Senate Judiciary chair Grassley has breakfast with Garland
By ALAN FRAM Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley had breakfast Tuesday with the man whose elevation to the Supreme Court he has vowed to block and told him the…
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Syrian government launches offensive south of city of Aleppo
By PHILIP ISSA and ZEINA KARAM Syrian troops and their allies launched an offensive Tuesday to retake an important hilltop village south of the city of Aleppo from militants, including…
National Poetry Month Day 11
April is National Poetry Month Cascade Media’s Serenity and M’Vyonne Payne kick the month off with writing prompts Day 11 War & Peace: Write a poem about a recent conflict…
‘Cuban Twitter’ fallout found relief in FOIA’s glacial pace
By JACK GILLUM As U.S. officials dealt with the fallout of the government’s once-secret “Cuban Twitter” program, they had one thing on their side: notorious delays in the federal Freedom…
Candidates with the muscle could alter GOP convention rules
By ALAN FRAM Forty-two rules govern the Republican Party and how it picks a presidential candidate. Yet with the nomination potentially up for grabs at July’s GOP convention, one reality…
Police: Ex-Saint Will Smith gunned down in case of road rage
By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY Former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith was shot and killed in a case of road rage by a man who had rear-ended his car, police said…
SpaceX delivers world’s 1st inflatable room for astronauts
By MARCIA DUNN SpaceX has made good on a high-priority delivery: the world’s first inflatable room for astronauts. A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on…
National Poetry Month day 10
April is National Poetry Month Cascade Media’s Serenity and M’Vyonne Payne kick the month off with writing prompts.Day 10: Write a poem with a metered rhyme scheme.