On Monday, tragedy struck in DC after a Metro filled with smoke, leaving one woman dead and scores of passengers injured. A timeline of emergency response to the issue corroborates riders’ account that they waited at least 35 minutes trapped in a dark, smoky tunnel...
Earlier today, a Democrat-led Senate panel released a scathing report on CIA interrogation practices in response to warnings from lawmakers that the findings would “endanger the lives of Americans”. The report claimed that the interrogation techniques they used were...
What is the most difficult language to learn? It seems like everybody has their own answer to this question. Recently, however, the Foreign Service Institute of the US Department of State compiled learning expectations for native English speakers looking to achieve...
While her peers exercised their rights to vote for the first-time, 18-year old Saira Blair decided to take things to the next level, winning a seat in West Virginia’s House of Delegates. She beat 66-year old Republican, Larry Kump, in the primary elections as a high...
Once upon a happier time, in the world of politics, 50 percent was considered a respectable approval rating and anything below that was a reason to lose sleep over for a politician before Election Day. Now mid-40s or even low-40s get elected, without so much as a...
