School Shooting Touches Many in Texas Town
contact@hellonews.website 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…
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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…
US Lays Out Strategy to Outcompete China
state department — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlined the Biden administration’s strategy to outcompete China in the next decade by investing in critical infrastructure, bolstering supply chain security…
The Quiet Epidemic of Guns Killing Children
The world watches closely when mass shootings like the one in Uvalde, Texas, claim innocent lives in the United States. Less visible is the rising rate of day-to-day gun deaths…
Ray Liotta, 'Goodfellas' and 'Field of Dreams' Star, Dies
Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,” has died. He was 67. A source…
Trump Loses Appeal, Must Testify in New York Civil Probe
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state’s civil investigation into his business practices, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. A four-judge…
Muslim-based Groups Provide Housing, Work Training to Ex-inmates, At-risk Youth, Regardless of Religion
A 2021 report by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics found that recidivism rates, the rate at which people return to prison, has been decreasing in the U.S. since 2005.…
US Economy Shrank by 1.5% in Q1 but Consumers Kept Spending
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year even though consumers and businesses kept spending at a solid pace, the government reported Thursday in…
Biden to Host K-pop Stars BTS, Discuss Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
Washington — K-pop superstars BTS will head to the White House next week to address hate crimes targeting Asians and people of Asian descent with U.S. President Joe Biden, the…
US Making COVID Antiviral Drug More Available at Test Sites
Washington — The White House on Thursday announced more steps to make the antiviral treatment Paxlovid more accessible across the U.S. as it projects COVID-19 infections will continue to spread…