2024-12-30 Former US President Jimmy Carter Dies at the Age of 100
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. His presidency was marked by rising inflation and unemployment. He helped negotiate a peace agreement between Egypt and…
2024-12-30 Study: Most US Teens Do Not Drink, Smoke
Drug use among teenagers has continued to drop since the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, a large national study says. The federally financed Monitoring the Future study has been…
2024-12-30 How Serious Is Bird Flu Outbreak?
California officials have declared a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu. It is affecting milk cows in that state and causing illnesses in some people in other…
2024-12-29 Large Chilean Frog at Risk from Climate Change
A large frog species that lived alongside dinosaurs and is considered a “living fossil” is now losing ground in its native Chile. Climate change and human actions are damaging the…
2024-12-29 A Guide to Recovering Overgrown Garden
What is the best way to repair an overgrown garden? Garden expert for the Associated Press Jessica Damiano believes she knows the answer. Here are some of her suggestions for…
2024-12-29 Top Technology Stories of 2024
Throughout 2024, we saw further development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems and new legal action brought against technology companies. Here is a look back at some of the biggest tech…
2024-12-28 Expressions for New Year’s Resolution
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. During a new year, many of us decide to try something new. With a new year’s resolution, we resolve to…
2024-12-27 1929 Books, Films, More to Enter Public Domain Next Month
Popeye the Sailor and the Belgian boy reporter Tintin lead the class of characters and works of art to enter public domain in 2025. On January 1, 2025, the U.S.…
2024-12-27 ‘The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,’ by Mark Twain
Editor’s note: This story includes some of the informal dialect that Mark Twain liked to include in his writing. We have provided explanations of some of the expressions after the…
2024-12-27 Do People Still Say That?
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Emmanuel in France about how to know if an expression is still popular in English. Question Dear Teacher,…
2024-12-26 Study: Around Half of US Teens Always Online
Nearly half of American teenagers – children ages 13 to 17 – say they are online “constantly” despite concerns about the effects of social media and smartphones on their mental…
2024-12-26 Grammar for Making New Year’s Resolutions
The New Year can come on different dates for different cultures. Most of the Western world, for example, celebrates it on January 1st. But one thing many cultures have in…