by Alex Duner | Mar 1, 2016 | National Security, Politics
FBI Director James Comey prepares to give testimony at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the ongoing battle over creating a so-called iPhone backdoor. (Alex Duner/Medill News Service) WASHINGTON — The battle between Apple and the FBI over a court order to create...
by Natalie Escobar | Mar 1, 2016 | Politics, Topics
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton greets a screaming audience at a Monday night rally at Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk, Va. Gov. Terry McAuliffe, [left] who has endorsed Clinton, introduced her before she took the stage. (Natalie Escobar/Medill News Service)...
by Alex Lederman | Mar 1, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — As Pakistan’s policy toward terrorism hardened due to domestic attacks that killed hundreds of its citizens, its relations with the U.S. have been repaired from damage caused by the U.S. unilateral mission to kill Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad,...
by Jasper Scherer | Mar 1, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON–House Republicans criticized the Department of Energy’s funding of clean energy research in its 2017 budget proposal, calling instead for more investment in coal, natural gas and nuclear energy. The Energy Department’s overall request for $32.5...
by Ethan Cohen | Mar 1, 2016 | Living
The front steps of the Supreme Court building, where the court heard oral arguments Tuesday. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) WASHINGTON– Lester Ray Nichols, a sex offender who moved out of the country and never updated his registration, might not have been actually...
by Jack Corrigan | Feb 29, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
VIRGINIA BEACH — The hostility of the GOP primary race has sent a small but dedicated group of Republican voters looking for a candidate with a “gentle spirit” and ability to compromise. And it’s those people that Ben Carson, who has become something of a political...
by Drew Gerber | Feb 29, 2016 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers said Monday they see the November election as a referendum on President Barack Obama’s signature health care law as their party seeks to offer voters alternative plans. Speaking before the annual Federation of American Hospitals...
by Nick Hagar | Feb 29, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — The promise of tomorrow is a long-time coming. In 1943, a Western Airlines advertisement declared: “TOMORROW, you can live a new life of unhurried speed, where family helicopters, super airliners and many amazing new machines will provide ample leisure.”...
by Allyson Chiu | Feb 29, 2016 | Business, Environment
WASHINGTON– With rising concerns about climate conditions, private companies are joining with the government to fund the innovative technology needed to upgrade renewable power sources and cut back on energy use, experts said Monday. The Advanced Research...
by Nick Hagar | Feb 29, 2016 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON — A prominent financial figure highlighted a new way of funding social programs Monday – social impact bonds, contracts that bring private money to ventures that can improve society. By bringing increased capital to social programs, social impact bonds...
by Alex Lederman | Feb 29, 2016 | Business, Politics
Matthew Petersen might have made the best financial decision of his life when he was fifteen. For $1, he bought the Star ’85 Chicago Bulls basketball card team set—a bundle that included a Michael Jordan rookie card. In 2016, that piece of cardboard is selling on eBay...
by Tyler Kendall | Feb 29, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON—Funmi Ayeni, a junior at Morgan State University, wants to be a National Institutes of Health researcher and work on improving mental health care in underdeveloped countries in Africa. Ayeni, a psychology major, is applying to graduate school, working on...
