by Haley Hinkle | Feb 24, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON — Senators are looking for ways to support victims of human trafficking in the United States as they move toward a likely vote next week on legislation to curb abuses. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard first from female senators who have worked to combat...
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 Tara Longardner | Feb 23, 2015 | Living, National Security
By Tara Longardner WASHINGTON – The issue of illiteracy has moved into the cyber world. Digital illiteracy affects the elderly, poor and those with limited English proficiency and puts them more at risk of cybersecurity breaches, experts said Monday. In terms...
by Haley Hinkle | Feb 23, 2015 | Health & Science, Living
By Haley Hinkle WASHINGTON—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to launch a new system for analyzing the effectiveness of medical devices after they hit the market and are put in use across the country. The system, planned in collaboration with Brookings...
by Madeline Fox | Feb 18, 2015 | Living
By Madeline Fox WASHINGTON – Sexual violence in war-torn regions is a known problem, but less attention is paid to the severe issue of the lingering peacetime gender inequality that it reinforces, said London professor Jelke Boesten. In a panel at the U.S. Institute...
by Ashley Gilmore | Feb 11, 2015 | Living, Politics
By Ashley Gilmore WASHINGTON— The United States is making large cuts in funding and programming to reduce gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is a major blow because it’s the single biggest government donor, Marcy Hersh of Refugees...
by Nancy Wang | Feb 11, 2015 | Living, Politics
By Nancy Wang WASHINGTON—Families headed by never married single parents are the least advantaged, the least benefited and the least protected population — and they need help, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution told House subcommittee Wednesday. “Not...
by Bailey Williams | Feb 11, 2015 | Living
By Bailey Williams WASHINGTON–House Republicans pressed Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro Wednesday to admit that the Federal Housing Administration doesn’t have enough capital reserves, but Castro was adamant that the mortgage insurer was on...
by Madeline Fox | Feb 11, 2015 | Living
By Madeline Fox WASHINGTON — Congress must move quickly to pass a long-term, robust federal surface transportation bill, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Wednesday. Foxx, speaking before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, urged action on...
by Jesse Kirsch | Feb 11, 2015 | Living
By Jesse Kirsch WASHINGTON—Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder presented 22 public servants with the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Wednesday. The honorees include an FBI team, which participated in a 2013 Alabama kidnapping rescue mission....
by Tara Longardner | Feb 10, 2015 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON- Amid driver misconduct allegations against ridesharing companies such as Uber, a new think tank report shows there is no evidence that passengers are in more danger in rideshare cars than they are in taxis. Ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft have...
by Tara Longardner | Feb 9, 2015 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Residents of the nation’s capital voted overwhelmingly in November to legalize marijuana, but the fate of the initiative is now in the hands of a Republican-controlled Congress. Without congressional authorization, the legalization issue would be...
