Archives for March 2023

Italian coast guard and navy vessels on Saturday ferried hundreds of rescued migrants toward shore, while elsewhere in the Mediterranean Sea thousands of migrants overflowed from a shelter on a tiny tourist island. … [Read more...] about Italy’s coast guard, navy, bring hundreds of migrants ashore

America's schools say kids are hungry -- just as pandemic-era benefit programs have lapsed. There is growing concern about the effects on kids' ability to learn. … [Read more...] about Schools say American kids are hungry and it’s hard to focus

The financial institution best known for its relationships with high-flying world technology startups and venture capital, Silicon Valley Bank, experienced one of the oldest problems in banking -- a bank run -- which led to its failure on Friday. … [Read more...] about A major bank failed. Here’s why it’s not 2008 again

Cherry blossom season is almost here, both for D.C. residents and Metro. To celebrate the season, Metro debuted two buses and a six-car train wrapped in a blossom pattern Friday. … [Read more...] about Metro has launched two buses and a six-car train decorated with cherry blossoms to celebrate spring

A dozen House Republicans on Saturday doubled down on GOP demands for answers over State Department funding for a foreign media monitoring group that provides "dynamic blacklists" used to suppress disfavored news outlets. … [Read more...] about House Republicans step up pressure on State Department over funding for ‘disinformation’ index