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Key California Highway Reopens After Deadly Mudslide

A coastal highway in California has reopened nearly two weeks after it was swamped by a massive mudslide that killed 21 people. Highway 101, a key north-south route in California, was shut down after it was covered by 12 feet of mud after the deadly mudslide on January 9. Officials had promised a day earlier …

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Women’s Marches Continue in Las Vegas, European Cities

A day after women commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March in the United States, thousands of people marched in solidarity Sunday throughout Europe and Australia. A rally touting the message “Power to the Polls” also began in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sunday morning, where activists and members of Congress are expected to speak, with …

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Marches Draw Hundreds of Thousands Across the US

Demonstrators gathered in cities across the United States, and around the world, to call for equal rights in pay and health care, to denounce sexual harassment and to encourage women to run for office. As VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports, this year’s “Women’s March” isn’t just a protest. Organizers hope it’s a nationwide call to action. …

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FACT CHECK: Trump Disdained Jobless Rate, Now Loves It

Donald Trump, the presidential candidate, would not like the way Trump, the president, is crowing about today’s unemployment rate. He’d be calling the whole thing a “hoax.” Trump raised a red flag about declining jobless numbers during his campaign, denying President Barack Obama any credit. Trump noted that the jobless rate masks the true employment …

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Mudslides Take Heavy Toll on Immigrants in California Town

Oprah Winfrey and Rob Lowe give Montecito its star power, but it’s people like Antonio and Victor Benitez who keep the wealthy Southern California community running. The Mexican brothers are gardeners and part of the town’s working-class immigrant population, which suffered outsized losses from the recent mudslides that killed at least 21, injured dozens and …

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Kidnapped Americans, Canadians Released in Nigeria

Nigeria’s Kaduna state police command says two Americans and two Canadians kidnapped by gunmen on Tuesday have been released. Police say the four were kidnapped along Kwoi-Jere road in the Kagarko local government area, Kaduna state. The gunmen are reported by Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper to have killed two Nigerian policemen who were escorting the foreigners. …

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With New US Defense Strategy Prioritizing ‘Great Power Competition,’ Mattis Heads to Asia

On Friday, ahead of his trip this weekend to Asia, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis unveiled a major shift in U.S. defense priorities. “We will continue to prosecute the campaign against terrorists that we’re engaged in today, but great power competition, not terrorism, is now the primary focus of U.S. national security,” Mattis said during …

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Mattis Traveling to SE Asia, Amid Shift in Pentagon Strategy

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is traveling to Indonesia and Vietnam – two countries that have taken a bolder stance than others against China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. The trip comes as the Pentagon refocuses its priorities on what it calls the “great power competition” with China and Russia. More from VOA’s …

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US to Seek Death Penalty Against Man Accused of Killing Chinese Scholar     

U.S. prosecutors said Friday they would seek the death penalty for a former University of Illinois graduate student charged with kidnapping and killing a visiting scholar from China.  Brendt A. Christensen, 28, of Champaign, Illinois, is charged with the June 9, 2017, killing and abduction of Yingying Zhang, 26, an international scholar at the university.  …

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Former IBM Developer Sentenced for Espionage, Theft of Trade Secrets

A former software engineer for IBM in China has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing the source code for highly valuable software developed by the tech company, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday. Xu Jiaqiang, 31, was sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in White Plains, New York, months after he pleaded guilty …

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At One-year Mark, Trump Foreign Policy Seen as Conventional

International opinion polls indicate that one year into Donald Trump’s presidency, America’s standing in the world is at a low point. But notwithstanding his tweets and rhetoric, analysts say, Trump’s foreign policy has turned out to be mostly conventional. “Despite all the bombast that has made life more anxious and unsettled than it perhaps needs …

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Tracking Shoes Help Keep Kids Safe

The worst nightmare for parents is probably a child wandering off and getting lost. And for parents who want to keep their kids within their reach and still give them a chance to play freely and be adventurous, a New York company is offering a solution. Faiza Elmasry has the story. Faith Lapidus narrates. …

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Debate Over Abortion, as 45th Pro-Life Rally Takes Place in Washington

The 45th annual March for Life rally takes place Friday in Washington. President Trump says he will speak at the anti-abortion event from the White House. The rally also coincides with the 45th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, a Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion in the United States. Pro-choice supporters favor the law, while …

