VOA News A 19-year-old college student has been arrested in the synagogue shooting in Poway, California, accused of killing one person and injuring three more. Authorities said John Earnest, an honor roll student at California State University, San Marcos, fled the synagogue Saturday, the last day of Passover, after the shooting, but called the 911 […]readmore
Colonel James M. Manni, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, announces that the Rhode Island State Police will again join other law enforcement agencies participating in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 27. This annual event, sponsored by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration […]readmore
Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung said Monday it was delaying the launch of its folding smartphone after trouble with handsets sent to reviewers. Some reviewers who got their hands on the Galaxy Fold early reported problems with screens breaking. Samsung said it decided to put off this week’s planned release of the Fold after some […]readmore
Associated Press PIJIJIAPAN, MEXICO — Central American migrants hoping to reach the U.S. are finding a much tougher trek than those in previous caravans, meeting unwelcoming townsfolk and a surprise raid by Mexican police and immigration agents who detained hundreds in Mexico’s south. While their compatriots were been taken into custody Monday, hundreds of other migrants […]readmore
PHOTO: Larry Hopkins appears in a police booking photo taken at the Dona Ana County Detention Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, April 20, 2019. VOA News The leader of an armed civilian militia group that has been detaining illegal border crossers at the U.S. Mexico-border appeared in court Monday. He faces charges of being […]readmore
A photo illustration dated April 18, 2019 in Washington, D.C. shows an editor looking at a photograph of U.S. Attorney General William Barr (L) speaking about the release of the redacted version of the Mueller report, juxtaposed with U.S. President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed. VOA News – Michael Bowman WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican lawmakers […]readmore
VOA News – Steve Herman Although the special counsel’s 448-page report into Russian interference in the 2016 election campaign does not fully exonerate President Donald Trump he is certainly taking it that way. «I’m having a good day, too,» Trump declared in the White House East Room as the report was released. «It’s called no collusion, no […]readmore
Photo: Ivanka Trump’s final stop in Africa was in Abidjan, where she spoke at a summit of female entrepreneurs. (E. Sarai/VOA) VOA News – Esha Sarai ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST —Ivanka Trump, U.S. President Donald’s Trump’s daughter and senior White House adviser, spoke Wednesday to a summit of women entrepreneurs in the Ivory Coast. “Societies that […]readmore
FILE – President Donald Trump, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Mexico’s then-President Enrique Pena Nieto, left, participate in the USMCA signing ceremony, Nov. 30, 2018, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. VOA News – Reuters WASHINGTON — The new North American free trade pact would modestly boost the U.S. economy, especially auto parts production, but may […]readmore
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is photographed, April 18, 2019, in Washington. VOA News Special counsel Robert Mueller investigated 11 instances in which he suspected that President Donald Trump had obstructed justice by trying to thwart his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election […]readmore