Política

U.S. Senators Demand Answers from Wells Fargo on Military Lending

WASHINGTON, DC – Seeking to protect military families and active duty military personnel whose consumer rights may have been violated by Wells Fargo, a group of eleven U.S. Senators led by Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the Ranking Member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and Sherrod […]readmore

Noticias del mundo

Islamic State Hold on Eastern Syria Still Strong

VOA News Jamie Dettmer Losing territory in northern Syria and north-west Iraq, and with assaults looming on the Islamic State’s city strongholds of Raqqa and Mosul, the terror group may be left next year with control just of the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor. But defeating the jihadists there may prove even more difficult […]readmore

Noticias del mundo

UN: Cholera Upsurge Feared in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew

VOA News Reuters LES CAYES, HAITI — Health officials in Haiti on Thursday said they were preparing for a likely surge in cholera cases in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, which severely damaged water supplies and sanitation systems in the Caribbean nation. The fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade has killed at least 140 people, […]readmore

US Noticias

3 Arrested in Alleged Bid to Export US Technology to

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

Política

Libertarian Gary Johnson Says US Presidential Chances About Gone

For months in the U.S. presidential campaign, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson has drawn a modest amount of support, but after a string of foreign policy blunders, even he admits that his chances of winning the White House are all but nil. In mid-August, Johnson, the former two-term governor of the southwestern state of New Mexico, […]readmore

US Noticias

Despite Cyberattacks, US Election System ‘Resilient,’ Officials Say

 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

Política

Union Workers Could Swing Presidential Election in Toss-up Ohio

VOA News Carolyn Presutti CLEVELAND, OHIO — As a union carpenter, Dustin Wolf used to walk on stilts to work on grid ceilings. Now he works for the local chapter of his union, Interior Systems Local 373 of the Regional Council of Carpenters, which represents 35,000 carpenters across Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. A fourth generation union […]readmore