2015-07-05 New York Officials Block Pro-Muslim Advertising
Many visitors to New York City have used the Metropolitan Transit Authority. The MTA is New York’s public transportation system…
2015-07-05 Average Americans Gave Away Billions in 2014
Last year, Americans again showed they are generous people. A majority of Americans, two-thirds, gave money to charity in 2014.…
2015-07-05 Uber Making a Big Push to Win Over Chinese Consumers
The car-sharing service Uber reported in June it is receiving one million requests for rides every day in China. The…
2015-07-04 Summer 2015 Brings Movies for Toddlers to Teens
We have a question for the many children out of school for summer break: are you bored yet? Boredom usually…
2015-07-04 Nigerian Group Provides Training for People with Disability
In Nigeria, an estimated 20 million people have some kind of physical disability. They have physical problems that make it…
2015-07-03 France’s ‘Freedom Frigate’ to Celebrate 4th of July
A warship from France that came to the United States 235 years ago became a sign of friendship between the…
2015-07-02 Demons, Male Dancers and Dinosaurs at Theaters Everywhere
The first day of summer was June 21 but the summer movie season began well before that. Last week, we…
2015-07-02 Japanese-Americans Remember End of World War II
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Recently, several Japanese-American men gathered in Los…
2015-07-02 Chinese Children Seeking a Happy Ending
Repeated cases of child abuse in China have shocked the country. They also have led to more protection of children’s…
2015-07-01 Clash Reported at Border of Vietnam, Cambodia
Cambodian and Vietnamese social media have been reporting on a clash along the border between the two countries. The fighting…
2015-07-01 Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Less Likely to Spread
The number of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis cases is rising. Multi-drug-resistant TB results from a bacterium – a group of small living…
2015-06-30 Greece Offers a Proposal as Time Limit Runs Out
Greece has made a proposal shortly before it was about to default on a loan payment and European leaders agreed…
2015-06-29 Motorcycle Lovers: We Are Not Criminals
Some law enforcement officials in the United States say motorcycle clubs are criminal gangs. Investigators were especially critical of such…
2015-06-28 Nigerian Immigrant Lives the American Dream
Lookman Afolayan Mashood moved to the United States from Nigeria in 1996. For several years, he worked in a restaurant…
2015-06-29 Study Explores Air Pollution’s Deadly, Preventable Effects
Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk in the world, says the World Health Organization. Part of the problem…