by Leslie Bonilla | Mar 24, 2019 | Environment, Featured
Head to Houston’s Willow Waterhole and you’ll find picturesque marshes dotted with brown reeds and green plants, leaves raised to the sun. Try a little bird-watching, stroll along a trail or enjoy a picnic on the wide expanses of grass. But the 279-acre area is more...
by Cameron Peters | Mar 22, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Experts say electronic voting machines pose a threat to the security of American elections, but Congress has shown little interest in requiring more secure machines nationwide despite Russian hacking in the 2016 and 2018 elections. The states that have...
by Gabrielle Bienasz and Charlotte Walsh | Mar 22, 2019 | Featured, Living
YORKTOWN, Va. — Colonial National Historical Park is home to Yorktown, the site of the final major battle in the American Revolutionary War. Now, historical Yorktown is once again fighting for its life, but this time, it’s not because of British troops — rather a...
by Henry Erlandson | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Pablo Picasso once described an artist as “a political being constantly alert to the horrifying, passionate or pleasing events in the world, shaping himself completely in their image.” Picasso’s definition of an artist may hold true, but artists today...
by Justin Askenazy and Brooke Fowler | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Army Women’s Foundation hosted its 11th annual hall of fame induction and scholarship awards reception on March 7, 2019 to honor the service of exceptional female army soldiers. Honorees included Lauran Glover, Clara Adams-Ender and a group of World...
by Justin Askenazy | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The Army is undergoing its greatest overhaul in over 40 years as it works to modernize its fighting capabilities. Army Futures Command, the first new Army command since 1973, was established in July 2018 to help the Army become more efficient as it...
by Nirmal Mulaikal | Mar 21, 2019 | Education, Featured
BALTIMORE, Md. — Public school principal Rachel Brunson has seen every infrastructure problem that a large urban school can have. But only one stumped her — the “dirt room.” “It’s just nothing but dirt,” said Brunson. A Baltimore native, Brunson has been principal for...
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The six senators are running for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president are on the campaign trail railing against big corporations in Brooklyn and pumping iron in Iowa, but they also are creating legislative records in the Senate that often will...
by Brooke Fowler | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Sexual assaults of members of the military have risen in recent years, and some female veterans say they need better mental health services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, which already has implemented some new treatment plans for mental health...
by Nirmal Mulaikal and Samantha Handler | Mar 21, 2019 | Education, Featured
BALTIMORE — Disparities in funding for education infrastructure are evident in Maryland. In Frederick, the school district was able to raise money through state and local funds to build a new $114 million high school. But 50 miles away, Dr. Martin Luther King...
by Leslie Bonilla | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for 2020 to eliminate a program that offers government and nonprofit workers a way to have their federal education loan forgiven would make it harder for nonprofits and government agencies to attract employees,...
by Justin Askenazy | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – In August 2015, Eric McGinnis was arrested for violently attacking his girlfriend. A judge issued a protective order that said McGinnis could not own a gun for two years. Less than a year later, the Dallas native tried to purchase a gun, but a...
