The Chesapeake Bay, bordering Maryland and Virginia, is especially famous for its hundreds of millions of blue crabs.
As Labor Day approaches, there’s nothing like a crab feast
Paul White and Dat Tran, right, set out live blue crabs at Capt. White's in the Maine Avenue Fish Market in Washington, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Blue crabs, which thrive in the nearby Chesapeake Bay, are a summertime seafood favorite in the mid-Atlantic region. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Why Cambodia handed a $6.3 million tax bill to an English-language newspaper
Critics accuse the government of cracking down on independent media ahead of national elections in the face of growing opposition support — especially among younger voters.
Americans heed the call to help Houstonians
VOA catches a ride with a volunteer who’s using his boat to take stranded flood victims to safety.
Parents mourn journalist son who chose to ‘bear witness’
The details surrounding freelance journalist Christopher Allen’s death in South Sudan are unclear, but the 28-year-old’s motivation for covering the conflict is not.
What rehab for radicals is like in Mogadishu
In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, armed men from the al-Shabab militant group are paraded at the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia after defecting from the al-Qaida linked group to join government forces. Security services in Mogadishu have seen a new wave of defections from the Islamic extremists of al-Shabab, men who can provide valuable information or scouting services for the police, military and intelligence service. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Not all of the 70 former al-Shabab fighters who’ve recently been granted amnesty by the Somali government feel they were involved in something wrong.
What does ‘Make America Great Again’ really mean?
President Donald Trump hands a signed "Make America Great Again," hat back to a supporter, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President Trump says he meant for the slogan to refer to better economic times, but critics believe the line that helped get Trump elected is racially charged.
Uganda banned plastic bags 8 years ago, but it’s hard to tell
The transition away from plastic has been a slow one, but some Ugandan business owners are starting to see the financial wisdom of going green.
Houston resident watched helplessly as flood waters engulfed his house
Paul Trinh and his wife decided to evacuate on foot, carrying their small children through waist-deep water to safety.
Italian police forcibly evicted hundreds of refugees amid rising anti-immigrant sentiment across Europe
A refugee protests in the street after being forcibly removed from a building where he had been living, in central Rome, Italy, August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Yara Nardi - RTS1CYCM
Following an international outcry, 40 refugees — mostly children, elderly and people with disabilities — were told they’d be allowed to stay in the building for six months — VOA’s Amharic Service spoke with one of the evictees.
Is Trump’s foreign policy the same old thing?
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a joint news conference with Finland's President Sauli Niinisto (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo - RTX3DX04
Candidate Donald Trump promised an America-first foreign policy that would be starkly different from President Barack Obama’s strategy. However, seven months into his tenure, as the broad outlines of President Trump’s foreign policy come into focus, he appears to be continuing along the same traditional US foreign policy path.