by Meggie Morris | Apr 28, 2016 | Education
WASHINTON–Legendary jazz musician Herbie Hancock thinks American classrooms need a new soundtrack — one that mixes hip-hop and jazz with Pythagoras’ Theorem and exponential functions. Teachers should be taking advantage of teenagers’ preoccupation with...
by Benji Cohen | Apr 28, 2016 | Sports
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti thanked Congress for considering a resolution supporting America’s bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic games in Los Angeles. The City of Angels hosted the Olympics in 1932 and 1984. The host of the 2024 summer Olympics...
by Emiliana Molina | Apr 28, 2016 | Politics
NEW YORK– Jaidan Juston is a Mexican-American Trump supporter from the Bronx — not what you would expect in the predominantly Democratic Hispanic borough. Juston was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Mexican immigrant parents. His family swam across the...
by Benji Cohen | Apr 28, 2016 | Sports
Findings by the Cleveland Clinic about brain trauma have influenced the Nevada Athletic Commission to require functional brain testing for all fighters every time they square off or on a yearly basis. Sen. John McCain joined Dr. Charles Bernick, associate director of...
by Nick Zazulia | Apr 27, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Rep. Chris Van Hollen weathered the challenge of Donna Edwards, but he has one woman left to face before he closes the door on Maryland’s 30-year run of female representation in the U.S. Senate by succeeding Sen. Barbara Mikulski. Republican...
by Lydia Randall | Apr 27, 2016 | Living
Nowruz, a Persian secular holiday that marks the beginning of Spring, was celebrated at the White House on April 6. While it has been a landmark year in United States/Iran relations, the people of Iran are still not feeling positive effects of lifted sanctions on...
