by Fallon Schlossman | Oct 5, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
PHILADELPHIA – Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine will speak to Pennsylvania voters Wednesday night after what some are calling a narrow loss to Mike Pence in Tuesday’s debate. A CNN/ORC poll published after the debate estimates that Pence was...
by Anna Waters | Oct 5, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
FARMVILLE, Va. — Sen. Tim Kaine and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence faced off at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia on Wednesday night in a contentious debate devoted mostly to foreign policy and economic issues. For Longwood students, it was a night to put...
by Dan Waldman | Oct 5, 2016 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — Technology will fuel an increase of up to 3 percent in the gross domestic product of every country in the world over the next decade, the chairman of the board of Cisco Systems said at an International Monetary Fund panel Wednesday. “If you look at...
by Ross Krasner | Oct 5, 2016 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — A cure for Type 1 diabetes could be discovered “within two decades”, an expert told the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus on Wednesday. Boston University Assistant Professor Arturo Vegas acknowledged that the time frame depends greatly on the...
by Medill News Service | Oct 5, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway addressed the media in Spin Alley. (MNS) Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook answered questions after the vice presidential debate. (MNS) Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala answered questions from the media in Spin Alley. (MNS) Rev....
by Benjamin Din | Oct 5, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed to side with Duane Buck, a condemned man, during oral arguments Wednesday involving a decades-old Texas death-penalty case that included racially discriminatory references during court testimony. In 1997, Buck was sentenced to...
by Anna Waters | Oct 4, 2016 | Education, Featured
FARMVILLE, Va. – During Tuesday vice presidential debate between Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence, many Longwood University students were hoping to hear detailed plans to deal with mounting college debt. They were disappointed—the issue came up only...
by David Fishman | Oct 4, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
HAVERFORD, Pa. — Hillary Clinton came to a key battleground state Tuesday to make the case to female voters that she has a better agenda for their concerns and that Donald Trump has a history of disrespecting women. In a town hall event here, the Democratic nominee...
by Isabella Alvarenga & Anna Waters | Oct 4, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
FARMVILLE, Va. — Longwood University students were not required to be in class on Monday —they had an extended fall vacation. But many are on campus anyway, working long hours volunteering instead of sleeping in late on their break. Why? Because Tuesday night,...
by Benjamin Din | Oct 4, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Worries – real or imagined – about a potentially rigged election may be eased by an international election observation mission focusing on the November General Election in the U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said publicly that he...
