2017-08-24 Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Stealing New Members
The Girls Scouts of America is accusing the Boy Scouts of America of secretly trying to recruit girls. Girl Scouts…
2017-08-23 US Navy Commander Dismissed After Accidents in the Pacific
The U.S. Navy has dismissed the commander of the 7th Fleet, which is based in Japan. A series of Navy…
2017-08-24 ‘Accidental Refugee’ Sees Trouble, Tragedy and Success
Jessi Calzado-Esponda lives in the United States but spent her early years in Cuba. Her family lived in Havana. Electric…
2017-08-22 Venezuela Little Leaguers Get Help from Major League
When Omar Romero hit a walk-off triple to beat the Dominican Republic, his teammates mobbed him to celebrate the win…
2017-08-22 What to Do with Contaminated Water from Fukushima?
Japanese officials are considering what to do with the large amount of poisoned water being stored at the Fukushima Daiichi…
2017-08-23 Russian Culture Still Alive in Rural Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States. It is also one of the least populated. The state is…
2017-08-22 Angolans Vote in Historic Election
President Jose Eduardo dos Santos is the only leader that the majority of the 22 million people who live in…
2017-08-22 Trump Announces New Plan for Afghanistan
President Donald Trump says that the United States must continue fighting in Afghanistan in a conflict that he once called…
2017-08-21 People across America View Historic Total Eclipse of the Sun
People across America used telescopes, cameras and protective glasses to watch a historic total solar eclipse. A total solar eclipse…
2017-08-21 US, South Korea Seem to Scale Back War Games
The United States and South Korea have begun 10 days of joint military exercises on Monday. But the exercises will…
2017-08-21 US War Ship Hits Tanker, 10 Sailors Missing
For the second time in two months, a U.S. Navy war ship crashed into another large boat in Asia. This…
2017-08-20 Detroit Turning to Immigrants to Energize Local Economy
Detroit, Michigan has earned the name “America’s Comeback City” for a reason. Detroit knows both economic hardship and recovery. The…
2017-08-19 UN Officials: Libyan Unrest Harming Children
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says more than 500,000 children in Libya are in need of some kind of…
2017-08-20 US Wants to Make it Easier for Americans to Stop Smoking
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to make it easier for people to stop smoking. It proposes…
2017-08-19 Reporter’s Arrest Increases Concerns about Bangladeshi Law
Abdul Latif Morol’s problems started after he wrote on social media about a dead goat. Morol, a Bangladeshi journalist, had…