Melania Trump's Jacket Choice Criticized This is What's Trending Today... American first lady Melania Trump wore a piece of clothing that read I really dont care, do u? on her way to visit migrant children at a holding center in Texas. Some of the yo...
US Military Plans for Guantanamo to Stay Open Indefinitely A new place for guards to eat at the United States-operated detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will stand for 20 years. Planned housing structures for soldiers at the U.S. Naval base in...
70 Years Ago, LP Records Changed Music Industry Seventy years ago this week something important happened in music history: the first LP, or long-playing vinyl record, was introduced. At the time, the LP was a new kind of record that let people listen...
Pho, Ramen or Soba? Google's Noodle Report Do you prefer ramen, pho or soba? If you live in India, chances are you are most interested in pho -- a Vietnamese soup with a light and flavorful liquid base, rice noodles, spices and meat, such as beef or...
We present the third of four parts of the short story The Blue Hotel, by Stephen Crane. The story was originally adapted by the U.S. Department of State. The audio was recorded and produce by VOA Learning English. The men prepared to go out. The East...
Burger King Apologizes for Sexist Russian World Cup Ad This is Whats Trending Today The American fast-food company Burger King has apologized for offering free hamburgers to Russian women if they got pregnant by World Cup soccer players. Burger King...
Koko, the gorilla who became famous for learning sign language, has died in the United States. The California-based Gorilla Foundation that kept and studied Koko announced that she had passed away in her sleep on Tuesday. She was 46 years old. Koko t...
The United States has issued its 10 millionth patent. President George Washington signed the first almost 228 years ago. A patent is an official document that gives an individual or company the right to be the only one that makes or sells a product....
Orlando International Airport to Scan Faces of US Citizens Floridas busiest airport will be the first in the country to require a face scan of passengers on all arriving and departing international flights. Officials there say all passengers, includi...
US Identifies North Korean Missile Test Area The United States has identified the test site that President Donald Trump said North Korea promised to destroy. A U.S. official said the site is the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in the western part of...
When you woke up this morning, you probably did at least five things before you left your home for school or work. Maybe you ate breakfast, took a shower, brushed your teeth, put on your clothes, and looked at the news or internet. For each thing you...
US Has Separated Families Throughout History Many Americans are expressing shock at the Trump administrations policy of separating children from their parents at the United States border with Mexico. But throughout U.S. history, officials have taken...
Relatives of the more than 190 people missing after a boat sank on Lake Toba in Sumatra have asked government officials for a bigger search. The families also criticized the Indonesian government for ignoring unsafe conditions on passenger boats. Dis...
Millions Take Time to Breathe on International Day of Yoga The number of people who do yoga around the world has been growing steadily in the last 40 years. People in more than 180 countries will do the breathing and movement exercise on this years I...
United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to end the process of separating children from families that have crossed into the country illegally. The executive order marks a major change for the president and his administ...