by Sophia Bollag | Feb 19, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — David Medine, head of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, defended the panel’s decision to make its first order of business a review of “glamorous” and timely privacy issues, specifically the National Security Agency’s telephone data...
by Vesko Cholakov | Feb 18, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Dressed in costumes as a pig and a hog, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals gave gave away Tuesday 150 vegan sandwiches made of meat-free ribs outside of Eastern Market. The event commemorated the start of the nation-wide...
by Stephanie Haines | Feb 18, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration should make it clear to U.S. citizens that the U.S. is still “at war” with al-Qaida, and that the conflict will not end soon, experts at a Heritage Foundation discussion said Tuesday. The basic point is that the government has...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Feb 18, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — A former White House staffer in the Bush administration Tuesday challenged the effectiveness of reforms to U.S. intelligence practices following the 9/11 attacks, saying the country needs to learn from that experience when addressing reforms to the...
by Sylvan Lane | Feb 18, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – Detroit’s attempt to restructure municipal workers’ pension plans may have far-reaching implications for other American cities dealing with similar issues. The question of whether a state constitutional ban on diminishing or changing pensions applies to...
by Jonathan Palmer | Feb 18, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON — Domestic violence against women abroad is prevalent across economic classes and cultures in rapidly urbanizing communities. Rising violence against women is not limited to poorer, war-torn countries according to a panel of scholars with expertise in...
by Lauren Caruba | Feb 18, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The medical device excise tax, part of the Affordable Care Act, is hurting jobs, investment and research in the health-care industry, a new survey suggests. Since the beginning of 2013, medical companies have fired 14,000 workers and declined to hire an...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Feb 18, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — A new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery fuses art and technology in an unusual homage to American history. Wearing Google Glass, Google’s latest toy billed as the first “wearable computer,” visitors simply look at a certain area...
by Ellen Garrison | Feb 18, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON — A team of middle schoolers from Rochester, Mich., beat out hundreds of other students on Tuesday to win a $7,500 prize and an all-expenses-paid trip to Space Camp by building the best futuristic city design. The first place winner, Michigan’s St....
by Sara Olstad | Feb 18, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A life-size wax figure of former first lady Nancy Reagan was to be unveiled at Madame Tussauds DC on Tuesday morning. The figure is meant to capture Reagan as she looked in 1985 at the outset of President Ronald Reagan’s second term. It is dressed...
by Jessica Floum | Feb 12, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON — The world is waiting for the United States to ratify treaties to that would close global ports to illegal fishing vessels, witnesses told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday. Illegal fishing– using illegal gear, failing to report catch...
by Jeanne Kuang | Feb 12, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — A bill introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Wednesday would prohibit disciplinary and safety practices in schools that result in children being locked alone in rooms or physically restrained, practices the Senate education committee says happen...
