VOA News By Chris Hannas The competition for the Democratic presidential nomination expands significantly Tuesday with voters in 14 states casting their ballots in support of the candidate they want to oppose President Donald Trump in the November national election. About one-third of the delegates that will be awarded during the state-by-state voting process are up […]readmore
By Reuters Fourteen states and one U.S. territory host Super Tuesday primaries next week, a flurry that could bring more clarity about which Democratic presidential contender voters prefer to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November. More than a third of delegates will be doled out in Tuesday’s nominating contests, compared with less than 5% awarded […]readmore
VOA NEWS A gunman in the U.S. city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killed five people before killing himself Wednesday at a Molson Coors brewery. Police identified the shooter as a 51-year-old man but have withheld his name and the names of his victims until their families are notified. “There were five individuals who went to work […]readmore
VOA News U.S. authorities on Wednesday arrested five figures linked to the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, variously accusing them of conspiring to intimidate journalists and harass churches and a cabinet official with whom they disagreed. John Denton of Montgomery, Texas, a former leader of the group, was charged with making a series of phony bomb […]readmore
VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he thinks the spread of a new coronavirus in the United States is avoidable and expressed confidence his administration is ready to respond. “I don’t think it’s inevitable,” he told reporters at the White House. “It probably will. It possibly will. It could be at a very […]readmore
VOA News A new Gallup survey released Thursday shows that 53% of respondents, led by those who identified as Republicans, are satisfied with the position of the United States in the world. That figure is up 8 percentage points from last year and is the highest since 2003. Gallup reported a sharp partisan divide, but […]readmore
VOA News After 120 years and nearly 200 failed efforts, the U.S. House of Representatives finally passed a bill Wednesday making lynching a federal hate crime. The vote was 210 to 4. The Senate unanimously passed similar legislation last year. It now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature. A number of House members […]readmore
VOA News Laura Sepúlveda NUEVA YORK — La sentencia por narcotráfico contra Tony Hernández –hermano del presidente hondureño Juan Orlando Hernández- fue aplazada este viernes, según documentos a los que tuvo acceso la Voz de América. Se trata de dos nuevos documentos donde Hernández hace peticicón de un abogado de oficio al juez de caso, y en […]readmore
VOA News AP Una segunda oleada de influenza azota a Estados Unidos convirtiendo a la actual temporada en una de las peores para los niños en una década. La cifra de muertes infantiles y la tasa de hospitalización de niños son las más altas registradas en esta fecha para cualquier temporada desde el severo brote […]readmore
VOA News Cindy Saine El secretario de Estado Mike Pompeo se encuentra en Senegal, donde sostendrá conversaciones con el presidente Macky Sall, centradas en fortalecer los lazos de seguridad y promover una cooperación económica más profunda. Estados Unidos reconoció oficialmente a Senegal como un estado independiente en 1960, y los dos países han forjado una […]readmore