by Lauren Bally | Oct 11, 2016 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — America’s economy would be spurred by boosting the number of high-skilled immigrants tin the country, the author of a new book on income inequality said Tuesday. Edward Conard, author of “The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the...
by Dan Waldman | Oct 11, 2016 | Campaign 2016
Every Satuday, ESPN hosts College GameDay — a show focusing on college football — at a different college campus around the country. Last week, ESPN set up shop in College Station, Texas at Texas A&M. But during the same weekend Washington University in St. Louis,...
by Andrew Merica | Oct 11, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
Ninety minutes before the debate, the spin room and media filing center at Washington University in St. Louis were buzzing with activity. Networks were live on air with pre-debate coverage, and reporters, producers and journalists of all kind were running...
by Darby Hopper | Oct 11, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — American-made feta cheese could be relabeled as “feta-like” if the European Union gets its way. In recent months, the EU has proposed changes in current trade deal negotiations between the U.S. and the EU that would restrict the use of certain food...
by Eunice Lee | Oct 11, 2016 | Business, Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON –The Supreme Court Tuesday wrestled with how to apply a 1952 patent law, particularly sections related to design patents, to a tech industry where innovation and aesthetic appeal play key roles in originality – with Apple arguing that Samsung shouldn’t...
by David Fishman | Oct 10, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
PHILADELPHIA — Every four years, certain states get to shine in the political spotlight because of the importance they play in the presidential election. Ohio, New York, Virginia and Florida have been fixtures on the list. But this year, one battleground state looms...
by Dan Waldman | Oct 10, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
ST. LOUIS – For U.S,. college students getting their first taste of presidential politics, the Clinton-Trump election is baffling. “As a Republican, there is nothing I wanted more than to vote for the Republican nominee,” said Zach Persing of Livingston, New Jersey....
by David Gernon | Oct 10, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — “A shotgun spray to kill a fly is not a good approach.” That was Nicole Tribble’s description of Donald Trump’s plan to combat the Islamic State as she stopped to take a picture near the White House on Monday, the day after...
by Rishika Dugyala | Oct 10, 2016 | Environment, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON— In Haiti’s worst hit areas, 80 percent of buildings have been damaged by Hurricane Matthew—cropland destroyed, palm trees flattened for miles, homes missing their roofs. That’s what Margaret Traub, head of Global Initiatives for the International Medical...
by Jason Mast | Oct 10, 2016 | Featured, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Dozens of Black Lives Matter activists briefly blocked traffic at a downtown Washington intersection during Monday evening’s rush hour to protest the September police killing of Terrence Sterling, a 31-year-old black man who was shot after his motorcycle...
by Evelyn Wang | Oct 10, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Increasing foreign investments and creating peace will be key to Myanmar’s economic development under its newly empowered NLD government, a policy adviser and former U.S. ambassador said Monday, but the country’s powerful military and resistance to...
