Category : US Noticias

Ken Bredemeier Chicago’s police chief was fired Tuesday, a week after the release of a video showing a white city police officer killing a black teenager by firing 16 shots at him. Mayor Rahm Emanuel dismissed police Superintendent Garry McCarthy in the third biggest U.S. city, saying it was an «undeniable fact» that the public’s […]Load more...

LOS ANGELES—New cars increasingly use connected technology, and incremental improvements in automotive electronics are making cars safer and smarter. Some new models are flashy and others are fuel efficient, and embedded technology is at the heart of all of them. The new Ford Escape has a radar-enabled adaptive cruise control to avoid collisions, with sensors […]Load more...

Megan Duzor The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is defending its ability to screen refugee applicants following the deadly attacks in Paris, and officials there say that state governors who want to refuse Syrian refugees on security grounds have unfounded fears. The department’s Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters on a conference call Monday that […]Load more...

Aru Pande Last updated on: November 24, 2015 2:23 AM WHITE HOUSE—The U.S. and French leaders vowed new cooperation to defeat Islamic State militants in the wake of the deadly jihadist attacks on Paris.»We must do even more together,» President Barack Obama told French President Francois Hollande after the two leaders met Tuesday at the […]Load more...

VOA News Last updated on: November 24, 2015 1:34 PM President Barack Obama said the downing of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian-Turkish border Tuesday is evidence of an «ongoing problem» with Russia’s military operations in Syria, and that Turkey had a «right to defend its territory and its airspace.» Speaking during a joint […]Load more...

VOA News Last updated on: November 23, 2015 French President Francois Hollande will meet Tuesday with U.S. President Barack Obama as part of a multi-nation tour seeking to spur action against Islamic State militants and push for a political settlement to Syria’s civil war. The White House said the two leaders will discuss «further cooperation» […]Load more...

VOA News November 12, 2015 U.S. President Barack Obama has given the Medal of Honor to an Army captain who tackled a suicide bomber as he was about to detonate himself in Afghanistan in 2012, saving his own life and that of many of his comrades. Obama hung the medal around the neck of retired […]Load more...

Mary Alice Salinas November 13, 2015 WHITE HOUSE—U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to focus on the Trans-Pacific Partnership during a trip to the Philippines and Malaysia next week, as part of the strategic rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific region.“The TPP is central to our vision of the region’s future and our place in it,” said […]Load more...

Voz de América – Redacción 10.11.2015 El plan del presidente Barack Obama para proteger de la deportación a unos cinco millones de personas que viven en Estados Unidos sin permiso sufrió otro revés el lunes, en un fallo de una corte federal de apelaciones en Nueva Orleans. En una decisión de 2-1, la Corte de […]Load more...