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Trump’s First Year: Strong Economy but Weak Polls

President Donald Trump marks his first year in office Saturday, Jan. 20. Trump’s tumultuous first year was unlike any other in recent U.S. political history, and 2018 could offer more of the same. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone has more from Washington. …

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Turkey says US ‘Inconsistent’ on Syrian Border Force

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Thursday the United States has made inconsistent statements about its plans to create a Kurdish-led Syrian border guard and called on Washington to stand with Turkey against the emergence of such a force.   Turkey has reacted angrily to the U.S.-led coalition’s stated plans to form a 30,000-strong Kurdish-led …

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Syria Responds to Tillerson’s US Military Engagement Pledge

Syria’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday the U.S. military’s presence in Syria is an act of aggression and a violation of sovereignty. The comments came after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson outlined plans in a speech Wednesday for the United States to remain engaged diplomatically and militarily in Syria long after the defeat of the …

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Trump Considering ‘Big Fine’ Against China in Trade Dispute

President Donald Trump said Wednesday the United States was considering a big “fine” as part of a probe into China’s alleged theft of intellectual property, the clearest indication yet that his administration will take retaliatory trade action against China. In an interview with Reuters, Trump and his economic adviser Gary Cohn said China had forced …

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Trump Says Russia Helping N.Korea Skirt Sanctions; Pyongyang Getting Close On Missile

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Russia is helping North Korea get supplies in violation of international sanctions and that Pyongyang is getting “closer every day” to being able to deliver a long-range missile to the United States. “Russia is not helping us at all with North Korea,” Trump said during an Oval Office …

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AP Sources: White House Directed Bannon Silence in House Interview

Steve Bannon’s attorney relayed questions, in real time, to the White House during a House Intelligence Committee interview of the former Trump chief strategist, people familiar with the closed-door session told The Associated Press.   As lawmakers probed Bannon’s time working for President Donald Trump, Bannon’s attorney Bill Burck was asking the White House counsel’s …

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Apple to Build 2nd Campus, Hire 20,000 in $350B Pledge

Apple is planning to build another corporate campus and hire 20,000 workers during the next five years as part of a $350 billion commitment to the U.S. economy. The pledge announced Wednesday is an offshoot from the sweeping overhaul of the U.S. tax code championed by President Donald Trump and approved by Congress last month. …

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US Ups Pressure on African Nations to Cut N.Korea Ties, Trade

As relations get hotter between the United States and North Korea, U.S. officials say they are trying to cut off Pyongyang’s income sources any way they can, especially on the African continent. The U.S. argues that every penny, won, rand and franc that flows into North Korea from African countries is used to further North …

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US Agency to Work With States to Ensure Proper Safety Alerts

The Department of Homeland Security will be working with states to ensure they follow proper protocols when issuing safety alerts and can quickly retract incorrect alerts, like Hawaii’s warning of a ballistic missile over the weekend, Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Tuesday. Senator Mazie Hirono, a Hawaii Democrat, said it’s clear that human error initiated the …

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Ex-CIA Officer Arrested for Retaining Classified Information

A former Central Intelligence Agency officer was arrested at a U.S. airport on Monday night in connection with charges that he illegally retained highly classified information, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a U.S. citizen who now lives in Hong Kong, used to maintain a top secret clearance and began working …

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DHS Chief Faces Senate Questions Over Trump Comments, Immigration Policy

In a wide-ranging hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told a Senate committee she did not remember hearing President Donald Trump use vulgar language to describe Haiti and African countries during a meeting last week with lawmakers at the White House. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing follows a busy, …

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US Army Dog Given Posthumous Award

A U.S. Army dog who saved the lives of his platoon during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943 has been posthumously awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal, which recognizes the actions of animals serving in military conflict and is seen as the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. “Chips” began life as a beloved pet …

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Freedom House: Democracy Scores for Most Countries Weaken for 12th Consecutive Year

Two thousand-seventeen was the 12th consecutive year of decline in global freedom, according to Freedom House’s annual Freedom in the World Report. While experts say China, Russia, and North Korea, among other countries, put global stability at increased risk, there are signs of progress and global development across other regions, including Latin America and Africa. …

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