by Adam Mintzer | Mar 10, 2015 | Politics
By Adam Mintzer and Haley Hinkle WASHINGTON — Presidential hopefuls vied for the support of firefighters on Tuesday, pitching their campaign messages about middle class business values and the need for “grassroots political movement” to union members. Sens. Bernie...
by Adam Mintzer | Mar 9, 2015 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON— The latest online phenomenon is already sitting in our inboxes. Email newsletters have been on the rise the past couple of years, and they may be the key for the news media to reach audiences that are leaving newspapers and TV but are too busy to sort...
by Adam Mintzer | Mar 3, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Prime Minister of Israel gave a loaded speech Tuesday on nuclear arms to a GOP-led congress, some disgruntled Democrats and pro-Israel activists — but no explosion came. Tensions brewed for weeks among members of Congress, but Prime...
by Adam Mintzer | Feb 25, 2015 | Topics
WASHINGTON—Energy from the Sun can cause beautiful sites like the Northern Lights or potentially dangerous forces like solar flares, but scientists struggle to forecast whether these releases will be gorgeous or gruesome. NASA announced on Wednesday a new mission to...
by Adam Mintzer | Feb 24, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON — Following multiple shootings involving police and the public, demonstrators across the nation raised their hands, clutched their throats and put on hoods demanding political action to ease community-police relations. On Tuesday, a special task force began...
by Adam Mintzer | Feb 11, 2015 | National Security
By Adam Mintzer WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama sent a proposal to Congress on Wednesday to authorize the use of military force against the Islamic State. The proposal lays out the White House’s reasons for wanting Congress to act against ISIS. It cites the...
by Adam Mintzer | Feb 9, 2015 | Environment
By Adam Mintzer WASHINGTON- To fight the rapid decline in the population of monarch butterflies, a new $3.2 million public-private partnership announced Monday aims to tackle the troubling environmental issue. Monarch butterflies, known for their...
by Adam Mintzer | Feb 4, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON- Superstition and spiritualism have intrigued as many as a dozen first ladies dating back to the early 19th century, often as tools to protect their families while in the White House. Psychics, horoscopes and ghosts were part of a number of first ladies’...
by Adam Mintzer | Feb 3, 2015 | Business
WASHINGTON — Standard & Poor’s 500 index agreed to pay nearly $1.38 billion in a settlement related to the rating service’s involvement in the 2008 financial crisis, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday. The Justice Department in 2009 began...
by Adam Mintzer | Feb 2, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON- Bipartisan legislation aimed at combatting suicides among military veterans is headed for a vote in the Senate this week after winning unanimous approval in the U.S. House last month. The bill, called the Clay Hunt Act for a Marine veteran who took...
by Adam Mintzer | Jan 28, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON- Loretta Lynch faced a blaze of questions from Senate Judiciary Committee members Wednesday as she fought to be judged on her own record as she seeks to become Attorney General Eric Holder’s successor. Lynch was forced to answer many questions inspired by...
