Florida, Texas Escalate Flights, Buses to Move Migrants

VOA — EDGARTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS — Republican governors expanded their tactic of sending migrants to Democratic strongholds without warning, including a wealthy summer enclave in Massachusetts and the Washington home of Vice President... Read more »

US High Court Sides With LGBTQ Group at Jewish University, for Now

VOA — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for an LGBTQ group to gain official recognition from a Jewish university in New York, though that may not last.... Read more »

Thousands of Minnesota Nurses Launch 3-day Strike Over Pay

VOA — MINNEAPOLIS — Thousands of nurses in Minnesota launched a three-day strike Monday, pressing for salary increases they say will help improve patient care by resolving understaffing stresses that have worsened... Read more »

Government: US Inflation Rate Eased in August, but Remains High

VOA — WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer price increases eased in August compared to a year ago, the government said Tuesday, but the drop was modest and may not be noticed much by... Read more »

Iran Says Ready to Cooperate With IAEA, But ‘Has Rights’

VOA — Iran expressed a readiness Monday to cooperate with the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, saying that while the country does have obligations, “it also has rights.” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani... Read more »

Europeans Doubt Iran’s Intentions in Nuclear Talks, Sparking Tehran’s Ire

VOA — PARIS/VIENNA — France, Britain and Germany on Saturday said they had “serious doubts” about Iran’s intentions to revive a nuclear deal, comments that were rejected by Tehran and called “very... Read more »

California: Drought, Record Heat, Fires and Now, Maybe Floods

VOA — LOS ANGELES — Californians tried to weather the extremes of a changing climate Friday, as a punishing heat wave that has helped fuel deadly wildfires had the state teetering on... Read more »

US Treasury Sanctions Iranian Firms for Drone Sales to Russia

VOA — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department announced Thursday that it is levying sanctions against four Iranian companies that it says were involved in sending drones to Russia last month for... Read more »

UN Watchdog Says Questions Swirl Over Iran’s Nuclear Program

VOA — A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium is nearing the level where further enrichment could be enough for a nuclear bomb. It also... Read more »

Iran Insists on ‘Four Topics’ in Nuclear Talks

VOA — TEHRAN — Iran said on Tuesday that, in its protracted talks with major powers to restore its tattered 2015 nuclear deal, it is insisting on resolving “four topics.” The four... Read more »