Hollywood Slow to Restart Movie and TV Production Hollywood has been slow to get its cameras rolling again as California starts easing coronavirus restrictions. Only a small number of movie and television (TV) productions have restarted filming in Ca...
'Benito Cereno,' by Herman Melville, Part One We present the first of three parts of the short story Benito Cereno. It was written by Herman Melville. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. Captain Benito Cereno hurried aboard his ship. It was ready to...
Question: This week, we answer a question from Evelio in Colombia. He writes: Why is a sort of men's underwear called long johns? Thank you. -- Evelio, Colombia Answer: Dear Evelio, When I looked up the history of the term long johns, I found it was...
President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on charges of illegally taking money from a fundraising plan to build a southern border wall. 川普总统的前首席战略专家史蒂夫班农周四被捕，罪名是...
Foreign worker Yulia Endang says she is saddened by the quick growth of COVID-19 cases among foreigners in Singapore. The increase started in April. Endang says she believes poor housing conditions where foreign workers live likely led to the increas...
Food Waste Decreasing Worldwide, Good for Planet Clint Parry looked through every part of his kitchen during the stay-at-home period in Detroit, Michigan. He was looking for different foods and leftovers to put together meals. The 33-year-old man is...
The U.S. airline industry continues to face major financial losses after a sharp drop in air travel caused by the coronavirus crisis. The airlines are attempting to persuade Americans that it is safe to fly even as COVID-19 infections have been risin...
When you learn a new language, you must learn the meaning of individual words. But, there is another area that you should pay attention to: expressions, or groups of words. Some expressions are especially useful whether you want to improve your speak...
Rising Digital Nationalism Could Create New Internet Borders Increasing government attempts to censor or regulate the internet may result in new digital borders that could change the ways we currently experience the World Wide Web. Authoritarian gove...
Theater director Pavel Latushko saw detainees come out of prison with bruises. The detainees told him of punishment beatings. Angry, he decided to join demonstrations against the Belarus government he once represented. 剧院院长帕维尔拉图斯科...
More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful leader built a fortress on India's holiest river -- the Ganges. King Yayati set up the fort to help guard his territory. Today, ruins are all that remain of the old structure. The area along the Ganges River is n...
Joseph Ortiz walked to the home of a man who was tested COVID-19. The test showed the man has the disease. Ortiz was unsure what to expect during his visit. The person had not answered telephone calls from New York City's contact tracing program. New...
At Mendy and Joe McNulty's home in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, coronavirus testing supplies are in the kitchen. The parents gather there with their two sons to do home tests in a new study involving American families. The McNultys are among about 2,000...
Scientists say they have identified a chemical released by locusts that causes the insects to join together in huge swarms. 科学家表示，他们找到了蝗虫释放的一种化学物质，该物质导致蝗虫聚集成群。 On their own, locust...
Nations that store possible COVID-19 vaccines while not sharing them with others will deepen the pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The WHO's chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, appealed to countries to join an...
