At Regent University Kasich says "war of ideas" is part of fight against ISIS
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, speaking today at a presidential candidate forum at Regent University, said Friday's attacks in Paris show that the U.S. must not only fight militarily, but engage in "the war of...
View ArticleWade wants VCU to pay attention to details, even in warm-ups
No detail that could potentially affect a game seems too small to VCU basketball coach Will Wade. Case in point: He didn’t like the way the Rams warmed up before the second half in their opener against...
View ArticleFrench president's security stance draws Bush comparison
PARIS (AP) — France's Socialist President Francois Hollande is drawing comparisons to former Republican President George W. Bush by tacking rightward with a forceful declaration of war on the Islamic...
View ArticleAt UR Sotomayor says justices are 'members of this society'
Sometimes the U.S. Supreme Court is ahead of popular opinion, as it was with civil rights, and sometimes it is far behind, as it was with women’s rights, but the justices’ purpose is not to direct...
View ArticleRadical's transformation may have begun in prison
BRUSSELS (AP) — Much about Abdelhamid Abaaoud's path to armed Islamic radicalism remains mysterious. In the words of Koen Geens, the Belgian justice minister, he mutated from a student at an upscale...
View ArticleMichelle Obama to award 13 youth arts programs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama will present national arts and humanities awards to 12 after-school programs from across...
View ArticleSolidarity From, and for, Students of Color
Photo credits: Grace Marcelo-Ramírez, student at Cornell University. The picture shows Cornell University students of color in solidarity with students of color at Ithaca College To the students of...
View ArticleSpeakers at packed forum demand halt to cultural insensitivity, racism at VCU
More than 500 people filled to overflowing a Virginia Commonwealth University forum on race Wednesday to demand an end to cultural insensitivity and to what some called VCU's "cosmetic diversity."...
View ArticleEnd 'cosmetic diversity,' VCU urged
More than 500 people filled to overflowing a Virginia Commonwealth University forum on race Wednesday to demand an end to cultural insensitivity and to what some called VCU's "cosmetic diversity."...
View ArticleRussia: Joint Syria operation with France developing
MOSCOW (AP) — A spokesman for Russia's military general staff says it is developing plans for joint military operations in Syria with France. The statement by Col.-Gen. Andrei Kartapolov on Wednesday...
View ArticleJudge dismisses city auditor from $10.7 million defamation lawsuit
A Richmond Circuit Court judge on Wednesday dismissed the city's auditor from a $10.7 million defamation lawsuit that former Richmond administrator Sharon Judkins filed against him after her turbulent...
View ArticleEx-NFL player joins Illinois' Democratic US Senate primary
HARVEY, Ill. (AP) — A former professional football player-turned-Illinois lawmaker joined the Democratic race for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, setting up a three-way contest for the chance to unseat...
View ArticleUnruly passenger restrained on London-to-Boston flight
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts State Police say a passenger on a London-to-Boston British Airways flight has been restrained as she tried to enter the cockpit. British Airways told state police that the...
View ArticleCourting business, Obama presses for climate action in Asia
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Aggressive action to fight climate change will be a boon for businesses in Asia and beyond, President...
View ArticleObama looks for late momentum on climate deal
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — With a high-stakes deadline two weeks away, President Barack Obama hopes to build momentum...
View ArticleEx-Dinwiddie deputy jailed for six months in traffic stop assault of former...
A former Dinwiddie County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to serve six months in jail Tuesday for throwing his former fiancée to the ground and spraying her in the eyes with mace during a recorded...
View ArticleEPA intends tougher downwind air-pollution rule in 23 states
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency wants to set tougher new limits on smokestack emissions from nearly two dozen states that burden downwind areas with air pollution from power...
View ArticleCampus Racism Protests Didn't Come Out Of Nowhere, And They Aren't Going Away...
If there's one thing University of Missouri senior Alanna Diggs thinks people are getting wrong about campus racism protests, it's the assumption that they're something new. The demonstrations at...
View ArticleFormer US officials call for ramping up air war against IS
WASHINGTON (AP) — A one-time top CIA official and a former ambassador to Syria and Iraq are calling on the U.S. to...
View ArticleGeorgetown Students Successfully Get University To Change Its Racist Legacy
Students at Georgetown University in the nation's capital are showing that their voices matter and can influence change. The university will rename both Mulledy Hall, a residential dorm, and McSherry...
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