by Sara Olstad | Jan 22, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON – A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared to be sympathetic toward victims of abuse in a case Wednesday concerning reparations for child pornography victims. The case, Paroline v. United States, involves a woman referred to only as “Amy,” who was...
by Sylvan Lane | Jan 22, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Motor vehicle accident fatalities increased in 2012 while state legislatures passed fewer traffic safety laws than in recent years, according to a report by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. The road safety advocacy group released its 11th annual...
by Preetisha Sen | Jan 22, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – After a disappointing year for the economic health of American cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors is looking forward to positive growth in jobs and the economy this year. For three days, more than 280 mayors attending the U.S. Conference of...
by Stephanie Haines | Jan 22, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – A Senate bill that would impose more sanctions on Iran could make it more difficult to successfully negotiate a deal to limit the country’s nuclear enrichment program, a group of experts said Wednesday. On Monday the P5+1 countries — the five permanent...
by Jessica Floum | Jan 22, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – A panel of security and terrorism experts urged heightened safeguards against threats at the 2014 Sochi Olympics during a news briefing at the Center for Strategic & International Studies Tuesday. Caucasus separatist fighters in the Chechen...
by Lauren Caruba | Jan 22, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – In the midst of a cold freeze gripping the capital, thousands of people gathered Wednesday on the National Mall to protest federal funding for abortions and promote adoption on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which legalized the procedure in...
by Vesko Cholakov | Jan 16, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The U.S. is lagging on commercial use of drones, manufacturers and scientists told the Senate science committee Wednesday, but several senators said they wanted to be sure the unmanned aerial vehicles won’t be used to spy on Americans. “These 20th century...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Jan 16, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – As politicians and diplomats gathered in a Senate office building Wednesday to discuss possible action against the increasingly repressive government of Ukraine, demonstrators from the Eastern European country gathered in front of the Supreme Court to...
by Christophe Haubursin | Jan 15, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – American veterans are facing a deadly new threat, according to the results of a Government Accountability Office investigation released Wednesday, but the problems aren’t coming from the battlefield — they’re coming from hospital rooms. In a hearing...
by Sara Olstad | Jan 15, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON – Holocaust survivor Jack Rubin told a Senate committee Wednesday that aging Holocaust survivors in the United States are better served by home health care than care in nursing homes, which can trigger memories of being held against their will during World...
by Jeanne Kuang | Jan 15, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion in the United States may have created a decades-long debate, but on Wednesday the justices pondered a less prominent question—the legality of speaking about abortion near...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Jan 15, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Rep. Michael McCaul accused the Obama administration Wednesday of endangering national security by downplaying the continued activity of al-Qaida. Tuesday’s hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security, built around the Republican theme,...
