Drug Use Deaths Increase Sharply Among Black Americans From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. In the United States, deaths related to the use of the pain-killing drugs opioids have long been described as a problem for poor wh...
A medical doctor. A religious leader. A failed Florida businessman. These are some of the details about the main suspect in the killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moise. Local officials identified the suspect as Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a 62-year-...
Kurth Reis of San Francisco, California, has been through many hard times in his life. Lately, however, he says he just wants to make people happy by making bubbles. You can watch him perform his bubble art for hours at a time around the city's stree...
American President Joe Biden asked Cuban leaders to listen to the people after thousands marched to protest food shortage and high prices during the pandemic. 在古巴数千人游行抗议大流行期间粮食短缺和价格高昂之后，美国总统...
The U.S. space agency NASA is reporting new progress on Mars for its experimental helicopter and Perseverance explorer. The helicopter, called Ingenuity, completed its ninth flight on the Red Planet on July 5. 美国宇航局报告了其实验性直升...
For many people involved in the theater, the past year has been difficult. For others, coronavirus closures have provided new opportunities using technology. Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company is one example. Even before COVID-19 restrictions closed...
Museum Show Celebrates 200 Years of Cartoon Dogs In a 1970 Beetle Bailey comic strip, a character known as Sarge shouts at his uniform-wearing dog, Otto, over a paperwork mistake. Think, Otto, think!! Sarge says. Anne Drozd, museum coordinator at Ohi...
Americans are letting go of their old clothes as COVID-19 vaccinations continue, restrictions are eased and offices are reopening. The clothes are going to online resale sites as well as donation centers. The used-clothes marketplace ThredUP paid the...
As Colorado Faces Drought, Rafters Enjoy Rivers while They Can Across Colorado, rivers are at some of their lowest levels on record. But on one river in the northeastern part of the state, the water is not too low to enjoy. Happy children and guides...
British billionaire Richard Branson is set to launch into space on Sunday on a rocket plane built by the space tourism company he created. 英国亿万富翁理查德布兰森将于周日搭乘他创建的太空旅游公司的火箭动力飞机进入太...
Seventeen-year-old Charles Wilkinson will not go to college after completing his study at Edison High School last June. That does not mean Wilkinson will face an uncertain future. In fact, he is excited about his future. About nine percent of high sc...
And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. Sometimes we explain where they come from and how to use them. Today we talk about horses. They are strong, fast, a...
American President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call last Friday that he must take action against cybercriminals. The call came less than a month after the two leaders met in Geneva, Switzerland. Biden warned Putin again...
New Zealand Records Warmest-Ever June as Ski Resorts Struggle New Zealand finished its warmest June on record. Experts say they expect the warming trend to continue and predict the country will experience shorter winters in the future. The average te...
Asian Countries Move to Stop Sharp Rise in Coronavirus Cases Several countries around Asia and the Pacific Ocean have moved quickly to stop a new increase in coronavirus cases. The number of infections has risen quickly in recent months in several co...
