WASHINGTON (VOA) – U.S. President Barack Obama has awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor to a soldier who died after multiple attempts to save one of his men during a firefight with Taliban forces in Afghanistan. President Obama gave the medal to the parents of Army Sergeant First Class Jared Monti on Thursday in a [...]
CHANNAHON, Ill. (VOA) – Though the popular CARS program, known as “Cash for Clunkers” ended in August, business is just picking up for auto salvage yards across the United States. That’s because many automobile dealerships that accepted “Clunkers” wanted to hold onto them until they received the government reimbursements, which they are only receiving now. As [...]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (VOA) – VirginiaBeatles fans around the globe are lining up on September 9th to get the new digitally re-mastered collection of Beatles music and the Beatles’ Rock Band video game. Engineers have spent four years cleaning up the original recordings in what could be the biggest music re-release in history. Jeff Swicord traveled [...]
CINCINNATI (VOA) – President Obama celebrated the Labor Day Holiday in Ohio, speaking to members of the largest labor federation in the United States. The president attended the AFL-CIO’s annual picnic in Cincinnati pledging to work closely with labor unions to battle unemployment, secure worker’s rights and pass healthcare reform . VOA’s Mil Arcega reports.
WASHINGTON (VOA) – President Barack Obama is to urge students to work hard, listen to their teachers, and set their own education goals – in an upcoming speech that has been criticized by conservatives. President Obama is to deliver the back-to-school address Tuesday at a high school in Virginia’s Arlington County, just outside Washington. It [...]
ORLANDO, Fla. (VOA) – In the United states, an estimated 300,000 people die every year of sudden cardiac arrest although internationally, it’s unclear how many are at risk. Many patients have a device called a defibrillator implanted that delivers a shock to restart the heart. Now, some doctors are prescribing the device in a vest [...]
WASHINGTON (VOA) – The Labor Day holiday honors working people. But a new study finds disturbing developments for young workers between the ages of 18 and 35. As VOA’s Carolyn Presutti reports, the study blames the downturn in the economy and insufficient government intervention.
WASHINGTON (VOA) – Job losses continued to ease in the U.S. as employers eliminated a net total of 216,000 jobs in August. But while the number of Americans who lost their jobs last month was fewer than analysts expected, the latest government tally helped push the U.S. unemployment rate to its highest level in more [...]
WASHINGTON (VOA) – President Obama is reviewing the security and military situation in Afghanistan as he considers whether to send additional US troops to the country. A possible decision on a new war strategy follows a report presented to Mr. Obama by the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. The report outlined the deteriorating security situation [...]