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 Marissa Page | Oct 4, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – U.S. and other foreign aid to southern Africa, which is suffering from food scarcity after the El Niño cycle last year, will not solve the region’s crisis unless effective governments are in put in place, a federal official and scholars said Tuesday....
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...
by Rishika Dugyala | Oct 4, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON— The co-author of a 1987 book that cast Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as a savvy businessman once again criticized Trump’s egotistical approach to politics Tuesday, joining with civil rights leaders to blast Trump for derogatory remarks about...
