Demonstrators today rallied across the world accusing bankers and politicians of wrecking economies as the global ‘day of rage’ erupted into violence in Rome. Protesters in the Italian capital smashed shop windows and torched cars as violence broke out during a demonstration. Black smoke billowed into the air in downtown Rome as a small group [...]
ISSAQUAH, Wash. — A man armed with two guns repeatedly opened fire near a high school where students were attending games Saturday, sending children and their parents running for cover under the bleachers before police arrived and killed him, authorities said. Witnesses said the 51-year-old man stopped his car in the middle of a street [...]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says kids and the economy will benefit from the changes he’s making in education policy and his plan to spend billions to upgrade schools and keep teachers on the job. Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to push his $447 billion jobs bill through the prism of [...]
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Over 700 firefighters battled to contain a wildfire on Saturday that torched nine homes and led to the evacuation of several hundred people in south Washington state. The Monastery Fire burned through more 4,250 acres of ponderosa pine and brush northeast of the town of Goldendale, razing 64 buildings, including nine homes, [...]
The American economy might have not added any jobs in August, but for a handful of cities, the last year has been a period of substantial job growth, as represented in the below infographic byVisual.ly. It’s in Ohio, in fact, that two cities have experienced job growth of over 8 percent. The small city of [...]
For the past three years, Princeton University has been home to Catharine Bellinger and Alexis Morin, and their non-profit organizationStudents for Education Reform. Rather than returning for their senior year, Bellinger and Morin decided to take on running SFER full-time. The pair formed Students for Education Reform during their sophomore year. While in high school, [...]
Facing organized, often raucous confrontations at political events, some members of Congress this summer abandoned the long-time tradition of open meetings with the folks back home. It was goodbye to one of the few remaining opportunities for voters and lawmakers to talk face to face. Some cited security in the aftermath of the shooting that [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry on Thursday described Washington as “a seedy place” while defending what he said was his manner of speaking plainly. Since launching his campaign on August 13, the Texas governor has made some statements that drew criticism from the White House and some Republican opinion leaders. “With all [...]
WASHINGTON — To the list of iconic American symbols made in China, we can now add the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial here on the National Mall. Planners of the memorial, which opens to the publicat the end of this month, will surely and rightly continue to be criticized for the selection of the sculptor Lei [...]
Stocks ended the worst week in a year as time runs out on Washington to reach agreement before the government loses its ability to borrow money. The S&P 500 fell every day this week and was down 3.9 percent for the week as legislators failed to work out an agreement to raise the federal borrowing [...]
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