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...
by Anna Waters | Oct 12, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON — A new survey by Gallup finds that Americans who make up Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s base will still be relevant politically after the Nov. 8 election and may be part of a new normal. The University of Virginia Institute for...
by Andrew Merica | Oct 12, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Gun rights has not been the most critical issue in the presidential campaign, but former National Rifle Association president David Keene reminded an audience Wednesday that because the next president will fill the vacant Supreme Court seat,...
by Marissa Page | Oct 12, 2016 | Featured, Living, National Security
WASHINGTON – The libertarian-leaning Cato Institute typically promotes limited government, but Cato said Wednesday federal agencies have an important role to play in addressing police misconduct. Researchers and analysts from the Cato Institute’s project on criminal...
by Michelle Kim | Oct 12, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Environment, Featured
MIAMI – Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore reunited on the campaign trail Tuesday to highlight what both consider one of the most important issues of the presidential campaign: climate change. “The world is on the cusp of either building on the...
