Police on Scene Made Decision to Wait Before Entering Texas School
contact@hellonews.website The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety said Friday that police responding to the shooting at an elementary school made the decision not to enter a classroom where…
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Biden Tells Naval Academy Grads Putin 'NATO-ized Europe'
Annapolis, Maryland — President Joe Biden told Naval Academy graduates Friday that they will be “representatives and defenders of our democracy,” as free societies are under threat from Russia’s invasion…
9-Year-Old Survivor Recounts Texas School Shooting
The city of Uvalde, Texas, is in mourning after a teenager from the community shot 19 children and two adults to death at an elementary school. VOA’s Celia Mendoza spoke…
Why Immigrant Children Excel More than US-Born Kids
More than 12 million immigrants moved through Ellis Island, a primary U.S. federal immigration station in New York, between 1892 and 1954. The assimilation of these newcomers into the great…
HOLD FOR WEEKEND – Estimates Show Most of the US's 10 Biggest Cities Lost Residents During Pandemic
Ko Im always thought she would live in New York forever. She knew every corner of Manhattan and had worked hard to build a community of friends. Living in a…
Gun Group Opens Convention in Texas Days after Elementary School Mass Shooting
Law enforcement authorities in the southwest U.S. state of Texas are facing tough questions about their response and the length of time it took them this week to storm a…
Gun Group Opens Convention in Texas Days After Mass School Shooting
The National Rifle Association is going ahead with the opening of its annual convention Friday in Houston, just days after a lone teenage gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,…
White House Welcomes Fiji to Its Indo-Pacific Economic Plan
WASHINGTON — Fiji is joining U.S. President Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), the White House said on Thursday, making it the first Pacific Island country in the plan that…
School Shooting Touches Many in Texas Town
People in the town of Uvalde, Texas, are trying to come to terms with the shooting Tuesday that claimed the lives of at least 19 students and two adults at…
Texas Convention to Continue as Planned, NRA Says
America’s largest gun group meets Friday in Texas, less than 500 kilometers from the site of this week’s elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two adults. VOA correspondent…
US Secretary of State Outlines China Policy: Invest, Align, Compete
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday outlined how the Biden administration is approaching relations with China, calling Beijing a “long-term challenge” to what he called “universal values that…
More Memorial Day Travel Expected, Despite High Gas Prices
LOS ANGELES — To drive, or not to drive? This Memorial Day weekend, with surging gas prices that are redefining pain at the pump, that is the question for many…
NRA Stages Big Gun Show in Texas Days After School Massacre
The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” — and deflect any…
Husband of Teacher Killed in Texas School Dies in Wake of Massacre
Uvalde, Texas — The husband of a fourth-grade teacher killed in this week’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school has died from a heart attack, family members told The…
China, Russia Veto US Push for More UN Action on North Korea
united nations — China and Russia vetoed on Thursday a U.S.-led push to impose more U.N. sanctions on North Korea over its renewed ballistic missile launches, publicly splitting the Security…