Month: February 2020

drnadig/iStock(WASHINGTON) — More than 15 years after her husband died of stage three brain cancer, Kim Brooks of Norwood, Massachusetts, shared his story with lawmakers on Thursday. “I’m here today because my husband, Lt. Col. [Read More…]

dlewis33/iStock(HOUSTON) — When Houston police narcotics detectives served a search warrant on one of her clients in 2016 for possession of drugs, defense attorney Monique Sparks questioned the validity of the case as soon as [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(MOSCOW) — Russia’s military has denied it is responsible for airstrikes that killed dozens of Turkish soldiers Thursday night in the Syrian province of Idlib, an incident which threatens to cause a major escalation in [Read More…]

Mimadeo/iStock(NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus outbreak has already upended an entire industry, resulting in canceled flights, resorts on lockdown, and a deadly cruise ship quarantine. With the world bracing for a pandemic, experts say [Read More…]

Mimadeo/iStock(NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus outbreak has already upended an entire industry, resulting in canceled flights, resorts on lockdown, and a deadly cruise ship quarantine. With the world bracing for a pandemic, experts say [Read More…]

Powerofflowers/iStock(NEW YORK) — As the coronavirus continues its spread around the globe, a single word is coming from the mouths of experts at an alarmingly growing rate: pandemic. But what exactly is a pandemic and [Read More…]

Mercedes Rancaño Otero/iStock(NEW YORK) — Plastic shopping bags are going the way of the dodo in New York. The state’s ban on plastic bags, adopted last year by the Legislature, goes into effect March 1 [Read More…]

Mercedes Rancaño Otero/iStock(NEW YORK) — Plastic shopping bags are going the way of the dodo in New York. The state’s ban on plastic bags, adopted last year by the Legislature, goes into effect March 1 [Read More…]