2019-11-25 US Fastest Growing Jobs: Caring for the Wealthy
America’s extremely wealthy population is bigger than ever. And their money is supporting jobs for an increasing number of low-wage…
2019-11-20 California Hmong in Mourning After Deadly Attack
Members of the ethnic Hmong community in Fresno, California are in mourning after gunmen shot 10 men killing four over…
2019-11-18 Why American Houses Keep Getting Bigger
Many Americans like the idea of big, open spaces. So it might not be surprising that houses built in the…
2019-11-16 US College Newspaper’s Apology Leads to Debate over News Reporting
Student leaders of the newspaper covering Northwestern University have faced two waves of criticism recently. Readers were critical of the…
2019-11-17 American Voters Not Likely to Change Their Minds about Trump
This week political observers watched the first televised hearings of the impeachment investigation against U.S. President Donald Trump with interest.…
2019-11-15 US Report on School Shootings Suggests Most Are ‘Preventable’
A new study suggests that many of the deadly school shootings in the United States over the past 10 years…
2019-11-13 ‘Teachable Moment’: Impeachment
For just the fourth time in U.S. history, lawmakers are holding public hearings to debate the possible impeachment of an…
2019-10-30 Wildfires, Power Cuts Hit Northern, Southern California
Hundreds of thousands of families in California are being affected by wildfires in the state, and as many as 1.5…
2019-10-29 America’s Second Largest Mall Opens in New Jersey
The second-largest mall in America has opened its doors in the state of New Jersey. The mall, called American Dream,…
2019-10-22 US Government Returning More Cuban Asylum Seekers to Cuba
Pablo Sanchez asked United States officials for asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico. Sanchez was immediately placed in a…
2019-10-25 Public Might Not Know about Attacks on US Election Systems
It is no secret that foreign computer hackers are targeting election systems in the United States. Government officials believe Russian…
2019-10-18 New York’s Empire State Building Opens New Observatory
The world famous Empire State Building opened a new visitors’ center last weekend. The new observatory can be found on…
2019-10-18 Louisiana Hopes to Fight Coastal Destruction By Copying Nature
Back when the Mississippi River flowed wild, its ever-changing waters moved soil across the North American continent. It picked up…
2019-10-15 Bow Hunters Target Asian Carp for Sport on the Illinois River
Nathan Wallick is a firefighter in the American city of Peoria, Illinois. He also likes to use bows and arrows…
2019-10-14 Treasure Hunt Draws Thousands to Western US
Thousands of people have headed to an area in the western United States to search for a hidden treasure. A…