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Obama administration proposes Pell grant expansion

Obama administration proposes Pell grant expansion

by Sabrina Rodriguez | Jan 19, 2016 | Education, Topics

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Tuesday proposed a $2 billion a year expansion of federal Pell grants to pay for year-round student awards and bonuses for students staying on track to graduate on time. “We believe now that Pell grant has stabilized; these...
Medical community seeks solution for million dollar patient ID problem

Medical community seeks solution for million dollar patient ID problem

by Nicolas Rivero | Jan 19, 2016 | Health & Science, Living, Topics

WASHINGTON – A group of medical industry leaders offered a $1 million reward on Tuesday to anyone with a workable idea for a system enabling doctors to quickly and accurately identify patients. In the United States, electronic medical records are stored in a patchwork...
Justices question demotion over perceived political association

Justices question demotion over perceived political association

by Ethan Cohen | Jan 19, 2016 | Politics

WASHINGTON—Several Supreme Court justices Tuesday questioned the basis of a New Jersey police officer’s claim that his demotion was based on a perception of political association, and therefore unconstitutional, because the officer acknowledges he was never actually...
Former defense secretaries want Obama to put a stranglehold on North Korea’s nuclear weapon threat

Former defense secretaries want Obama to put a stranglehold on North Korea’s nuclear weapon threat

by Celena Chong | Jan 19, 2016 | National Security

WASHINGTON — The United States needs to contain an increasingly assertive North Korea and look to China along with other countries in the Asia-Pacific region for support in negotiations with the unpredictable communist country, former Secretary of Defense...
Soy protein sampling methods need more research, possible market effects on global food industry

Soy protein sampling methods need more research, possible market effects on global food industry

by Noah Fromson | Jan 19, 2016 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON – More scientific research is needed before an international standard conversion factor for measuring protein content in soy products is established —a determination that could have potential market impacts on the soy and dairy industries, experts said...
After landslide victory in Taiwanese elections, party distances itself from independence platform

After landslide victory in Taiwanese elections, party distances itself from independence platform

by Julia Jacobs | Jan 19, 2016 | Politics

WASHINGTON —Days after the election of Taiwan’s first female president, a top official of the winning party said the dominant factor in the election was young voters’ discontent with the current government and the outcome should not be taken as a bid for independence...
Experts predict end to domestic oil production surge

Experts predict end to domestic oil production surge

by Nick Hagar | Jan 19, 2016 | Business, Energy, Topics

WASHINGTON — U.S. oil production is likely to fall this year in part due to price volatility, a top government energy official told a Senate committee on Tuesday. Testifying before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Adam Sieminski, administrator at the...
Honduran President, Organization of American States sign agreement to fight corruption

Honduran President, Organization of American States sign agreement to fight corruption

by Mariana Alfaro | Jan 19, 2016 | Immigration

WASHINGTON — Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and the Organization of American States agreed Tuesday to cooperate in the fight against high levels of corruption and crime in the Central American nation. The Mission to Support the Fight against...
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell addresses wildlife trafficking, calls U.S. part of the problem

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell addresses wildlife trafficking, calls U.S. part of the problem

by Jasper Scherer | Jan 19, 2016 | Environment, Topics

WASHINGTON — Solving the global poaching and wildlife trafficking crisis requires international cooperation to shut down black markets and educate people about the extent of the problem, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Tuesday morning. Illegal poaching has...
Australian Prime Minister addresses economic relationship with United States

Australian Prime Minister addresses economic relationship with United States

by Geordan Tilley | Jan 19, 2016 | Business, Topics

WASHINGTON — Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday emphasized his support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a deal to lower trade barriers among Pacific Rim countries, and said U.S. opponents should not fear the plan. Speaking to the U.S. ...
Trump pledges to protect Christianity, courts young evangelicals

Trump pledges to protect Christianity, courts young evangelicals

by Sabrina Rodriguez | Jan 18, 2016 | Politics

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump pledged to protect Christianity while still maintaining his disdain for political correctness Monday, but he didn’t get a rousing response from his audience at Liberty University, the world’s largest...
State of the Union 2016 in pictures

State of the Union 2016 in pictures

by Natalie Escobar | Jan 13, 2016 | Politics, SOTU2018

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