by Madeline Fox | Jan 28, 2015 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — Loretta Lynch faced down terrorists, traffickers and drug lords during her tenure as U.S. attorney for the eastern district of New York. The experiences served the attorney general nominee well in front of a Senate committee and dozens of camera...
by Madeline Fox | Jan 27, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON – Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Tuesday announced his fix for the soon-to-expire Highway Trust Fund — a $1 trillion, five-year plan he plans to introduce to Congress. The Rebuild America Act, Sanders’ plan, is one of many infrastructure...
by Madeline Fox | Jan 26, 2015 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON – Low-income drivers pay prohibitively expensive insurance premiums, according to a study released Monday by the Consumer Federation of America. All price quotes for the researchers’ test subject, a 30-year-old female high school graduate with a clean...
by Madeline Fox | Jan 21, 2015 | Living, State of the Union
WASHINGTON–The same group that provided a broad base of support for Barack Obama in in the last two presidential elections had reason to celebrate during the State of the Union address Tuesday night. The president offered his commitment to initiatives aimed at...
by Madeline Fox | Jan 19, 2015 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – A group of nine protesters decided to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s memory in the same way they spend every Monday—demonstrating for more restrictive gun control laws in front of the White House. Linda Finkel-Talvadkar, who started the protest...
by Madeline Fox | Jan 13, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday released its annual “Most Wanted” list of safety improvements, supplementing six returners from previous years that are still dogging the NTSB with four new concerns. New to the list this year: Ensuring...
by Madeline Fox | Jan 7, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON — Activist Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke about our era’s major social issues Wednesday at the National Press Club in a speech entitled “What Would Martin Luther King Say?” In celebration of her uncle’s birthday...
