WQCS Site Search

Italy Stuns Soccer Fans, Fails To Qualify For World Cup

For the first time in 60 years, Italy won't advance to the World Cup. It lost a qualifying match to Sweden Monday night. David Greene talks to journalist Christopher Livesay, who's in Rome.

<em>Salvator Mundi</em> is one of only a score of Leonardo da Vinci's works still in existence and the only one held privately.

Leonardo Da Vinci Portrait Of Christ Sells For Record-Shattering $450 Million

The sale at Christie's of Salvator Mundi, which dates from around 1500, easily tops previous records set in 2015 for a Picasso sold at auction and a Willem de Kooning sold privately.

(Top) Tiffany Breindel, program director at 1870 Farm, prepares to put an identification tag in calf Romeo's tail the day before Hurricane Florence hits Chapel Hill, N.C. (Left) Luis Morales catches chickens to put them in the coop before they board it up. (Right) Breindel attaches an identification tag to a horse's mane.

Baby Alpaca In The Kitchen: Waiting For Florence On The Farm

As Hurricane Florence hits North Carolina, Amanda McKee's only concern is for her animals at 1870 Farm outside Chapel Hill.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee about the mission of the EPA on Dec. 7, 2017.

Dogged By Scandal, EPA's Pruitt Turns To Damage Control

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is fending off a series of ethics investigations, amid lukewarm support from the White House.

Mulvaney Further Scales Back CFPB Role As An Aggressive Watchdog

Mick Mulvaney is effectively disbanding councils designed to help consumer groups work with the agency to identify problems facing Americans who are being unfairly treated by financial firms.

Wyoming attorney Karen Budd-Falen, recently named as Deputy Solicitor for Parks and Wildlife at the Department of the Interior, sits in her law office in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Critic Of Federal Public Lands Management To Join Department Of The Interior

The Department of the Interior has chosen a prominent property rights attorney in Wyoming as their new deputy solicitor. Its a controversial appointment for environmental groups.

Herbert Diess, Volkswagen's new CEO addresses, the media during a news conference at the company's plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, April 13. As the company turns the page from its diesel emissions cheating scandal, it says its future is electric.

After Diesel Scandal, VW Turns To New Leadership And Electric Cars

The German auto giant has a new top management and a new focus. The diesel scandal helped drive VW toward investing in electric cars, but other major automakers are betting on a plug-in future too.

College Waitlists Often Waste Would-Be Students' Time

College waitlists are growing. For many students, they offer hope of admission. That's not always the case.

Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer

Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize for his album DAMN., the first hip-hop or rap album to ever win the prestigious award.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley confers with ranking member Dianne Feinstein at a committee hearing on April 19. The committee has approved legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Bill To Protect Mueller Investigation Approved By Senate Judiciary Committee

While the bill lacks support from GOP leaders in the House and Senate, it's intended to send a message to President Trump that he avoid interfering with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Search results for