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Jonah Bennett Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released a plan Saturday to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs, which was roundly criticized for vagueness. While in front of the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Va., Trump said, “We’re going to take care of those wounded warriors and we’re going to take care of our vets better than anybody,”…
Jonah Bennett Almost half of the members of a National Guard team in Tennessee have been investigated for reportedly having sex with prostitutes while on a humanitarian mission in an area of Africa known for prolific human trafficking. The military investigation also looked into allegations that the men let prostitutes enter rooms full of secret…
Jacob Bojesson Asian condom manufacturers saw their shares drop Friday after the Chinese government announced that couples can now have two children instead of one. Many businesses making baby-related products are cheering the increased cap, expecting increased revenue from an expected additional 3 million to 6 million babies each year. Credit Suisse estimates the additional babies will result in an additional…
Guy Bentley Hillary Clinton was temporarily drowned out by a group of Black Lives Matter protesters Friday as she was giving a speech calling for criminal justice system reforms to end racial profiling. Clinton was speaking to a rally of more than 2,000 people in Georgia when just under a dozen protestersyelled and sang “Black…
Blake Neff Students at an impoverished school district in Illinois have lost an entire month of school thanks to a strike by teachers which still hasn’t ended. The teacher walkout in East St. Louis, a suburb of the Missouri metropolis, began Oct. 1 when teachers rejected a deal that would have given them $2,000 apiece and…
Connor D. Wolf A single paper company estimates it lost $14 million solely from a recent worker strike, according to a financial report released Wednesday. The Illinois-based KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. has several locations around the states that generally report good results. While the company did well overall, union unrest at its Longview, Wash.,…
Jonah Bennett President Barack Obama has insisted that the U.S. military will not head back to combat in Iraq, but the Pentagon just reluctantly admitted that American troops are definitely in combat. While the mission was supposed to be restricted to training Iraqi forces to combat the Islamic State, American forces were sucked in to…
Steve Ambrose A Japanese company is close to creating a device that will allow you to forget remembering your passwords. Fujitsu, an information and communication technology manufacturer, has developed a technology that turns human biology into an encryption key, which should increase digital security and protect private information. According to a released statement Oct. 26, Fujitsu…
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Blake Neff A newly-released video shows that New York students remain confused about the implications of a new affirmative consent law that dramatically changes how they are expected to act in sexual situations. Under a New York law enacted last summer at the urging of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, all colleges receiving state funds are required to…
Steve Birr An Italian drilling company made a major natural gas discovery off Egypt’s coast that could throw a wrench into Middle Eastern energy diplomacy. Italian energy company Eni began exploration in the region over the summer, taking a $60 million dollar gamble that appears to have paid off in spades. Eni discovered what’s been…