2016-08-31 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Emily Olivares was surprised when a friend told her she is $50,000 in debt after paying for four years of college.“I almost had a heart attack,” Olivares said. “T

2016-08-31 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…For almost 12,000 years, Planet Earth has been in what is called the Holocene Epoch. This geological era started after the last ice age.

2016-08-31 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A mass wedding has been canceled in northern Nigeria, leaving about 100 couples wondering when they will get another chance to marry.The couples from rural areas in Kano state were

2016-08-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the best way for governments to stop extremist groups is to fight corruption and reduce poverty.Kerry was speaking during a visit last week

2016-08-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

President Barack Obama has named a new national monument in the northeastern state of Maine. Businesswoman Roxanne Quimby gave the 35,000 hectares of land to the government. The gi

2016-08-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…The MTV network held its Video Music Awards, or VMAs, Sunday night. Social media users are still talking about the stars and performances

2016-08-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Two people in the United States died over the weekend after they were struck by lightning.The number of deaths from lightning-related accidents in 2016 rose to 29. It is the highes

2016-08-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A new public opinion survey of young people around the world finds they are optimistic about the world and support progressive, or liberal, values. The study of people between the

2016-08-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In New York City, taxicab drivers are a largely immigrant community. And now, they are no longer required to know English.In April, New York City’s city council approved a bi

2016-08-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

France’s top administrative court has ruled that French towns cannot ban women from wearing a kind of clothing for swimming on their beaches.The town of Villeneuve-Loubet, ha

2016-08-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United States could elect its first woman president in November.But most Americans still believe in the traditional division of household jobs, according to a new study.The stu

2016-08-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

United States President Barack Obama will add to a national monument near the coast of Hawaii.The Obama administration announced the move Friday. It will create the world's larges

2016-08-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Fires in the western United States have burned thousands of hectares of land. The fires have forced people to leave their homes in California and in the state of Washington.The Nat

2016-08-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Italy on Wednesday. The U.S. Geological Survey says the center of the earthquake was near the town of

2016-08-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Many U-S colleges and universities are making big changes to their libraries.The schools are finding ways to serve students and to succeed in an increasingly digital world.The days

2016-08-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The U.S. National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday.America’s 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, formed the National Park Service on August 25, 1916 to “prote

2016-08-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

VOA Learning English featured a number of athletes who were to compete in the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.During the closing ceremony Sunday night, Rio’s mayor passed t

2016-08-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In a small home garden, about 1.5 meters wide and 3 meters long, a robotic device called the FarmBot is busy planting vegetable seeds. The FarmBot will control the soil’s moi

2016-08-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In Olympic sports, attention is now turning to the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.South Korean organizers say they hope to avoid the delays and other problems organi

2016-08-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Many young Muslim-Americans report having difficulty finding a spouse in the traditional way, so they are using websites that connect Muslims who want to be married.Filza Satti and

2016-08-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today.Ryan Lochte's name stayed in the news this week, two days after the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics.Lochte is the American sw

2016-08-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today….The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have come to an end, but people are still discussing media coverage of the event.Several comm

2016-08-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In Malawi, over 6 million people need food aid because severe weather has made growing corn crops difficult. But small home gardens are helping. The Victory Garden Campaign is work

2016-08-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A famous bridge over the Potomac River is badly in need of repair.The Memorial Bridge connects Washington, D.C. with Arlington County in Virginia. It provides drivers, runners and

2016-08-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

As recently as 2014, people could use WiFi to connect to voting machines inside certain voting places in the state of Virginia. They simply had to be nearby. Once connected, they c