Fort Hood Shooter Trial Begins Tuesday The mass shooting and the arrest of one of its own was devastating to the military base and to the nearby town of Killeen. Most residents are connected directly or indirectly to Fort Hood. They are angry about t...
Sky's Charlotte Hawkins outlines what's at stake for the candidates on the biggest day in the run-up to the US presidential elections. The states are up for grabs today, count for just half of the delegates at the party conventions in the late summe...
By Jim Fry Washington 18 April 2008 Pennsylvania, with more than 12 million residents, is next to vote on which candidate the Democratic Party should nominate for U.S. president. With its combination of rural communities, small cities and large metro...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 14 April 2008 Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United States Tuesday for a six-day visit - his first trip to this country since being elected head of the Roman Catholic Church almost three years ago. In this report from...
By Brian Wagner Miami 22 October 2007 NASA officials say possible rains and low clouds may force the delay of Tuesday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the shuttle is set to deliver a new module t...
By Peter Fedynsky / Bill Rodgers Washington, D.C. 07 November 2006 watch Election Day report Voting is underway in the United States in a midterm election widely seen as a referendum on President Bush. The balloting will determine if Mr. Bush's Repu...