Associated Press January 06, 2016 LOS ANGELES—California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Wednesday over a massive natural gas leak that has been spewing fumes into a Los Angeles neighborhood for months. In a statement, Brown said he acted based on the requests of local residents in the community of Porter Ranch and […]Load more...

Molly McKitterick January 06, 2016 Occupied by armed protesters, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is described as remote and barren. However, it is not a “nameless piece of ground,” said Brent Fenty, executive director of the Oregon Natural Desert Association. “It is critically important to wildlife and enjoyed by millions» of human and avian visitors, he […]Load more...

VOA News January 06, 2016 A U.S. federal court in New York Wednesday charged an American citizen with conspiring to set off a truck bomb outside a U.S. military base in Afghanistan in 2009. Muhanad Mahmoud al-Farekh could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted. «Farekh, a citizen of the United States, […]Load more...

VOA News January 06, 2016 A college in the midwestern U.S. state of Illinois is taking steps to fire a professor who linked Islam to Christianity in an online posting. The administration at Wheaton College, a Christian evangelical university, has recommended associate professor Larycia Hawkins lose her tenured-track position. In a December 10 posting on […]Load more...

A tearful President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he was taking executive action, bypassing Congress, to implement new «common-sense» measures aimed at reducing gun violence in America. “In Dr. [Martin Luther] King’s words, we need to feel the fierce urgency of now, because people are dying,” a visibly emotional Obama told an audience of mass […]Load more...