VOA News/Reuters NEW YORK — More than a dozen U.S. states were under air-quality alerts on Wednesday as smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning in eastern Canada wafted south, casting a dull gray pallor over the skyline of New York and other big cities. Health authorities in 15 states from Vermont to South Carolina as well […]Read More
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Is scheduled Saturday to visit the site of the massive train derailment that has claimed the lives of nearly 300 people and injured close to 900. Modi is also expected to visit the hospital where the injured have been taken. A report in The Times of India said one of the trains […]Read More
VOA NEWS Nearly 300 people have died in a massive train derailment in India that has injured close to 900 people, officials say. India has declared Saturday a national day of mourning out of respect to the victims. Sudhanshu Sarangi, director general of Odisha Fire Services, told Agence France-Presse that there are “a lot of […]Read More
VOA News/Graham Keeley MADRID — Vinicius Junior is an idol to millions for his sublime goalscoring skills for Real Madrid but off the football pitch he has prompted a stark national debate over racism in Spain. The 22-year-old Brazilian player was reduced to tears after, once again, being the target of ugly abuse during a game […]Read More
Emma Saunders – Entertainment reporter Singer Tina Turner, whose soul classics and pop hits like The Best and What’s Love Got to Do With It made her a superstar, has died at the age of 83. Turner had suffered a number of health issues in recent years including cancer, a stroke and kidney failure. She […]Read More
WASHINGTON, DC – Monday, May 22, 2023 Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Ranking Member of the House Antitrust Subcommittee, applauded the European Union’s (EU) enforcement action against Facebook’s parent company, Meta, for its failure to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU’s hallmark privacy law. The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined Meta […]Read More
Skipper Paul Meilhat and his Biotherm team had a long wait to get to the finish on Thursday morning in Newport, Rhode Island. With an initial ETA of 0530 local time, the light overnight winds nearly died completely with the sunrise, leaving the team to battle adverse conditions for a few more hours before they […]Read More
Leg 4 results mean the leaderboard is close heading into the transatlantic leg 11th Hour Racing Team won Leg 4 of The Ocean Race, leading the fleet into their hometown of Newport, Rhode Island on a spectacular spring afternoon in New England. Skipper Charlie Enright was beaming as he stepped ashore, moments after his team […]Read More
AP/VOA News ALLEN, TEXAS — The assailant who killed eight people at a Texas outlet mall was identified by authorities Sunday as a 33-year-old man who had been staying at a nearby motel. Three law enforcement officials who spoke to The Associated Press named the gunman as Mauricio Garcia, who was fatally shot by a police […]Read More
Associated Press/VOA News BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — The driver in a deadly crash that killed 8 people in Brownsville, Texas, has been charged with manslaughter, police said Monday. Authorities believe driver George Alvarez, 34, lost control after running a red light Sunday morning and plowed into a crowd of Venezuelans outside a migrant center. The police chief […]Read More
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