | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The chair of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee grilled Pentagon officials Wednesday about the rising suicide rate among members of the military, saying the Defense Department is not “providing the right resources at the...
