VOA News/Steve Baragona WASHINGTON — The United Kingdom is proposing a ban on disposable plastic straws. With Earth Day coming up this Sunday, advocates are asking everyone to follow suit and skip the straw. Straws and stirrers are among the top 10 items found in coastal cleanups worldwide, according to the nonprofit Ocean Conservancy, which has […]readmore
What is Shower to Empower? Shower to Empower is a mobile navigation unit operated and funded through a partnership between the House of Hope Community Development Corporation (CDC), Team Williams, LLC, and the City of Providence. Shower to Empower is a one of a kind model and uniquely links basic needs such as complimentary showers […]readmore
Aline Barros/VOA News The number of undocumented people taking refuge in places of worship across the United States has increased six-fold in the past 15 months. Nationwide, there are now at least 42 people trying to avoid deportation by living in sanctuary in 28 U.S. cities. “We didn’t see the numbers go up […]readmore
Steve Herman/VOA News WEST PALM BEACH — Despite frequent assurances that they continue to enjoy a warm friendship, U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over two days of talks apparently failed to bridge significant differences on major trade issues. Trump declared his discussions with Abe “extremely productive,” but few details of […]readmore
VOA News/Gianpaolo Pietri/Wayne Lee SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Eighty-percent of the more than 1.3 million customers who were left without electricity in Puerto Rico have had power restored, the U.S. territory’s power company said Thursday. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) said power would be restored to the remaining 326,000 customers by […]readmore
VOA News Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has joined President Donald Trump’s legal team dealing with the ongoing investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. «I’m doing it because I hope we can negotiate an end to this for the good of the country and because I have high regard for the president and for […]readmore
Voz de América WASHINGTON — El ex alcalde de Nueva York, Rudy Giuliani, se unió al equipo personal de abogados del presidente Donald Trump, informó el jueves el jefe del equipo legal del mandatario. «Rudy es grandioso», dijo Trump en un comunicado emitido por Jay Sekulow, el principal abogado del presidente. «Ha sido mi amigo por […]readmore
Jim Malone/VOA News WASHINGTON — To some, it may seem like just another week at the Trump White House. Word of a potentially historic breakthrough on North Korea is forced to compete with a scathing assessment of the president by his former FBI director. Add into the mix, court appearances earlier in the week by his […]readmore
A former U.S. Navy fighter pilot is being hailed as an American hero after she safely landed a passenger jet that sustained catastrophic engine failure high in the skies over the eastern United States. Tammie Jo Shults, the pilot on Tuesday’s Southwest Airlines flight from New York to Dallas, was flying uneventfully at more than […]readmore
Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush has died at 92. A family statement said she died Tuesday evening with her family beside her. “My dear mother has passed on at age 92,” former President George W. Bush said in a statement. “Laura, Barbara, Jenna, and I are sad, but our souls are settled because we […]readmore