This is Whats Trending Today The underdog Philadelphia Eagles football team has won its first Super Bowl. The team defeated the favored New England Patriots in the National Football League championship Sunday night in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The fina...
Safe from the violence in Syria, Hussein Hassan now fears his children face another threat the icy water that floods their shelter in Lebanon. Hassan and his 11-member family fled conflict near their village near Deir ez-Zour two months ago. They are...
SpaceXs huge rocket makes its first launch this week. It will leave from the same launch pad that sent men to the moon almost 50 years ago. The rocket, called the Falcon Heavy, could be launched as early as Tuesday. When it does, it will be the most...
Turkey says its forces have set up a military position near the Syrian city of Aleppo for the first time ever. The Turkish army described the camp as the deepest post its forces have established inside northwest Syria under a deal with Russia and Ira...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. In recent decades, countries around the world have made great progress against malaria. However, a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) says that progress is at risk. This...
Every summer for the past 15 years, Cambodian-American adoptees and their families have come from around the country to gather in the state of Colorado. The families take part in a special camp in the Rocky Mountains. It is called the Cambodian Herit...
Can Life Return to Normal in Aleppo? The Syrian city of Aleppos main square is now filled with activity. There are people of all ages: young men dancing, children playing, others buying ice cream, popcorn, or peanuts. A large sign there said in Engli...
Helen Mirren Talks 'Winchester' Film, Effects of Gun Deaths on the Living Actor Helen Mirren says her new film Winchester is not a horror movie, but a ghost story. She says the film has foreign roots and also something very American: an understanding...
Now, Words and Their Stories, a weekly program from VOA Learning English. Today we will be talking about a hated but misunderstood animal the rat. The sight of a rat might frighten you. Or it might make you sick to your stomach. Well, perhaps not eve...
Experts: Colleges Should Invest More in Research Vaccines. Popular sports drinks. Computers. Each one of these subjects is different from the others. But all three have something in common: they were all invented by researchers working at a college o...
This is Whats Trending Today Elon Musk - head of electric carmaker Tesla and aerospace company SpaceX - is known for using creative methods to raise money for his businesses. He has successfully gotten tens of thousands of interested buyers to place...
North America will have six more weeks of winter, says Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous groundhog in the United States. Phils keepers reported his weather prediction Friday morning on the U.S. observance of Groundhog Day. Every year, on February 2,...
North Korea is sending a 230-member all-female cheerleading squad to the Olympics in South Korea. Some observers are using the term army of beauties to describe the group. North Koreans who fled the country have mixed feelings about the cheerleaders....
A father of three sexual abuse victims tried to attack the former Olympic and Michigan State University doctor found guilty of the sex crimes. The incident took place Friday in a courtroom in Michigan during the sentencing hearing for Larry Nassar. T...
JOHN CARTER: The huge green warrior Tars Tarkas came slowly toward me with his thin sword. I backed away. I did not want to fight him. I did not wish his death. He had been as kind to me as a green Martian can be. As I stood watching him, a rifle fir...
