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Seniors’ interests in updated booster is diminishing

Seniors’ interests in updated booster is diminishing

by Pingping Yin | Oct 27, 2022 | Featured, Health

WASHINGTON — Holly Schickler, a retired flight attendant living in Arlington, Va., was fully aware of the new bivalent booster that protects against two variants of COVID-19, not long after the Centers for Disease Control recommended it last month. She was determined...
Prominent GOP election attorney criticizes Republican state laws targeting election officials

Prominent GOP election attorney criticizes Republican state laws targeting election officials

by Christina van Waasbergen | Oct 27, 2022 | Politics

WASHINGTON – A longtime Republican election attorney criticized new laws in mostly Republican states that target election officials with criminal prosecution. The attorney, Ben Ginsberg, told Medill News Service on Tuesday that these laws will make it more difficult...
Abortion ruling drives young Pennsylvanians to vote

Abortion ruling drives young Pennsylvanians to vote

by Pingping Yin | Oct 20, 2022 | Featured, Politics

Many remain uninformed as election day nears MONACA, Pa. — As the child of a single mom, Frank Perrone was influenced more by his mother than anyone else. He said he would never forget how sad his mother was on June 24, when the Supreme Court ended the national...
The European Union will not give up until Putin gives in

The European Union will not give up until Putin gives in

by Joslyn Richardson | Oct 20, 2022 | Featured, Politics

BRUSSELS – When asked about his prediction of how Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine would end, a top spokesman for the European Union recalled a sign held up at a demonstration in Germany: “Can we fast forward to the part when you kill...
According to Fed, Americans are Bracing for an Economic Downturn

According to Fed, Americans are Bracing for an Economic Downturn

by Grant Schwab | Oct 19, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON  — A new report from the Federal Reserve noted that Americans are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the direction of the U.S. economy. That doesn’t necessarily suggest a recession is coming. Current conditions across industries and regions are mixed,...
D.C. K-12 social studies standards updated for the first time since 2006

D.C. K-12 social studies standards updated for the first time since 2006

by Rashida Sherie Anderson-Abdullah | Oct 19, 2022 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee met for the final time before the midterm elections last Thursday to present new evidence about the fragility of American democracy and detail how close the country came to a constitutional crisis that day. This comes at a time...
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