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Senate committee ponders crypto regulation in wake of FTX collapse

Senate committee ponders crypto regulation in wake of FTX collapse

by Grant Schwab | Dec 1, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured

The story of FTX’s collapse is one of intra-office romantic entanglements, a prescient commercial by the company comically predicting its own demise, a stadium naming-rights deal gone sour, and an unintentional tell-all interview. It’s also a story of Congress failing...
U.S. Capitol Christmas tree lightning ceremony illuminates Cherokee culture

U.S. Capitol Christmas tree lightning ceremony illuminates Cherokee culture

by Pingping Yin | Nov 30, 2022 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON — A nine-year-old Cherokee boy from North Carolina helped light the “People’s Tree” on the West lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. The 78-foot-tall tree, nicknamed Ruby, came from Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. Hundreds...
Kiggans Flips Virginia’s 2nd District for Republicans

Kiggans Flips Virginia’s 2nd District for Republicans

by Christina van Waasbergen | Nov 25, 2022 | Politics

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Although the predicted red wave did not occur, Republicans still took control of the House by a handful of seats. One of the seats they flipped was Virginia’s 2nd District. Republican State Senator Jen Kiggans (R-Virginia Beach) unseated Rep....
Howard County is thankful for its veterans

Howard County is thankful for its veterans

by Joslyn Richardson | Nov 23, 2022 | Featured, Living

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Columbia, Maryland had its 8th annual Veteran’s Day Parade near Lake Kittamaqundi. Active and retired military veterans, as well as their families, marched in the parade and then assembled for a ceremony honoring all military members...
Maternal health crisis worsened during the pandemic

Maternal health crisis worsened during the pandemic

by Pingping Yin | Nov 22, 2022 | Featured, Health, Health

WASHINGTON– The number of women who died from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, known as maternal death, spiked during the pandemic, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. It shows that COVID-19 was a contributing...
Emergency public health funding for COVID vaccines and tests ends in January

Emergency public health funding for COVID vaccines and tests ends in January

by Pingping Yin | Nov 22, 2022 | Featured, Health, Health

WASHINGTON — With several new omicron sub variants steadily gaining ground, experts, such as White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha, warned another COVID surge will come this winter. Unlike the first two COVID winters when the federal...
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