by Anna Laffrey | Jan 12, 2018 | Living
WASHINGTON — Transportation safety advocates called for more stringent regulations on driverless car technology Friday, saying a majority of Americans are worried about sharing the road with the automated cars. A poll by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety...
by Stavros Agorakis & Priyanka Godbole | Jan 12, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Health care providers have seen a rapid increase in flu-related illnesses in January, with both hospitalization and vaccination numbers going up, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention experts said Friday. In a conference call, CDC Director Brenda...
by Ben Trachtenberg | Jan 12, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Friends and family of 24 new civil servants cheered as they took the oath of office Friday, administered by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Tillerson noted that the members of the 148th class are going to work in 14 different bureaus around the U.S.,...
by Jakob Lazzaro | Jan 12, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The protests in Iran that started last month show serious splits between the political elites and average citizens, especially outside Tehran, and are a sign that the political climate may be shifting, several experts said Friday. At least 22 people have...
by Erica Snow | Jan 12, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin predicted Friday that Congress will pass a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown Jan. 19 when the current funding legislation expires. He also told the Economic Club of Washington that the recently...
by Caroline Vakil | Jan 11, 2018 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson announced Thursday that his agency will provide $2 billion in grants to fight homelessness through temporary housing. “The funding we announced today is provided through the Continuum of Care grant...
by Kristina Karisch & Maggie Harden | Jan 11, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Despite deep party divides surrounding immigration policy, House Republican and Democratic leaders on Thursday said they were confident that Congress would pass a bill that protects “dreamers.” Speaking at back-to-back news conferences, both House Speaker...
by Syd Stone | Jan 11, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Congress should quickly pass a Senate bill to make it easier to take legal action against websites that support or encourage sex trafficking rather than a similar House bill, the Senate bill’s sponsors said Thursday, claiming the House version doesn’t go...
by Mila Jasper | Jan 11, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Eleven of the 41 remaining detainees at Guantanamo Bay should be freed because they have not been charged and their continued detention is illegally punitive, the human rights group Center for Constitutional Rights said Thursday in asking a federal court...
by Neha Rashid | Apr 22, 2017 | Living
WASHINGTON – The trend of increased urbanization as baby boomers and young people leave the suburbs for metropolitan areas has created economic segregation, but it can be mitigated by ensuring affordable housing, better wages for service jobs and leadership at the...
by Sara Sarwar | Apr 10, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan congressional task force created last week wants to draft legislation that would take on sexual violence in colleges, in elementary and high school and in the military, saying the stigma of being a victim must be eradicated and police...
by Benjamin Din | Dec 1, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The first family rang in the holiday season Thursday evening, lighting the National Christmas Tree for the final time. Joined by first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha Obama, President Barack Obama focused on the need for acceptance, regardless of...
