by Eunice Lee | Oct 18, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Defense Department said Tuesday that no U.S. troops will go to the front lines in the battle of Mosul which launched Monday. But the U.S. is playing a key advisor role in helping Kurds and Iraqis on the battleground. Approximately 10,000 Kurdish...
by Eunice Lee | Oct 11, 2016 | Business, Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON –The Supreme Court Tuesday wrestled with how to apply a 1952 patent law, particularly sections related to design patents, to a tech industry where innovation and aesthetic appeal play key roles in originality – with Apple arguing that Samsung shouldn’t...
by Eunice Lee | Oct 3, 2016 | Business, Energy, Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – For rural Americans and folks living in small towns, biobased products offer “tremendous hope” of more jobs and cleaner energy, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday at a National Press Club luncheon. When it comes to biobased products,...
by Eunice Lee | Sep 27, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Topics
At debate-watching parties in the nation’s capital on Monday, young voters said they know just how important this election is — they just don’t agree on why. About 350 college Republicans and Democrats came together at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, to watch...
by Eunice Lee | Sep 27, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The wage gap between black workers and white workers remains wide, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute. Black men make 22 percent less and black women make 34.2 percent less than their white counterparts. And yet, poverty or...