This week, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill canceled in-person classes. It was just one week into the start of the new school year. The university said it will move to online learning and assist students who want to leave campus housin...
A small but growing number of Americans are choosing to homeschool their children. Most U.S. schools plan to stay closed, or open only part-time, this year and offer distance learning programs to students. Some parents worry their neighborhood school...
Some Israelis are looking forward to going to Dubai and visiting the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. Although people from all over the world visit Dubai, Israelis could not because the Emirate did not have diplomatic relations with Israel...
The National Weather Service's (NWS) measuring system recorded a temperature of 54.4 Celsius at Death Valley in eastern California on Sunday. 美国国家气象局的测量系统周日在加州东部的死亡谷记录到了54.4摄氏度的温度。 T...
A little over a century ago, feminists tirelessly campaigned for women's suffrage in the United States. They organized marches and other events in hopes of increasing public support for the campaign. One hundred years ago this month, women were final...
The coronavirus has affected a lot of things, including the presidential nomination process in the United States. The two leading parties know that they must restructure traditional nominating events because of safety concerns during the pandemic. Th...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Marriage ceremonies, or weddings, are among the most important events in the lives of many people. The COVID-19 health crisis has severely affected weddings and damaged the multi-billion...
Major Universities Cancel Fall Football Seasons over Coronavirus Two major college football conferences recently canceled their fall seasons because of concerns over the new coronavirus. The Big Ten and Pac-12 athletic conferences announced they woul...
Google has launched a communications system that uses the company's Android phones to detect earthquakes. It aims to provide timely information about earthquakes to phones that run the mobile operating system. The new warning system has already been...
Cooking During the Pandemic For the past several months, many restaurants have either been closed or are offering limited services because of the coronavirus health crisis. This means people all around the world have had to prepare meals for themselv...
Shin Yun-sun describes her life as a series of dead ends. Shin Yun-sun称她的生活陷入了一系列死胡同。 The South Korean has spent many of her 75 years questioning government officials, looking through records and searching burial grounds...
Malaysia's last rhinoceros, Iman, died last November. Some skin, eggs and tissue are all that remain of her. Now, scientists plan to use experimental technology to try to bring back Malaysia's rhinos by using cells from Iman and two other dead rhinos...
Marylands First Lady Leads Coronavirus Aid Campaign Yumi Hogan helped the American state of Maryland secure 500,000 coronavirus tests from her native South Korea. Hogan is the wife of Larry Hogan, Maryland's governor. Now she is working to secure don...
Brenda Cienfuegos recently became a United States citizen. Now, she is eager to exercise her new rights as an American. Born in El Salvador, Cienfuegos came legally to the U.S. in 2010. She registered to vote right after her U.S. citizenship ceremony...
A short video making fun of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's guidance about the new coronavirus has become popular on social media. The video shows actor Matt Lucas. So we are saying don't go to work, go to work, don't take public transport, go...
