by Marissa Page | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON –Senators on the Special Committee on Aging said Wednesday the government needs to better track the extent of elder abuse involving financial manipulation, which elderly advocates said is a vastly underreported problem. “There are currently no national...
by Marissa Page | Nov 29, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center recorded more than 860 bias-related incidents nationwide in the 10 days following the presidential election, according to a report released Tuesday by the legal advocacy group. The SPLC, an organization which...
by Marissa Page | Nov 16, 2016 | Technology
WASHINGTON — Wider implementation of autonomous vehicles could eliminate fatal car accidents, the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration testified Wednesday before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. Dr. Mark Rosekind said 94 percent of...
by Marissa Page | Nov 9, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
NEW YORK – Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton once again found herself beneath a glass ceiling. The Democratic presidential nominee lost to Republican challenger Donald J. Trump early Wednesday morning in a surprise upset. Polling agencies FiveThirtyEight, The...
by Marissa Page | Nov 8, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Topics
NEW YORK — It ends where it all began. For the first time since 1944, both presidential candidates will hold their Election Night festivities in midtown Manhattan — less than two miles apart. Democrat Hillary Clinton, who has reserved the 1.8 million square-foot...
by Marissa Page | Nov 7, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could make it easier to sue foreign governments in U.S. courts, an outcome that a Justice Department lawyer said would damage foreign relations. Oklahoma oil company Helmerich & Payne...
by Marissa Page | Nov 1, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
BOULDER, Colo. – In this battleground state, young voters can be the key to a candidate’s success. In 2012 and 2008, they turned out in droves and Barack Obama carried the state that had gone red in the three prior elections; in 2012, the voting rate for 18- to...
by Marissa Page | Oct 12, 2016 | Featured, Living, National Security
WASHINGTON – The libertarian-leaning Cato Institute typically promotes limited government, but Cato said Wednesday federal agencies have an important role to play in addressing police misconduct. Researchers and analysts from the Cato Institute’s project on criminal...
by Marissa Page | Oct 4, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – U.S. and other foreign aid to southern Africa, which is suffering from food scarcity after the El Niño cycle last year, will not solve the region’s crisis unless effective governments are in put in place, a federal official and scholars said Tuesday....
by Marissa Page | Sep 28, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON – During a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the Obama administration’s plan to admit 110,000 refugees in fiscal 2017, Democrats and Republicans clashed fiercely over U.S. refugee policy. Democrat Al Franken called for expanding admissions, while...
by Marissa Page | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Federal health officials are taking steps to contain nationwide opioid addiction by addressing it at the onset — by scaling back prescriptions, a top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said Monday. The number of opioid-related deaths has...
