The death toll from the blaze that gutted an Oakland, California warehouse reached 36 on Monday, and could climb further as investigators continue to search the building where an electronic dance party turned into an inferno. Officials say that so far only about 20 percent of the building has been searched. One local fire official, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) received the coveted Panetta Institute 2016 Jefferson-Lincoln Award, to honor her “outstanding stewardship of our democracy through dedicated, responsible, and bipartisan leadership.” The award was conferred by the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, located at California State University-Monterey Bay. “I am so humbled to be given this […]
On Wednesday, Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter ordered the Pentagon to cease attempting to collect bonuses that were issued to California National Guard soldiers who erroneously received them for re-enlistment in the Afghanistan and Iraq theaters. In a statement on Wednesday, Secretary Carter wrote “I have ordered the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to suspend all […]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to wipe out disease by the end of the century. The billionaire CEO and his wife, Priscilla Chan, said they are giving $3 billion over the next ten years to advance research toward that end. A huge chunk, $600 million, will be dedicated to a new research center at the […]