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Mexico and the United States have signed three accords to improve bilateral customs procedures and expedite the flow of agricultural produce across their almost 2,000-mile (3,220-kilometers) border, the two governments said on Monday. In a joint news conference with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Mexico’s Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said the first agreement aimed …

Linda Brown, who as a young girl was at the center of the lawsuit that ended racial segregation in American schools, has died. Brown died Sunday in Topeka, Kansas. She was 76. Brown was 9 years old when her father, the Rev. Oliver Brown, sued the Topeka school board to allow his daughter to attend …

In her widely watched “60 Minutes” interview, porn star Stormy Daniels explained why she accepted a $130,000 payment she says was intended to keep her silent about her sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006.   Trump has denied the affair, through his representatives. But his lawyer, Michael Cohen, has said he paid Daniels $130,000 …

Washington is watching President Donald Trump’s makeover of his national security team to include more outspoken hardliners when it comes to America’s posture on the world stage. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports, days after nominating CIA director Mike Pompeo to become his new secretary of state, Trump tapped John Bolton, a former Bush administration diplomat known …

U.S. firearms and ammunition manufacturer Remington has filed for bankruptcy protection in order to reorganize its operations and put in place a debt reduction deal with its creditors. The company filed its petition for the so-called Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday, six weeks after announcing an agreement to reduce its $950 million in debts while transferring …

Music is changing lives in some American prisons, where guitars and songwriting are sparking creativity in inmates. Mike O’Sullivan reports from a state prison in Norco, California, about the music program Jail Guitar Doors. …

The 23-year-old Texan blamed for a deadly Austin bombing spree described himself as a psychopath and showed no remorse in a confession he taped before blowing himself up as police closed in to arrest him, a U.S. congressman said Saturday. Authorities had not previously disclosed details of the cellphone video in which Mark Conditt admitted …

What does it take to build a thriving technology company – and an environment in which black techies, their financial backers and their markets can flourish? That question underpins the new VOA documentary “Beyond the Unicorn.”  Subtitled “Africans Making IT in Silicon Valley,” it explores how some Africans and African-Americans are finding their way in …

German business leaders are expressing concerns that President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariff on imported steel could affect the auto industry in the South.   WABE Radio reports Mercedes-Benz USA this month opened its new North American headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia, for 1,000 employees. The luxury car manufacturer is owned by Germany-based Daimler, but …

The United States has flouted trade rules with an inquiry into intellectual property and China will defend its interests, Vice Premier Liu He told U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a telephone call on Saturday, Chinese state media reported. The call between Mnuchin and Liu, a confidante of President Xi Jinping, was the highest-level contact …

Thousands of people participated in “March for Our Lives” rallies in Washington and cities across the United States, drawing attention to school violence and what they see as a need for stricter gun control. …

H. Wayne Huizenga, a college dropout who built a business empire that included Blockbuster Entertainment, AutoNation and three professional sports franchises, has died. He was 80. Huizenga died Thursday night at his home, said Valerie Hinkell, a longtime assistant. The cause was cancer, said Bob Henninger, executive vice president of Huizenga Holdings. Starting with a …

A Washington lawyer and Fox News guest who was expected to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s legal team this week in the special counsel’s Russia probe has yet to be retained, another of Trump’s lawyers said Friday. Joseph diGenova’s hiring is pending completion of a review of potential conflicts of interest that may arise from …

A Virginia man was arrested Friday, after a discussion about marijuana policy in the district office of U.S. Representative Scott Taylor devolved into violent threats, the U.S. Justice Department said. Wallace Grove Godwin, 69, allegedly told two staffers for Taylor on Thursday afternoon after a discussion about marijuana did not go his way that he …

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced that the Department of Justice is publishing for comment a proposal to change federal regulations to classify devices with bump stocks as machine guns. Bump stocks, devices that enable a semiautomatic weapon to function as a fully automatic one, have been the object of controversy since a mass …

As officials lay the ground work for proposed talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, a U.S. lawmaker tells VOA’s Korean Service, there will be no easing of pressure on the North Korea government. This, as the United Nations Security Council votes to extend the work of investigators who …

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gave a farewell speech to State Department staff Thursday, before his official March 31 departure. U.S. President Donald Trump announced in a March 13 tweet that he is replacing Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo. VOA’s Zlatica Hoke reports Tillerson did not mention Trump in his farewell address, …

President Donald Trump’s lead lawyer in the Russia probe, John Dowd, resigned Thursday, the latest twist in an investigation that continues to cast a shadow over the Trump White House. Trump has attacked the Russia probe on Twitter in recent days, sparking fears among Democrats and some Republicans that he may be setting the stage …

“I wasn’t the kind of guy you’d want to meet in a dark alley.” That’s how U.S. Army veteran Michael Carroll, 39, from Spokane, Wash., described himself after coming home in 2004 after serving 18 months in Iraq. He was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and given an honorable discharge. “The transition from military …

U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden decision to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, without first working out the framework of a deal, could produce a historic agreement, but it would come at the beginning of a long negotiation process. VOA’s Seoul correspondent Brian Padden reports that perhaps the best possible diplomatic outcome would …

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt’s private security detail accompanied him on first-class flights, the agency confirmed on Wednesday to U.S. House Democrats, who requested details on his travels amid growing scrutiny of Cabinet members’ spending. Democrats on the House of Representatives Energy Committee — Frank Pallone, Diana DeGette and Paul Tonko — received confirmation in …

Heavy snow and strong winds pounded states along the U.S. eastern seaboard Wednesday, forcing school closures, thousands of flight cancellations and government shutdowns. The U.S. National Weather Service issued storm alerts Wednesday morning from North Carolina to Massachusetts, potentially affecting more than 68 million people. The nor’easter, a storm blowing from the northeast off the …

North Korea is contending that its recent “dialogue peace offensive” with the United States and South Korea is the result of national strength, not pressure from international economic sanctions aimed at ending Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile tests. A state television commentary late Tuesday did not mention either of the pending summits with South Korea and …

Many U.S. experts are calling 2018 the Year of the Woman because so many women are running for national office. But before the general elections in November, women must win their political party’s primaries. Five women and two men are trying to unseat the current U.S. representative in Illinois’ 6th district. Tuesday the voters spoke. …

When Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross held up a can of Campbell’s soup in a CNBC interview to make the case that the Trump administration’s steel and aluminum tariffs were “no big deal,” the canning industry begged to disagree — and they were hardly alone. President Donald Trump’s strong-armed trade policies have set off an intense …

Americans may become accustomed to the political turmoil swirling around President Donald Trump, but it remains an open question whether that turmoil will ultimately help or hurt Trump and his Republican allies, especially in an election year.  Last week, it was Trump’s firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and an apparent Democratic victory in a …