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Lawyer: Nearly 100 Sex-Abuse Suits Filed Over Ex-V.A. Worker
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — The number of lawsuits accusing a former physician assistant at a Veteran’s Administration hospital in Kansas of sexual abuse is approaching 100. The Wichita Eagle reports that Kansas City attorneys Dan Curry and Sarah Brown filed three more lawsuits last week on behalf of former patients of Mark Wisner. He was sentenced […]
March 21, 2018
Disparities
Report: Disparities Closing Because Whites Are Sicker
Although racial disparities in cardiovascular health still exist, the divide between blacks and whites has narrowed because of worsening health among whites, not improvements among blacks, according to research published in Annals of Internal Medicine. “Trends in cardiovascular disparities are poorly understood, even as diversity increases in the United States,” Arleen F. Brown, MD, PhD, from the University […]
March 21, 2018
Disparities
Interior Secretary Tells Tribal Leaders He Will Fight Opioids
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has told tribal leaders in the Phoenix area that federal law enforcement will work with them to fight distribution of opioid drugs in Indian country. Zinke said law enforcement officers from the Bureau of Land Management and the Drug Enforcement Administration can help tribal police fight the […]
March 21, 2018
Policies
DOJ Weighs ‘Major Litigation’ Against Opioid Makers
President Trump spoke Monday of using federal prosecutors to pursue “major litigation” against drug manufacturers alleged to have played a role in creating a nationwide epidemic of opioid abuse. Speaking in New Hampshire at the White House’s rollout of a national opioids strategy, the president expanded upon a Department of Justice release last month in […]
March 21, 2018
Policies
Trump Appointees Targeted Teen Pregnancy Program
The Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of a federal program to prevent teen pregnancy last year was directed by political appointees over the objections of career experts in the Department of Health and Human Services, which administers the program, according to internal notes and emails obtained by NBC News. The trove shows three appointees with strict pro-abstinence beliefs — including […]
March 21, 2018
Policies
Leaders Haggle Over Abortion, Healthcare in Spending Bill
Congressional negotiators laboring to write a trillion-dollar plan to fund the federal government are caught up in last-minute partisan disputes over abortion rights, health care costs and the fate of a Northeastern railway tunnel that President Donald Trump has sought to derail. House and Senate leaders must agree on a package before Friday’s deadline to […]
March 21, 2018
HBCUs
HBCU, Tech, Political Leaders At ‘Day of Action’
WASHINGTON — The Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus and the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics Caucus hosted technology companies and HBCU presidents and leaders on Capitol Hill for the first HBCU STEAM Day of Action.
March 20, 2018
Students
Community College League Touts Connections and Partnerships
Community colleges, along with other education-supporting organizations,are support student success with tools that encourage students to get involved in groups in school and in surrounding communities., say conference attendees.
March 20, 2018
News Roundup
Longtime Journalist, Pulitzer Prize Winner Les Payne Dies
NEW YORK — Longtime New York journalist Les Payne, whose career took him from the poppy fields of Turkey to the Soweto uprising in South Africa to the streets of American cities, has died. He was 76. Payne’s family confirmed his death to Newsday, where he worked for nearly four decades, rising through the ranks […]
March 20, 2018
Opinion
Not Yet Just, Not Yet Free
“Black women saved America.” Those words peppered post-election analysis of the hotly contested 2017 Alabama Senate race, when Black women cast 98 percent of their votes for the winner. Black women are a cohesive and consistent voting bloc, but what have they received in return?
March 20, 2018
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Retiring Whittier President Garnered Support for Students
Whittier College President Dr. Sharon D. Herzberger can be found cheering for various Whittier athletic teams, also known as the Poets; attending college plays; or casually strolling on campus with students, faculty and staff in her well known “Walk and Talks.”
March 20, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Optics at V.A.
The VA OIG is apparently investigating Secretary David Shulkin’s misuse of his staff by asking one to help him shop at Home Depot and Donald Trump is pissed. The optics are bad, and I am sure he is pissed about compromising to keep Shulkin instead of going with a pick of his own to lead […]
March 20, 2018
Academics
Scholarship Will Help Military Spouse Finish Degree
Some of the most exciting things that have happened recently for Stephanie Endicott have transpired via a phone call. The first was a marriage proposal from her active-duty, now husband, who made the call when his boat pulled into port – and finally had a chance to propose in person less than a week before […]
March 20, 2018
News Roundup
Morgan State Official Named Northeastern Illinois University President
Northeastern Illinois University has named a Morgan State University official as its new president. The Northeastern Illinois University Board of Trustees announced Thursday that Gloria Gibson would fill the post that’s been vacant since fall 2016. She’s been serving as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Morgan State in Baltimore. The East […]
March 20, 2018
Other News
Buffalo Soldier Gets Historical Marker on Tennessee State Campus
Tennessee State University will bestow an honor on one of its alumni, Lt. William McBryar, a Buffalo Soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in 1890 during the Cherry Creek Campaign in the Arizona Territory. On Tuesday, the university will reveal a historical marker on campus to officially recognize and honor McBryar, […]
March 20, 2018
News Roundup
University of Maine Gets $10M Gift for Engineering Building
ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine has received a $10 million gift for its new engineering building. The Kennebec Journal reports UMaine president Susan Hunter said the gift is from the family of a graduate of the school’s engineering program. Hunter says the donor will be identified later and the building will be named […]
March 20, 2018
Veterans
4 Indicted in Theft of $125K Meant for Wounded Warriors
NEW ALBANY, Ind. Four southern Indiana residents are accused of pocketing more than $125,000 through fundraisers touted as benefiting veterans and their families. All four were indicted on fraud charges alleging that they solicited funds from individuals and businesses in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. They allegedly pocketed more than $125,000 in cash, gift cards, merchandise […]
March 20, 2018
Academics
Academy Will Hire Firm to Review Athletics
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Air Force Academy’s athletic director says the school will hire an outside firm to review its sports teams and practices after recent suspensions and investigations into its swimming and lacrosse programs. Athletic Director Jim Knowlton told The Gazette of Colorado Springs that those misconduct investigations have prompted the school to […]
March 20, 2018
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