In a recent Gallup survey, 85 percent of all Democrats and 45 percent of all Republicans still favor universal background checks for gun purchases — a fact poorly reflected by the U.S. Senate’s vote against or filibustering all components of a comprehensive gun control bill. Sixty-five percent of all adults polled in the survey disagree […]
In a recent Gallup survey, 85 percent of all Democrats and 45 percent of all Republicans still favor universal background checks for gun purchases — a fact poorly reflected by the U.S. Senate’s vote against or filibustering all components of a comprehensive gun control bill. Sixty-five percent of all adults polled in the survey disagree […]
A crowd of parents, teachers and children gathered outside Department of Education headquarters in Manhattan on Friday afternoon to demonstrate against standardized school testing, following two weeks of exams for children across the city’s public school system. Led by two organizations that lobby against standardized tests, Change the Stakes and Time Out From Testing, the […]
A crowd of parents, teachers and children gathered outside Department of Education headquarters in Manhattan on Friday afternoon to demonstrate against standardized school testing, following two weeks of exams for children across the city’s public school system. Led by two organizations that lobby against standardized tests, Change the Stakes and Time Out From Testing, the […]
RICHMOND, Va. — The FBI has begun examining the relationship between Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen and the chief executive of a nutritional supplements manufacturer that is the subject of a federal investigation, two people with knowledge of the review said Monday. Federal authorities began questioning people close to the McDonnells as […]
RICHMOND, Va. — The FBI has begun examining the relationship between Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen and the chief executive of a nutritional supplements manufacturer that is the subject of a federal investigation, two people with knowledge of the review said Monday. Federal authorities began questioning people close to the McDonnells as […]
Around 8 p.m. on Wednesday night, more than 200 police officers and FBI agents barricaded neighborhoods in Oakland, Calif., as part of an operation cracking down on a notorious West Oakland gang. About 12 miles from San Francisco, Oakland is infamous for its high crime rate. During this week’s raid, which ended around 1 a.m. […]
Around 8 p.m. on Wednesday night, more than 200 police officers and FBI agents barricaded neighborhoods in Oakland, Calif., as part of an operation cracking down on a notorious West Oakland gang. About 12 miles from San Francisco, Oakland is infamous for its high crime rate. During this week’s raid, which ended around 1 a.m. […]
As one million people across the greater Boston area sat in lockdown while police searched for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev earlier this month, 11 Americans were killed elsewhere in acts of gun violence. The majority of those killed remain faceless victims, part of the 10,000 killed each year in homicides involving firearms. The Boston […]
As one million people across the greater Boston area sat in lockdown while police searched for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev earlier this month, 11 Americans were killed elsewhere in acts of gun violence. The majority of those killed remain faceless victims, part of the 10,000 killed each year in homicides involving firearms. The Boston […]
Marijuana activists in Colorado were dealt a major blow this week when the words “marijuana repeal” were muttered by lawmakers. Colorado residents voted to legalize the use of recreational marijuana this past November, but state lawmakers have not yet found a satisfactory way to regulate and tax the drug. “That’s almost like saying to voters, […]
Marijuana activists in Colorado were dealt a major blow this week when the words “marijuana repeal” were muttered by lawmakers. Colorado residents voted to legalize the use of recreational marijuana this past November, but state lawmakers have not yet found a satisfactory way to regulate and tax the drug. “That’s almost like saying to voters, […]
NEW YORK — They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn’t have when they arrived, some caused by dangerous ‘superbugs’ that are hard to treat. The rise of these superbugs, along with increased pressure from the government and […]
NEW YORK — They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn’t have when they arrived, some caused by dangerous ‘superbugs’ that are hard to treat. The rise of these superbugs, along with increased pressure from the government and […]
