Category : US Noticias

VOA News/Jill Malandrino NEW YORK — The year 2016 ended in spectacular fashion as the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq broke all-time highs, and the retail investor went along for the ride. Macro events did not scare investors, but rather kept them engaged in the markets. The Investor Movement Index (IMX) is a […]Load more...

VOA News U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to reverse President Barack Obama’s warming of relations with Cuba, the clearest indication yet that the historic restoration of ties is under threat. «If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the U.S. as a whole, I will […]Load more...

VOA News President-elect Donald Trump renewed Sunday his unsubstantiated allegations of vote fraud in the election he won earlier this month. He wrote in Twitter that he would have defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the nationwide popular vote «if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.» Four hours later, he called into question […]Load more...

VOA News Police in the midwestern U.S. city of Columbus say at least nine people were injured on the campus of Ohio State University when an attacker drove a vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians and then began stabbing them. The suspect was shot and killed by police. «We have to consider that it is […]Load more...

Carla Babb JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VIRGINIA — When Iraqi troops began the operation to retake Mosul last month, fighter pilots in America’s F-22 Raptor jets struck the first Islamic State targets there. But that kind of operation may be in jeopardy. The U.S. Air Force says a shortage of fighter pilots has become so dire that […]Load more...

TOLEDO, OHIO — Like many American cities, Toledo, Ohio, is always seeking new development opportunities. Its riverfront Marina District once was home to a factory that was shuttered when the steel industry declined in the 1980s. The district still has commercial potential, but securing development funding is tough. Although a recent wave of Chinese investment gave […]Load more...

VOA News An Ohio man was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty of planning attacks in support of the Islamic State group against a police station and a member of the U.S. military. Munir Abdulkader, 22, was sentenced in Cincinnati by U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett. After completing his time in […]Load more...

Julie Taboh/VOA News POOLESVILLE, MARYLAND — Thanksgiving in America is a time when family and friends get together to celebrate the season and give thanks for the blessings in their lives. For many, a highlight of the holiday is the traditional Thanksgiving meal, featuring green beans, sweet potatoes and a big, fat turkey, which is typically […]Load more...

VOA News Millions of Americans took to the roads, air and railways Wednesday for what was expected to be the busiest Thanksgiving holiday travel period in almost a decade. Almost 49 million people were expected to travel 50 miles (80 kilometers) or more between Wednesday and Sunday, the most since 2007. Officials attribute the increase […]Load more...

U.S. Soccer has fired men’s head coach and technical director Jurgen Klinsmann, one week after back-to-back losses to Mexico and Costa Rica to begin the final round of regional qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. “We want to thank Jurgen for his hard work and commitment during these last five years,” U.S. Soccer President Sunil […]Load more...