Study Shows Promising Results in Reducing Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack High blood pressure increases the risk for heart attack and stroke. That's why health experts the world over are concerned about the increasing number of people with high blood pr...
Washington Faces Terror Attack in 'White House Down' This is not the first time Roland Emmerich is destroying the White House. In 1996, he blew it to smithereens in Independence Day. Back then, the enemy was aliens. Now, it's an inside job. A terrori...
New iPhone App Improves the Chance of Survival for Heart Attack Victims From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Researchers have developed an experimental iPhone application, or app, they can improve the chances of survival for hear...
US Diplomat: Military Help Sought During Benghazi Attack The attack, and the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, shocked the nation and sparked calls for an investigation. Eight months later, the controversy and the allegations continue. The for...
Islamist Radicals React Online to Boston Attacks The bombings at the Boston Marathon not only caught U.S. intelligence services by surprise; on Jihadist websites, debate has raged over the motivations and implications, according to Shiraz Maher of th...
Americans Resilient Despite Terror Attacks Boston from some vantage points can appear idyllic, and that's usually the feeling when the marathon is run. Tracy Shea was there and was loving it. The day was so joyful, she recalled. It was such a joyful...
Americans Resilient Despite Terror Attacks Boston from some vantage points can appear idyllic, and that's usually the feeling when the marathon is run. Tracy Shea was there and was loving it. The day was so joyful, she recalled. It was such a joyful...
The bomb attacks in Boston From VOA Learning English, welcome to AS IT IS. Im Mario Ritter. This was a heinous and cowardly act. And given what we now know about what took place, the FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism. Any time bombs are...
COLOMBO, Feb. 24 ((Xinhua) -- The United States on Sunday strongly condemned the attacks on Maldivian media personnel after three journalists were attacked in capital Male on Friday, officials said. The U.S. Embassy in Colombo, in a statement said th...
Experts: Africa's Energy Facilities Could Face More Sophisticated Attacks Terrorists with links to al-Qaida stormed a gas production complex in Algeria in January. They wrecked equipment and took hostages. Government forces re-took the facility, but...