VOA News U.S. President Barack Obama says he believes the «republic is at risk» if Donald Trump wins next week’s election. Obama campaigned Wednesday for Democrat Hillary Clinton in Chapel Hill, North Carolina — a major battleground state that both candidates consider a must-win if he or she wants to take the White House. Obama […]readmore
VOA News U.S. law enforcement authorities have launched a civil rights investigation after an African American church was burned and spray-painted with the words «Vote Trump» in the southern state of Mississippi. The 111-year-old Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, Mississippi, suffered heavy water and smoke damage in the fire late Tuesday. «We consider it […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier VOA News U.S. President Barack Obama is questioning the judgment of FBI chief James Comey in announcing just ahead of next Tuesday’s presidential election that the agency is taking a new look at more emails linked to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton from her four-year tenure as secretary of state. Comey told congressional […]readmore
WASHINGTON – The shocking news that two Iowa police officers were murdered in what appears to be ambush-style shootings has put an exclamation point on one of the darkest weeks for law enforcement in recent history. Since October 26, 10 law enforcement professionals have died in the line of duty, including five who were shot […]readmore
VOA News The U.S. Supreme Court will take up bathroom rules for transgender students, the first time the high court has agreed to hear a case involving transgender rights. The case involves Gavin Grimm, 17, who was born a female but identifies as a male and is suing to win the right to use his […]readmore
VOA News U.S. authorities said Friday that the unexplained death last year of a Russian media executive in a Washington hotel was accidental and caused partly by alcohol poisoning after days of heavy drinking. Following a yearlong investigation by city police along with assistance from the FBI, District of Columbia authorities said the death of […]readmore
VOA News An American Airlines passenger jet caught fire Friday at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, forcing an emergency evacuation of passengers and resulting in nine injuries. American Airlines said the Boeing 767 plane was already on the runway, about to depart for Miami, when it experienced an «engine-related mechanical issue» that caused the pilot to […]readmore
News Press Conference Governor Gina M. Raimondo Peter T. Gaynor Director of RIEMA Peter Woodberry, Ph.D. Dean of Business, Science & Technology CCRI PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo and the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA), in partnership with the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), the Rhode Island State Police (RISP), the […]readmore
VOA News WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have given approval for U.S. clinical trials of a Cuban-developed lung cancer vaccine. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the Food and Drug Administration’s decision Wednesday at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo. Lung cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in both men and women, according to […]readmore
Voz de América Un reporte establece que 85 banqueros han sido acusados de algún delito y 36 han sido enviados a prisión, pero rara vez se trata de banqueros de importancia. Un cuerpo de vigilancia gubernamental en Estados Unidos propuso una nueva forma de hacer que los banqueros respondan por los delitos y fraudes cometidos […]readmore