by Martha Castro and Khadija Islow | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON— Families of American hostages in Iran on Thursday called on the House to approve a bill that would increase government assistance to Americans wrongfully detained abroad and impose sanctions on foreign officials responsible for the detainments. “Any...
by Sneha Day and Megan Lebowitz | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on a highly anticipated case that could restrict access to abortions by requiring doctors who perform abortions to be able to admit patients at nearby hospitals. The case, June Medical Services LLC v. Russo,...
by Khadija Islow | Mar 4, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Featured
WASHINGTON – The technology industry wants people to believe that illicit activity is largely confined to the dark web, but the open web and big players like Facebook actually are where most of the organized crime syndicates operate, said an expert on trafficking and...
by Martha Castro | Mar 4, 2020 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON—While some Democrats in Congress have criticized the Trump administration’s program requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for a ruling on their claims, some experts say lawmakers should attempt to block funds for the program and require more oversight....
by Sneha Dey and Angelina Campanile | Mar 4, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
RICHMOND, Virginia.– Former Vice President Joe Biden swept Virginia on Tuesday, despite early polls showing Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg running neck-and-neck. Virginia was one of the 10 Super Tuesday states Biden carried,...
by Angelina Campanile and Rupa Palla | Mar 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Topics
RICHMOND, Virginia.– Support for former Vice President Joe Biden’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination has surged in Virginia after his landslide victory in South Carolina Saturday, but he still trails behind Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.t., leading into...
by Khadija Islow | Mar 3, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON– The United States is in the fourth wave of the substance abuse crisis as; methamphetamines combined with drugs like fentanyl are overshadowing opiod abuse in some parts of the country, said a top official at the Department of Health and Human Services said...
by Megan Lebowitz | Mar 3, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
FAIRFAX, VA. – “I’m OK. We’re OK. Hang up the phone. Don’t talk too much.” Irade Kashgary remembers her aunt’s warning during a phone call several months ago — the last contact Kashgary had with her relatives in Xinjiang, China. Kashgary, 26, is a Uyghur American...
by James Pollard | Mar 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Of the more than 6,000 political advertisements that have aired on Charlotte TVs this primary season, 79.8% of them are from Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, according to a recent report by...
by James Pollard | Mar 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — President Donald Trump on Monday repeatedly attacked Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as the former vice president gains momentum heading into the Super Tuesday vote. The President appeared in Charlotte, N.C.,— the site of...
by Joshua Irvine | Mar 2, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Featured
WASHINGTON – Almost all of the federal agencies charged with protecting critical American infrastructure from cyberattacks have not developed effective methods to measure whether industries ranging from the energy sector to financial services have adopted U.S....
by Zamone "Z" Perez | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — As Gayle Tucker left her polling place at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Columbia, she asked a question that sums Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s poor performance in the “First in the South” primary on Saturday and her struggle to gain...
