Lochte y tres de sus compañeros enfrentan además posibles sanciones por parte del Comité Olímpico de Estados Unidos. El fabricante de trajes de baño Speedo anunció que deja de patrocinar al nadador estadounidense Ryan Lochte, involucrado en un incidente de vandalismo en Brasil. “Si bien hemos disfrutado una relación ganadora con Ryan por más de […]readmore
Voz de América El departamento de Justicia manifestó no estar de acuerdo con la disposición del juez y que se encuentra revisando sus opciones. Un juez federal de Texas bloqueó de manera temporal la orden anunciada por el presidente Barack Obama, que requiere que las escuelas públicas permitan a sus estudiantes transgénero usar los baños […]readmore
ASSOCIATED PRESS/VOA NEWS America’s oldest millennials — nearing 20 when airplanes slammed into the World Trade Center — can remember the economic prosperity of the 1990s, and when a different Clinton ran for president. The younger end of the generation — now nearing 20 — can’t recall a time without terrorism or economic worry. Now […]readmore
VOA News South Korea and the United States have begun their annual joint military exercise under the threat of military retaliation by North Korea. About 25,000 U.S. forces and 50,000 South Korean troops are involved in the two-week Operation Ulchi Freedom exercise, which is largely simulated. The annual drills routinely anger Pyongyang, which says it […]readmore
Faiza Elmasry BALTIMORE, MD — At Brightwood College in Baltimore, Maryland, Black Girls Vote is reaching out to young eligible female voters, explaining the election process and showing them the connection between their vote and their everyday life. They try to make the point that everything that happens in a community, even basic safety, has a […]readmore
VOA NEWS WAYNE LEE A massive disaster recovery effort is underway in the southeastern state of Louisiana, as flood victims continue to clean homes, rebuild, and search for people who may have been trapped by widespread flooding. The flooding has been so powerful that caskets have been swept away from some cemeteries. The flooding, which […]readmore
Voz de América El candidato presidencial republicano, Donald Trump, dijo que ahora es claro que el presidente Obama «mintió» sobre el pago de 400 millones de dóalres a Irán. Por primera vez, la administración Obama dijo claramente y públicamente que un pago en efectivo de 400 millones de dólares a Irán fue hecho para influenciar […]readmore
VOA News U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson toured recovery efforts Thursday in the Southern state of Louisiana, where unprecedented flooding has left at least 13 people dead and thousands displaced. The flooding around Baton Rouge came from record-breaking rains of more than 75 centimeters that began last week. An estimated 40,000 homes have been […]readmore
Reginald Savage had an uneasy feeling when he last contacted his American son fighting alongside Kurdish forces against the Islamic State in Syria. «I then knew that I wasn’t going to see him again,» the father said of his last email exchange in late July with William Savage, who was on the frontlines in northern […]readmore
VOA News Two cases of the Zika virus have been identified in Miami Beach, one of the world’s most popular tourist spots, U.S. media reported Thursday. The mosquito-borne virus, first detected in Brazil last year, is relatively mild in most cases. However, pregnant women who are infected with Zika risk giving birth to babies with […]readmore