The United States has warned that far too many Americans underestimate their risk for HIV or mistakenly believe the virus that causes AIDS is no longer a serious health threat. A statement was issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , 30 years after the first report of the mysterious and deadly […]
CDC: Too Many Americans Underestimate HIV Risk
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Investigators Demand Information From Major US Bank
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
Investigators are demanding information from one of the largest U.S. banks, seeking details on the firm’s activities leading into the financial crisis. New York prosecutors have sent a subpoena to Goldman Sachs, which says it will “fully cooperate” with officials. The subpoena is a formal legal demand for information, and not an accusation of wrongdoing. […]
US Senator Meets Aung San Suu Kyi in Burmese Capital
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Senator John McCain — in Burma to assess prospects for democratic reforms — has promised opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi continued U.S. support for efforts to bring democracy to the Southeast Asian nation. McCain met Thursday with the pro-democracy leader in Rangoon for about an hour. Afterward, in comments to reporters, Aung San […]
US Jobless Claims Fall Slightly
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
The number of Americans signing up for unemployment compensation dropped slightly last week. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed a decline of 6,000 first-time applications. The decrease leaves the nationwide total of people applying for jobless aid at 422,000, higher than the level seen in a healthy job market. Government experts plan to publish […]
US Concerned About Tanzania’s Plan for Serengeti Road
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
The top U.S. diplomat for Africa has raised concerns with Tanzania about plans to build a road through the Serengeti wildlife reserve. Environmentalists are worried that the road will affect the migration of animals, such as wildebeest, to game parks in Kenya. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson said Wednesday he has raised the […]
US: Mitt Romney Entering Race to Oust Obama in 2012
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
Mitt Romney — a former state governor and head of the Salt Lake City winter Olympics — is entering the 2012 U.S. presidential contest to try to oust President Barack Obama. Romney failed to win the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. But he has been laying the groundwork for months in a renewed bid to […]
US Senator Visits Rangoon to Meet Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Senator John McCain is in Rangoon for a meeting with Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. McCain paid a visit earlier Thursday to the Rangoon headquarters of the Free Funeral Service Society. An opposition spokesman told VOA’s Burmese service the senator was also slated to see representatives of five small ethnic parties. McCain’s […]
US Senator Expected in Rangoon to Meet Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 5:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Senator John McCain was due in Rangoon Thursday for a meeting with Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. An opposition spokesman told VOA’s Burmese service the senator was also slated to see representatives of five small ethnic parties. His visit to Rangoon follows meetings Wednesday in the administrative capital, Naypyidaw, with Vice President […]
US: Authorities Execute 20th Prisoner This Year
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 1:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. authorities have carried out the 20th execution this year of a condemned prisoner. Prison officials in Texas executed Gayland Bradford, a 42-year-old man convicted of the 1988 killing of a security guard during a grocery store robbery in which he and a partner fled with only $7. Bradford had spent 22 years on death […]
Tornadoes Strike Northeastern US, Killing Four
Posted June 1st, 2011 at 11:35 pm (UTC-5)
At least two tornadoes ripped through a heavily populated area of the northeastern United States on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring others. The latest in a string of twisters to hit the country in recent weeks struck the western area of the state of Massachusetts, a region where tornadoes are relatively rare. The tornadoes […]
