by Alex Lederman | Jan 27, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Russia should collaborate with the United States in upcoming United Nations negotiations to help resolve the Syrian crisis and present united opposition to the Islamic State, a member of a Russian research team said Wednesday. “Without a political...
by Natalie Escobar | Jan 27, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON—Democratic countries’ inability to deal with the fallout from the Syrian civil war, including the “unprecedented numbers” of refugees and rise of terrorist groups like the Islamic State, has contributed to a decade-long decline in global freedom, according...
by Nick Hagar | Jan 26, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON — On May 6, 2010, a large mutual fund trader initiated an order to sell more than $4 billion of E-Mini S&P futures contracts in 20 minutes. The sudden imbalance created a rush to sell, leading investors to trade about two billion shares between...
by Alex Duner | Jan 26, 2016 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — A 25-year-old architect’s design has been selected for the World War I memorial, which planners envision as a contemplative and educational space honoring American members of the military who fought in The Great War. On Tuesday at the National Press Club,...
by Tyler Kendall | Jan 26, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – In a symbolic gesture to show the world how close it is to destruction, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced Tuesday “with utter dismay” that its Doomsday Clock will remain at three minutes to midnight. “This is a metaphor for how close we are...
by Isabella Gutierrez | Jan 20, 2016 | National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – Even though the Islamic State has suffered territorial losses in recent months, Americans should not have false hopes that the terrorist threat in the United States is diminished. In fact, the opposite may be true, a Princeton scholar said Wednesday....
by Erin Bacon | Jan 20, 2016 | Politics
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Donald Trump has joined a growing list of Republican presidential candidates courting the young conservative vote at Liberty University. Around 9,000 students listened to Trump speak Monday for an MLK Day event at the conservative Christian...
by Alex Lederman | Jan 20, 2016 | Living
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices questioned lawyers Wednesday about whether tribal sovereignty over Indian reservations can be lost to non-Indian settlements in a case that could affect the territorial boundaries of Indian reservations and tribes’ rights to...
by Alex Duner | Jan 20, 2016 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices Wednesday found themselves stuck on who has control over vast swaths of Alaskan parkland in a case that started with a moose hunter who wanted to use his hovercraft in a national preserve. John Sturgeon said he has the right to use...
by Jasper Scherer | Jan 20, 2016 | Business, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — The United States is the 10th largest contributor to global innovation, 34 spots ahead of China, according to a report released Wednesday, while Finland and Sweden – countries whose spending on new technology and ideas is much less than America’s...
by Noah Fromson | Jan 20, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — With development of new antibiotics slowing to a trickle, food producers and feed suppliers need be better acquainted with how to handle antibiotics with their animals, experts said at a Farm Foundation, NFP forum Wednesday. Antibiotic resistance is...
by Tyler Kendall | Jan 20, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – For years, pop culture has offered a wide range of notions about robots. When we envision the metal creatures, our ideas can be placed on a scale ranging from Rosie, the harmless robotic maid in the “Jetsons” cartoon, to the cyborg assassin in the...
