End of Daylight Saving Time Means Winter Is on the Horizon

VOA — WASHINGTON — Winter is on the horizon again with the end of daylight saving time coming Sunday across most of the United States.Standard time begins at 2 a.m. local time... Read more »

Why US Consumers Pay Such High Prices for Prescription Drugs

VOA — Congressional Democrats this week proposed an addition to U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate and social spending legislation that would allow Medicare, the federal government’s health care program for older Americans,... Read more »

A Public Suicide in Iran Spotlights Anguish Over Economy

VOA — TEHRAN — Ruhollah Parazideh, a wiry 38-year-old with a thick mustache and hair flecked with gray, was desperate for a job. The father of three in southern Iran walked into... Read more »

US, Iran to Resume Nuclear Talks November 29

VOA — U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price confirmed Wednesday that a seventh round of Iran nuclear talks will start November 29 in Vienna, Austria. “We’ll resume for a seventh round on... Read more »

US Gives Final OK to COVID-19 Shots for Kids Ages 5-11

VOA — U.S. health officials on Tuesday gave the final signoff to Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot, a major expansion of the nation’s vaccination campaign. The Food and Drug Administration already authorized the... Read more »

Manchin Wavers on Biden’s Plan, Democrats Vow to Push Ahead

VOA — WASHINGTON — Senator Joe Manchin wavered Monday on his support for President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.75 trillion domestic policy proposal, saying instead it’s “time to vote” on a slimmer $1... Read more »

American B-1B Bomber Flies Over Mideast Amid Iran Tensions

VOA — The U.S. Air Force said Sunday it flew a B-1B strategic bomber over key maritime chokepoints in the Mideast with allies including Israel amid ongoing tensions with Iran as its... Read more »

COVID Memorial Creators Reflect as World Nears 5 Million Deaths

VOA — As the world nears the milestone of 5 million COVID-19 deaths, memorials large and small, ephemeral and epic, have cropped up around the United States. In New Jersey, one woman’s... Read more »

Iran: A Prison for Free Expression

VOA — “It was this black box and nobody talked about it,” Amir Soltani says of Evin Prison. When he was growing up in Tehran, Soltani’s school was directly behind the notorious... Read more »

Biden Cuts Social Safety Net Plan in Half

VOA — WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a $1.85 trillion spending plan he said would provide the “most transformative” aid to American families in decades and, at the... Read more »