by Alyssa Howard | Mar 18, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON — After Jennifer Norris was drugged and raped by her Air Force recruiter, she stayed silent. She also did not file a report after her technical school instructor at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi sexually assaulted her out of fear of losing her...
by Alyssa Howard | Mar 12, 2013 | National Security, Politics
Members of Team 26, a group of cyclists who rode from Newtown, Conn. to Washington to call for gun control laws, wipe each other off after finishing the 400-mile ride. (Tom Meyer/ Medill News Service)Rep. Elizabeth Esty, a Connecticut Democrat, hugs Monte Frank, the...
by Alyssa Howard | Mar 7, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Despite a Supreme Court decision to hear new challenges to campaign spending limits, campaign finance reformers are doubling down on efforts to restrict the role of money in politics. The country’s highest court agreed Feb. 19 to hear McCutcheon v....
by Alyssa Howard | Mar 5, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Severely mentally ill individuals who may be prone to violence too often can’t get the psychiatric help they need because of legal roadblocks and inadequate treatment options, witnesses told a House investigatory committee said Tuesday. Held in the wake...
by Alyssa Howard | Feb 27, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON – New Yorkers will be sipping – not gulping – their sugary soft drinks this weekend when Mayor Michael Bloomberg starts enforcing a citywide ban on purchasing sugary beverages of more than 16 ounces. And Bloomberg isn’t the only one targeting...
by Alyssa Howard | Feb 20, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON– The U.S. government’s $28 billion international AIDS relief plan should focus on helping partner countries around the world develop self-sufficient HIV/AIDS prevention programs, according to an evaluation Wednesday by the Institute of Medicine. The...
by Alyssa Howard | Feb 19, 2013 | National Security
Video by Catherine Reid WASHINGTON — Wind and rain didn’t deter CODEPINK from staging a White House protest Tuesday against the Obama administration’s drone warfare policy and the president’s nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. CODEPINK is a women’s grassroots...
by Alyssa Howard | Feb 13, 2013 | Politics
Video by Gideon Resnick and Catherine Reid WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s fourth State of the Union address elicited strong opinions on both sides of the aisle. In laying out his agenda for his second term, Obama said he wanted improvements in the...
by Alyssa Howard | Feb 6, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — On December 5, 2009, Brittan Sutphin’s heart stopped beating for eight minutes. The high school junior had been swimming in a practice relay when her friends and teammates saw her suddenly stop taking strokes and sink to the bottom of the pool....
by Alyssa Howard | Jan 30, 2013 | Politics
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords addressed the Senate Judiciary Committee before a hearing on gun violence. (Mitchell Armentrout/Medill)National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre reiterated his call for armed security guards in schools. (Mitchell...
by Alyssa Howard | Jan 29, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — One in five Americans don’t have access to doctors when they need them due to a shortage of primary care physicians, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday. The Senate subcommittee on primary health and aging grappled with ways to solve the problem and more...
by Alyssa Howard | Jan 22, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Fifty years ago, the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. killed four little girls who were attending Sunday school classes. On Tuesday, the mayor of Birmingham and three Alabama lawmakers proposed honoring the victims of the...
