by Tyler Kendall | Mar 21, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — Talmesha Richards remembered being in third grade and thinking math was “the worst thing in the whole wide world.” But she went on to receive bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and chemical engineering and a PhD in cellular molecular medicine. “I...
by Tyler Kendall | Mar 18, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON– When Rachael Strickland found out in 2012 that her family’s school district was participating in a pilot program to store and manage student data, she was shocked. “Gone are the days when we had the paper files down in a cabinet in the school’s main...
by Tyler Kendall | Mar 17, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—When some of the nation’s most powerful women got together Thursday at the Treasury Department, they meant business. The Women in Finance and Technology Symposium addressed improving financial inclusion for women, closing the gender gap in science and...
by Tyler Kendall | Mar 15, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON– Thousands of New York City public school students are about to get their hands on what first lady Michelle Obama joked Monday is “the hardest ticket to get on the planet.” First lady Michelle Obama welcomed the cast from the hit Broadway...
by Tyler Kendall | Mar 14, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON– In the past two years, more than a million unmanned aircraft systems have been sold in the United States, but only a small fraction- 3,853 to be exact- have been cleared to fly commercially in American skies, according to the Federal Aviation...
by Tyler Kendall | Mar 9, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON— Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called on Congress Wednesday to renew a law that has been providing free and low-cost school meals to children for 50 years. The same day, the American Academy of Pediatrics said poor children are more likely to...
by Tyler Kendall | Mar 7, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—For the past 10 years, Frank Niepold has been doing his part to educate the public on climate change – its causes and effects — as the climate coordinator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. What he has learned, he says, is that...
by Tyler Kendall | Mar 3, 2016 | Topics
[rev_slider alias=”Alabama”] WASHINGTON– President Barack Obama said he must be good luck for the University of Alabama’s football team as he welcomed the Crimson Tide to Washington for the fourth time in seven years on Wednesday. “In...
by Tyler Kendall | Feb 29, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON—Funmi Ayeni, a junior at Morgan State University, wants to be a National Institutes of Health researcher and work on improving mental health care in underdeveloped countries in Africa. Ayeni, a psychology major, is applying to graduate school, working on...
by Tyler Kendall | Feb 23, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments on whether robbing a drug dealer inherently hurts the dealer, thus violating commerce laws, or whether prosecutors must prove actual harm in a case involving the theft of a single marijuana cigarette,...
by Tyler Kendall | Feb 19, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Although 42 states allow the recycling of unused medications as a way to get prescriptions to people who can’t afford them, about 35 million Americans a year still can’t afford to buy their medications because the state programs are just...
by Tyler Kendall | Feb 9, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON- Cary James spent four years getting a degree in mechanical engineering from Boston University. But after a few years of working in her field, she quit and became an electrician apprentice. The Obama administration Tuesday proposed a $2 billion...
