by Jane Herman | Mar 18, 2014 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security joined forces Tuesday with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Postal Inspection Service to identify major players in an international operation involving underground child pornography. In the past few...
by Jane Herman | Mar 17, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – Although digital journalism startups have been springing up, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 13 percent decline in journalism jobs from 2012 to 2022, a drop of 7,200 jobs. “My biggest concern about employment after college is the competitiveness...
by Jane Herman | Mar 16, 2014 | Immigration, Living
WASHINGTON—Habtom Haile nervously tugs at the collar of his sweatshirts as he stares off into the distance. The 29-year-old refugee reflects on his lonely journey to the United States from Eritrea, a former colony on the horn of Africa locked in a long-running...
by Jane Herman | Mar 12, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON—The growing number of refugees who are children fleeing Central American countries because of violence, abuses and hardships is a top priority for the U.N., United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said Wednesday. “Even if we have to...
by Jane Herman | Mar 11, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON–Locked in a seven by ten foot cell for twenty-three hours a day, with little to no human contact except for the brief mutterings of a prison guard: this was Brian Nelson’s typical day for 23 years in solitary confinement. “Yes I committed a...
by Jane Herman | Mar 7, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON — The Dalai Lama, wearing a baseball cap and laughing at the occasional joke, spoke at the Washington National Cathedral Friday, giving his views on ethical issues going beyond organized religion. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is the spiritual leader...
by Jane Herman | Mar 5, 2014 | Immigration, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which works against unlawful crossing of borders that could threaten public safety, opened an exhibit in the Crime Museum Wednesday. The exhibit features artifacts such...
by Jane Herman | Feb 25, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON- The most recent “Youth Misery Index” is at a record high because of high joblessness and student loan debt among recent college graduates — and the Obama administration hasn’t helped, according to Young America’s Foundation,...
by Jane Herman | Feb 19, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Despite technical glitches, a government shutdown and dozens of attempts to repeal the new health care law, implementation of the Affordable Care Act is going strong in the country’s largest state, according to a new report. The study, compiled by the...
by Jane Herman | Feb 11, 2014 | Living, National Security
WASHINGTON- The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program – widely known on college campuses as ROTC — is expanding to cover a more geographically and economically diverse student base, says retired Army Gen. Jack Keane. ROTC is the major military commissioning...
by Jane Herman | Feb 4, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON- Immigration advocates called on President Barack Obama Tuesday to issue an executive order to prevent more immigrants from being deported. The National Day Laborer Organization Network and a group of undocumented immigrants filed an official petition...
by Jane Herman | Feb 3, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON — The United States Trade and Development Agency will continue its mission to promote U.S. trade to emerging economies, but is taking note that some of the developing nations want more say in how their economies grow, which can benefit U.S. businesses,...
