VOA — STEVENS VILLAGE, ALASKA — In a normal year, the smokehouses and drying racks that Alaska Natives use to prepare salmon to tide them through the winter would be heavy with... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — Carrying signs with slogans like “my body, my choice, my right,” thousands of women rallied Saturday in Washington at the start of a day of nationwide protests aimed... Read more »
VOA — About two centuries ago, American local, state and federal governments poured millions of dollars into building canals to move the nation’s people and goods. By 1840, there were 3,000 miles... Read more »
VOA — The United States has surpassed 700,000 deaths from COVID-19, the highest of any country. The U.S. recorded 700,258 deaths Friday evening, according to data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Mehdi Dolatyari watched with dread in recent months as once-affordable goods at his central Tehran supermarket soared out of reach for his customers.Iranians who previously bought sacks... Read more »
VOA — Researchers have discovered that COVID-19 can negatively affect the organ that produces insulin, making some patients more susceptible to develop diabetes. A study conducted by scientists at the University of... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — Twenty years of American blood and treasure spent in Afghanistan was reduced Tuesday to about six hours of testimony in the United States Senate, with the nation’s top... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — If Congress fails to act, the U.S. government’s authority to continue spending money will expire at midnight on Thursday, forcing more than 1 million federal workers and an... Read more »
VOA — Monday is the COVID vaccination deadline for all hospital and nursing home health care workers in the state of New York. Health care staff at other facilities, including home care... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — Homicides in the U.S. increased nearly 30 percent last year compared to 2019, part of an overall increase in violent crime in the country, the Federal Bureau of... Read more »