by Benjamin Din | Oct 18, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Smuggled drugs are no longer the top priority for the American military in Latin America; rather, the networks of dangerous groups and individuals that move them are the root issues to be addressed, the admiral who oversees military activities in South...
by David Gernon & Ross Krasner | Oct 18, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
DURHAM, N.C. — The Secret Service Monday joined the FBI, local police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to investigate the firebombing of a North Carolina Republican office, the Hillsborough Police Department announced Monday afternoon....
by Isabella Alvarenga | Oct 18, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director Michael Hayden Tuesday described cybersecurity threats as a “darkening sky” but “not as dark as some suggest.” Hayden, who was CIA director from 2006 to 2009 and director of the National Security Agency from 1999 to 2005, said one of...
by Lauren Bally | Oct 17, 2016 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Is it a “migrant problem,” or a “nationalism problem?” That was the question posed Monday at a conference on national security and civil liberties at the Wilson Center. With the recent flow of immigrants from the Middle East, many countries have struggled...
by Jason Mast | Oct 17, 2016 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Education Department announced Monday that the high school graduation rate reached an all-time high in 2015, crediting President Barack Obama’s $4 billion Race to the Top school reform program and nearly $6 billion pre-school initiative. But...
by David Fishman | Oct 17, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Top European diplomats on Monday expressed concern over the European Union’s future and the long-term survival of the single market in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the grouping. Britain voted in June to trigger a so-called Brexit. “It’s a sad...
by Rishika Dugyala | Oct 17, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—Colombia’s democracy has remained strong in the aftermath of Colombian voters’ narrow rejection of a peace accord between the government and largest rebel group, the country’s ambassador to the United States said Monday. “Very few (countries) can...
by Dan Waldman | Oct 17, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Six-time NBA most valuable player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said professional athletes fear that joining the racial protest spearheaded by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick could potentially ruin their personal brands. Abdul-Jabbar spoke Monday...
by Fallon Schlossman | Oct 17, 2016 | Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON – Author Cathy O’Neil warned about the presence of discrimination and the absence of transparency in computer system designs. Her new book, Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy, addresses the lack of...
by Benjamin Din | Oct 17, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus defended Wednesday his decision to stop identifying sailors by their job titles, which has sparked controversy from the Navy’s rank and file. Mabus said at a National Press Club luncheon that his late-September decision to...
by Michelle Kim & Kelly Norris | Oct 17, 2016 | Health & Science, Topics
MIAMI — Every time she wants to go outside, 2-year-old Emmaline Smith stops at the door and holds out her arms, waiting for a head-to-toe spraying with insect repellent. “She knows it. It’s become routine,” mom Jennifer Smith, a 40-year-old...
by Michelle Kim | Oct 14, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
It’s been a tough seven days for Donald Trump since he was heard on tape boasting about using his celebrity to push himself on women. Yet even on Thursday, after new allegations surfaced, some female supporters said they were sticking by their man. At a rally in West...
