2022-06-09 US Faces Small Wheat Harvest as World Supplies Shrink
American farmers are having crop production problems at a time when many countries are facing a food crisis. The United…
2022-06-07 US, South Korea Hold Large Exercise Following North’s Launches
South Korea and the United States held an air power exercise involving 20 fighter planes Tuesday. The allies’ latest demonstration…
2022-06-01 Mutated COVID-19 Version Spreading Across US
Medical experts say the most dominant form of COVID-19 currently spreading in the United States appears to spread faster than…
2022-05-26 Language Variation in the US
Today on Everyday Grammar, we will explore some differences in American English spoken in different regions, or parts of the…
2022-05-21 Buddhist Chaplains Becoming More Common in US
Christian clergy have long provided counseling or religious services in hospitals, prisons, and homes for the sick and ill in…
2021-12-23 US Chances of Snow on Christmas Have Decreased Since 1980s
Research of 40 years of December 25 United States snow measurements shows that less of the country now has snow…
2021-02-04 Environmental Activists, Unions Conflict Over Oil Pipelines
Environmental activists and labor unions have worked together in the past, but are now on opposite sides of a heated…
2021-01-25 For First Black Pentagon Chief, Racism Is Personal
Newly confirmed U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faces a world of security threats and a large military bureaucracy. The first…
2021-01-20 Vice President Kamala Harris Brings Historic Change to US Politics
Kamala Harris has become the first female Vice President in American history. The former senator from California took the oath…
2021-01-12 FBI Warns of Armed Protests Across US Ahead of Inauguration
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of possible armed protests across the country leading up to the…
2021-01-13 US to Require Arriving Passengers to Show Proof of COVID Test
American health officials say that anyone flying to the United States will soon need to show proof of a negative…
2020-11-17 US States Prepare for the Nation’s Biggest Vaccination
Public health officials across the United States are preparing for the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history. That is because…
2020-11-04 US Withdraws from Paris Agreement Aiming to Limit Climate Change
The United States officially withdrew from the Paris Agreement to fight climate change on Wednesday. Leaders from around the world…
2020-10-20 Will North Korea’s New Missile Push US to Expand Missile Defenses
North Korea showed off a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at a big military parade earlier this month. Security experts…
2020-08-24 Western States Face a Dry Future
Two large lakes in the western United States have white rings around them. These circles show how sharply water levels…