According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, in 2017 there were 710 fatal work zone crashes and 799 work zone fatalities, including 132 worker fatalities. Those data points are one of the many reasons why public agencies, organizations, and individuals will participate in National Work Zone Awareness Week(NWZAW), April 8-12, […]readmore
VOA NEWS- Masood Farivar WASHINGTON — In a big legal and political win for U.S. President Donald Trump, Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded in his final report that there was no evidence that Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign or anyone associated with it colluded with Russia to influence the outcome of the vote, according to a summary of the […]readmore
VOA NEWS- Anita Powell RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Twenty-six-year-old Precious, as she has asked us to call her to protect her identity, is 16 weeks pregnant. And so is her best friend, also by Precious’ boyfriend. That event turned her life upside down and brought her to the difficult decision to seek an abortion. She lives […]readmore
VOA NEWS- Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS — The European Parliament faced calls Thursday to strip ExxonMobil lobbyists of their access badges after the US oil giant missed the assembly’s first hearing into claims it knowingly misled the public on climate change. Greens deputy Molly Scott Cato told the hearing in Brussels she would formally make the request […]readmore
Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda has told Boeing it will cancel a multibillion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after two fatal crashes involving the plane, in what is thought to be the first formal cancellation for the model. “We have sent a letter to Boeing requesting that the order […]readmore
PHOTO:President Donald Trump shows maps of Syria and Iraq depicting the size of the «ISIS physical caliphate» as he speaks to workers at the country’s only remaining tank manufacturing plant, in Lima, Ohio, March 20, 2019. VOA News In late 2018, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw almost all of its troops from […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Los Angeles Times published a frank memo from the Marine Corps Commandant warning the Pentagon that deployments to the southwest border and the diversion of Department of Defense funding to President Trump’s border wall rather than Marine Corps priorities, among other unexpected demands, have posed “unacceptable risk to Marine Corps combat readiness and […]readmore
OLGA TAÑON Y J. ALVAREZ SE UNIRAN EN EL ESCENARIO DE LA NOCHE DE PREMIOS TU MUSICA URBANO 2019 Miami, Florida | La estrella internacional del merengue y del género tropical Olga Tañón, se une al reconocido intérprete del género urbano J Álvarez, para darle vida al sencillo “Que f Fluya”, el cual tendrá su […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the New England Congressional Delegation issued the following statement regarding cuts to Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in New England. “We know New England was disproportionately hurt by the Department of Health and Human Services Fiscal Year 2019 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program allocation,” said the Delegation. “LIHEAP is critical to seniors, people […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, admonished the Trump Administration after Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan released a long-awaited list of which authorized military construction projects are subject to being cancelled, reduced, or raided in order to reallocate $3.6 billion to pay for President Trump’s border wall. The […]readmore