CHICAGO—Graduate employees at the University of Chicago have overwhelmingly reaffirmed their choice to organize with the American Federation of Teachers, the Illinois Federation of Teachers and the American Association of University Professors. Members of Graduate Students United at the University of Chicago voted 302-179 for continued AFT-IFT-AAUP affiliation in a ballot that concluded Tuesday night. […]readmore
WASHINGTON — A U.S. citizen and two Russian nationals were arrested Thursday on charges relating to the alleged illegal export of sensitive military technology from the United States to Russia, the Justice Department said. The department said Alexey Barysheff of Brooklyn, New York, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested for illegally exporting controlled technology. Russian nationals […]readmore
WASHINGTON — With less than five weeks to go until the presidential election, U.S. officials are taking extra measures to reassure voters of the integrity of the election process, insisting it is safe from hackers despite a recent series of high-profile breaches, attempted attacks and warnings.“What people need to know about this is that our voting […]readmore
Students at Cornell University in New York can take a class that teaches them about climbing trees. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offers a course on what it calls the mathematics of street-fighting, and Santa Clara University in California has a program called “The Joy of Garbage.” Classes like these might be one reason […]readmore
VOA News Hurricane Matthew is pounding the Bahamas as it propels toward Florida, forcing residents and emergency workers there and in other southeastern U.S. states to hastily prepare for its arrival on Thursday. At least 108 people in Haiti were killed after Hurricane Matthew slammed Tuesday into the island of Hispaniola, which Haiti shares […]readmore
Voz de América El exprimer ministro de Portugal y director de la Agencia de la ONU para Refugiados asumirá en enero de 2017, en reemplazo de Ban Ki-moon. El Consejo de Seguridad acordó de manera unánime que el ex primer ministro de Portugal Antonio Guterres sea el próximo secretario general de la Organización de Naciones […]readmore
Voz de América La defensora del pueblo de Nueva York, Letitia James, pidió que el gobierno envíe dinero y recursos de emergencia a los Servicios de Inmigración y Ciudadanía de Estados Unidos para que procesen las solicitudes lo antes posible. La ciudad de Nueva York exigió al gobierno federal que destine más dinero y recursos […]readmore
Voz de América Yahoo, con sede en Sunnyvale, California, no negó el informe y se describió como una empresa que se apega a las leyes de Estados Unidos. Yahoo examinó cientos de millones de correos electrónicos entrantes a solicitud de las agencias de inteligencia o policiales de Estados Unidos, de acuerdo a un reporte publicado […]readmore
Voz de América El secretario de Estado de EE.UU., John Kerry dio la bienvenida a las declaraciones de «compromiso con la paz y apertura al diálogo» del líder de las FARC, Rodrigo Londoño y del expresidente Álvaro Uribe. El enviado de EE.UU. para el proceso de paz, el diplomático Bernie Aronson, viajará a La Habana […]readmore
Harold Thomas Martin III, de 51 años, residente de Glen Burnie, Maryland, permanecerá detenido hasta su presentación en Corte, el 29 de agosto, dijeron autoridades. Un contratista de la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos (NSA) fue arrestado y acusado de robar información «altamente secreta» del gobierno, anunciaron autoridades el miércoles. Harold Thomas Martin […]readmore