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Police in St. Louis, Missouri, say rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry has died at age 90. Berry was an American music legend, a pioneer of the rock ‘n’ roll style, which blended rhythm and blues with pop music in a blend that became synonymous with the developing culture of  American teenagers in the 1950s. …

Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she is ready to participate in the public discussion about the change in the country’s political climate since the November presidential election. “I’m like a lot of my friends right now, I have a hard time watching the news,” she said Friday at the Society of Irish Women’s …

The Florida prosecutor who thrust herself into the forefront of the anti-death penalty movement is a political novice who was elected just seven months ago.   Aramis Ayala, a Democrat and former public defender and assistant state attorney, surprised many of her supporters when she announced this week that her office would no longer seek …

The top U.S. diplomat arrived in China Saturday for the last leg of his first Asia tour. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s agenda in China includes a meeting with President Xi Jinping. Tillerson’s talks with Chinese officials are expected to be somewhat thorny. Earlier in the week, the secretary called on China to step …

President Donald Trump’s budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, told reporters at the White House Thursday that the president is intentionally redefining U.S. foreign policy priorities, changing from a focus on “soft power” — diplomacy, participation in international institutions and cultural exchanges — to a laser focus on “hard power” with a big boost to military spending. …

The head of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Mick Mulvaney, says American taxpayers can be asked to pay for beefed-up national defense, but cannot be asked to pay for domestic programs such as public broadcasting. Mulvaney made the remarks Thursday during an MSNBC morning broadcast Thursday, saying the decision was made to cut …

The first 100 days of an American president’s first term in office traditionally are a time when the new administration’s major policy proposals might encounter less partisanship from lawmakers on Capitol Hill, and possibly even have a head start on being voted into law. That’s particularly true when the president’s party controls both houses of …

One woman will make history next week as the first female Marine to join the infantry through the traditional entry-level training process that was previously unavailable to women, officials tell VOA. The Marine is finishing up her training as a mortarwoman and will graduate next week from the U.S. Marine Corps School of Infantry at …

32 years ago today on March 16, 1985, Associated Press journalist Terry Anderson was abducted by Hezbollah militants in Beirut, Lebanon and held in captivity for nearly seven years. “I had about a year and a half in solitary [confinement] which… nearly destroyed me,” Anderson said during an address he gave at a newspaper association …

The U.S. Army soldiers finished wading across a stream in a rainforest in Hawaii, and they were soaked. Their boots and socks were water-logged and their clothes, hair and ears were caked with mud. The soldiers were going through training at the first jungle school the Army has established in decades. The course is part …

The new documentary Trophy opens in a sprawling corner of South Africa run by John Hume, who is praised by some as protecting the continent’s rhinos from extinction and vilified by others for trying to turn the animals into cash spinners. Trophy, shown this week at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, examines …

There was a rise in reports of sexual assault at U.S. Navy and Army military academies in the last year, the Department of Defense said on Wednesday. An annual report, based on anonymous surveys, said reports of sexual assault in total across the military academies had decreased slightly in the last year, and the Air …

A federal judge in Hawaii put President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban on hold Wednesday, hours before it was to take effect. Judge Derrick Watson wrote that lawyers representing the U.S. Pacific state showed “irreparable injury is likely if the requested relief is not issued.” Hawaii argued that Trump’s temporary ban on travelers and migrants …

After six years of budget cuts, the U.S. Navy is expected to see a funding increase when President Donald Trump’s administration unveils its 2018 budget later this week.  The Navy has put its best foot forward abroad. But in Washington, Navy officials have shared bleak statistics that reveal a damaged force. During a recent embed …

After six years of budget cuts, the U.S. Navy is expected to see a funding increase when President Donald Trump’s administration unveils its 2018 budget later this week. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb visited an aircraft carrier conducting strikes against Islamic State and reports on why the world’s best-funded Navy argues it needs more money …

Mitch Seavey won his third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, becoming the fastest and oldest champion at age 57 and helping cement his family’s position as mushing royalty. The Seward, Alaska, musher brought his dogs off the frozen Bering Sea and onto Front Street in the Gold Rush town of Nome after crossing …

It’s one thing to talk about changing allegiance to another country when a new president is elected. It’s another thing to go ahead and do it.   But that’s exactly what seems to be happening, at least in one distant corner of the world.   In New Zealand, the number of Americans who applied for …

The Congressional Budget Office is a scorekeeper suddenly in the spotlight. Monday’s estimate of the House GOP’s health care measure gave ammunition to Democratic critics of the law, predicting that 14 million people would lose insurance next year. Republicans had been bracing for the report, with some of them attacking CBO as being inaccurate in …

President Donald Trump has given the Central Intelligence Agency new authority to conduct drone attacks against suspected militants, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing U.S. officials. The move would be a change from the policy of former President Barack Obama’s administration of limiting the CIA’s paramilitary role, the newspaper reported. The White House, …

A NATO top official told European allies Monday to increase spending on military funds, as requested by U.S. President Donald Trump, if they expect to keep important foreign alliances. NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg said it was “essential for the continued strength of the transatlantic bond on which our alliance is founded.” “For almost 70 years …

U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at a two-day summit next month at his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort, according to media reports. The two-day meeting is tentatively scheduled for April 6-7, U.S. online media outlet Axios reported Monday, citing officials familiar with the plans. CNN also reported the planned summit, …

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey asked a government ethics office Monday to assess whether President Donald Trump’s business dealings make his administration vulnerable to conflicts of interest. “President Trump has exposed his administration to possible conflicts of interest on an unprecedented scale,” the Pennsylvania lawmaker says in a letter to the Office of Government Ethics. Casey …

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, making his first trip to Japan, South Korea and China as the top United States diplomat this week, is expected to expand the effort to find new options for dealing with North Korea and the nuclear and military threat it poses to the region and to the world. Pyongyang’s …

Federal judges found more problems in Texas’ voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office. The ruling late Friday by a three-judge panel in San Antonio gave Democrats …

A former White House spokesman during the Obama administration said Sunday he believes more will come to light regarding ties between Russia and aides to President Donald Trump. Josh Earnest pointed in part to political consultant Roger Stone’s communication with an individual involved in hacking Democratic National Committee emails. And when asked about Trump’s claim, …

The House intelligence committee asked the executive branch to provide by Monday any evidence to support President Donald Trump’s claim that his phones were tapped at Trump Tower during the election, a senior congressional aide said Saturday. The request was made in a letter sent by committee chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and the panel’s …