2016-11-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

History was made this week when a 34-year-old former refugee was elected to the Minnesota state legislature.The woman, Ilhan Omar, will become the country’s first Somali-Amer

2016-11-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Last Friday, French police began tearing down a huge camp in northeastern Paris.The camp was home for thousands of Afghans and Africans. Their removal to shelters is part of a gove

2016-11-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today:As you read stories about the American elections, you may be seeing a lot of unfamiliar words.Some of the wording relates to the election of Don

2016-11-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Republican Party will keep control of the United States Congress after nationwide elections Tuesday.The party’s candidates captured at least 51 of the U.S. Senate’s

2016-11-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

At least one person was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon near a voting center in Southern California.The attack took place in the city of Azusa, 4

2016-11-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Philippine Supreme Court has ruled that former president Ferdinand Marcos can be buried in a cemetery for national heroes.Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte had approved the

2016-11-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.One-by-one, people are visiting Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.The visitors are coming to see the final resting place of Susan B. An

2016-11-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The year is 1913. A new president has been elected and is about to take office. But when he arrives at the train station in Washington, DC, few people are there to meet him.“

2016-11-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

How will presidential candidate Hillary Clinton govern if she is elected president?Will she act as she did when she served New York as a member of the United States Senate, from 20

2016-11-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Donald Trump has proved an unusual political candidate since he entered the 2016 United States presidential campaign. The Republican party nominee is the first billionaire business

2016-11-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Pennsylvania television stations are broadcasting so many political advertisements that not even a small child can miss them.So, it was no surprise last week when two-and-a-half-ye

2016-11-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today.Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general, died Monday. She had Parkinson's disease, which affects a person's ability to contro

2016-11-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Soccer fans around the world love to question the calls that the referees make during games. One common insult is to say the referee must not be able to see well.A new study says m

2016-11-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Recently, we reported on the importance of counties in the United States.Today we have a lot more on what the U.S. Census Bureau calls “the primary political and administrati

2016-11-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved Russian citizenship for American actor Steven Seagal.Putin signed a presidential order granting citizenship to Seagal, a presidential

2016-11-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Has the American election campaign been difficult to watch?Imagine if you had to explain it to a class of middle school students.Every four years, teachers in the United States exp

2016-11-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Afghanistan is facing another crisis.This time it is a housing and food shortage, resulting from the return to the country of about 800,000 Afghans this year. They had been staying

2016-11-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Americans often identify the two major political parties by the colors red and blue. The practice began with the 2000 election. Media organizati

2016-11-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Speed dating is an efficient way for single people hoping to find romance to meet a number of other single people at once.People who attend a speed dating event go on several short

2016-11-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This week on our national parks journey, we head to southern Florida.Here, you will find blue-green seas, marine wildlife, and islands that hold thousands of years of human history

2016-11-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Some Americans are criticizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for possibly influencing the U.S. presidential election.The criticism started last Friday after the bureau&

2016-11-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.The Chicago Cubs have won baseball’s World Series. It was the Cubs’ first World Series win since 1908.On Thursday, the hashtag #Cubs

2016-11-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Tim Kaine is the Democratic Party’s vice-presidential nominee. He represents the eastern state of Virginia in the United States Senate.Kaine is 58 years old. He is married an

2016-11-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Educators in Turkey are at the center of a government campaign against Kurdish rebels.More than 12,000 teachers have been suspended for suspected ties to the Kurdish Worker's Part

2016-11-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Many people have heard the story of Scotland’s Loch Ness monster.The sea creature, often called Nessie, is said to live in Loch Ness, a la