Michael Bowman CAPITOL HILL —In this special report from Capitol Hill, VOA’s Senate correspondent spoke with multiple lawmakers about a weighty issue before Congress: authorizing the fight against the Islamic State group.Even with the announced deployment of U.S. special forces on the ground in Syria, U.S. lawmakers remain sharply divided about the need for and […]readmore
El duelo del viernes en Nueva York enfrentará a dos de los lanzadores de mayor velocidad en las mayores: el novato Noah Syndergaard de los Mets contra el dominicano Yordano Ventura de los Reales. Voz de América Salvador Pérez, Alcides Escobar y demás compañeros de los Reales de Kansas City tienen grabada en la memoria […]readmore
El motor de un avión con destino a Venezuela se incendió en la pista del aeropuerto de Fort Lauderdale antes de despegar. El motor del avión de la compañía estadounidense Dynamic Airways que debía partir con destino a Caracas, se incendió en el aeropuerto internacional de Fort Lauderdale, al norte de Miami. El incendio, en […]readmore
The white sheriff’s deputy caught on video flipping a black high school student out of her classroom chair in Columbia, South Carolina, has been fired, a sheriff said on Wednesday. Deputy Ben Fields violated agency policy when he picked up the teenage girl and threw her across a classroom as he attempted to make an […]readmore
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation agreed Tuesday to investigate the arrest of a South Carolina high school student Tuesday, a day after a video showed an officer throwing the girl to the floor and tossing her across the classroom. «The Columbia FBI Field Office, the Civil Rights Division, and […]readmore
VOA News Congressional leaders have reached a tentative deal with the Obama administration on a government spending plan that could avoid another contentious budget standoff between the White House and hardline conservative Republicans. The agreement is the result of weeks of negotiations led by House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the […]readmore
VOA News October 27, 2015 12:14 PM CIA Director John Brennan said Tuesday he was «outraged» when a hacker broke into his personal email account, but added the attack highlights how everyone’s personal data is vulnerable on the Internet. Brennan told a conference on national security at George Washington University in Washington that he was […]readmore
VOA News Spencer Stone, one of three Americans who’d overpowered an armed terror suspect on a French train in August, is in stable condition after he was «repeatedly stabbed» Wednesday night in Sacramento, California, a U.S. Air Force official tells VOA. Air Force public affairs officer Rose Richeson says the the Airman 1st Class, stationed […]readmore
VOA News Three days into his historic first visit to the United States, Pope Francis shifts his attention from the nation’s political capital to its economic heart. His flight Thursday afternoon from Washington’s nearby Joint Base Andrews was expected to land at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 5 p.m. local time […]readmore
Associated Press LOS ANGELES—Bob Rand bought his Volkswagen Passat last year for its clean emissions and high gas mileage. He liked the car so much he convinced his son and a friend to buy one, too.Now, as Volkswagen comes clean about rigging diesel emissions to pass U.S. tests, Rand is desperately trying to sell the […]readmore