by Summer Delaney | Jan 29, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON — With President Barack Obama’s televised State of the Union address only two weeks away, the Boys and Girls Club of America’s Youth of the Year went online Tuesday for a national address to discuss the future of the nation’s youth. “We are giving a...
by Mitchell Armentrout | Jan 29, 2013 | National Security
Gen. Michael Hayden is interviewed by a Belgian journalist after the panel discussion. There was a strong foreign press presence at the event because torture is more controversial overseas. (Marshall Cohen/Medill)As Jose Rodriguez looks on, Gen. Michael Hayden...
by Catherine Reid | Jan 29, 2013 | Politics
A skull removed from a dog fighting grave site is featured in the exhibit (Catherine Reid/Medill).Coco, an ASPCA success story, was rescued and rehabilitated over the course of seven months (Catherine Reid/Medill).Randall Lockwood, senior vice president of forensic...
by Rachel Janik | Jan 29, 2013 | Politics
Politicians, family and the celebrity pose for photographers following the ceremony to capture one last moment celebrating Chen’s work. (Fritz T. Burgher/Medill News Service)Chen is the fourth recipient of the Human Rights Prize, following in the footsteps of...
by Alyssa Howard | Jan 29, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — One in five Americans don’t have access to doctors when they need them due to a shortage of primary care physicians, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday. The Senate subcommittee on primary health and aging grappled with ways to solve the problem and more...
by Kimberly Railey | Jan 29, 2013 | Politics
Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention speaks during the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles’ news conference calling for Puerto Rican statehood. (Tom Meyer/ Medill)Anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist (left) and former Puerto Rico Gov. Luis...
by Kris Anne Bonifacio | Jan 29, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed Sen. John Kerry as the new Secretary of State by an overwhelming margin Tuesday. Kerry, D-Mass., will succeed Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton as the Obama administration’s top diplomat on the strength of a 94-3 approval vote on...
by Tom Meyer | Jan 29, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Here’s the good news this flu season: federal health data shows Washington isn’t having a widespread flu outbreak. The bad news? That conclusion’s most likely wrong. Actually, D.C. is likely experiencing the same major outbreaks as Maryland,...
by Taylor Hiegel | Jan 28, 2013 | Politics
President Obama welcomes the NBA Champion Miami Heat team to the White House. (Gideon Resnick/Medill) LeBron James gives President Obama a basketball signed by the Miami Heat squad. (Gideon Resnick/Medill) Dwayne Wade presents President Obama with a Heat jersey of his...
by Catherine Reid | Jan 23, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s testimony on the State Department’s handling of the terrorist attack on the Benghazi, Libya, consulate may be over, but criticism from GOP members of Congress clearly is not. One of the most vocal members at the...
by Stephanie Yang | Jan 23, 2013 | Environment
WASHINGTON – In light of severe storms and hurricanes in recent years, the RAND Corporation, a major national security think tank, offered a $50 billion master plan Wednesday for reducing flooding and damages in coastal areas. The funding to support such a plan,...
by Fritz T. Burgher | Jan 23, 2013 | Business
WASHINGTON — Surrounded by more than twenty Democratic congresswomen, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called for immediate bipartisan support Wednesday to renew the 1994 Violence Against Women Act. “For nearly two decades, the Violence Against Women Act has...
