Big Immigration Raid Takes Place in Tennessee

Early on the morning of April 5, United States law enforcement officials raided a meat processing factory in the state of Tennessee. Agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) led the raid on the Southeastern Provisions meatpacking

South Korea Wants US Troops to Stay

South Korea said on Wednesday that U.S. troops should stay in the country, even if a peace treaty is signed with North Korea. Kim Eui-kyeom is a spokesperson for South Koreas President Moon Jae-in. Kim was responding to reporters questions about a re

Boy Scouts Gets New Name to Include Girls

This is Whats Trending Today For more than 100 years, the Boy Scouts of Americas main program has simply been known as the Boy Scouts. But with more and more girls hoping to join, that will soon change. The organization has announced a new name for t

VOA慢速英语--New Mexico Desert Captures Evidence of Sloth Hunt

A desert in the American Southwest provides evidence of a hunt from long ago. Scientists found footprints from a hunt involving ancient human beings and a large prehistoric sloth. They discovered the footprints in what is now the White Sands National

美国众议院在8年内通过了第一项主要的监狱改革措施

US House Passes 1st Major Prison Reform Measure in 8 Years The rate of imprisonment in the United States is the highest in the world. Many lawmakers and policy experts have called the situation a prison epidemic. But, Representative Hakeem Jeffries,

VOA慢速英语2018--Benefits of Eating Together

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. We all need to eat. So, meals could be a chance to stop what were doing and spend time with the people in our lives. But sometimes they are not. It does not matter if a person is married

Strong Demand in Illegal Pangolin Trade Leads Countries to Take Action

You may be surprised to learn that the worlds most trafficked endangered mammal is a strange-looking animal. It is the pangolin, also known as the scaly anteater. An adult pangolin can be almost 100 centimeters in length, although the smallest are on

Fasting May Help Your Brain

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. More than one billion Muslims around the world observe Ramadan, Islams holy month. Fasting during Ramadan is a requirement for believers. This means they are barred from having sex, smok

Turkish Ambassador’s Home Has Deep Jazz Roots

Washington D.C. is home to many embassies and diplomatic offices representing the nations of the world. Many ambassadors in Washington live in large, beautiful buildings with rich, interesting histories. One of them is home to Turkeys ambassador, Ser

Facebook Adds Dating App, Launches Oculus Go

Facebook Adds Dating App, Launches Oculus Go Facebook has announced it will add a dating service to its growing list of new products. The announcement came Tuesday at Facebooks F8 conference in San Jose, California. The yearly event is for app develo

VOA慢速英语--“政教分离”意味着什么?

What 'Separation Between Church and State' Means One of the things the United States is known for is a separation between church and state. But those exact words do not appear in the U.S. Constitution. Instead, Americans point to a line in the First

VOA慢速英语--阵亡将士纪念日:讲述二战飞行员的故事

Memorial Day: Family of Lost WW II Flier Brings His Story to Life Memorial Day in the United States is a time for remembering the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Families especially want to remember the stories of relat

Sports Officials, Players Stand Up to Trump's Criticism

This is Whats Trending Today. People in the United States have been talking about Colin Kaepernick for over a year. If you have not been following American football, here is his story. Last year, Kaepernick was a player for the San Francisco 49ers of

'A Retrieved Reformation,' by O. Henry

In the prison shoe-shop, Jimmy Valentine was busily at work making shoes. A prison officer came into the shop, and led Jimmy to the prison office. There Jimmy was given an important paper. It said that he was free. Jimmy took the paper without showin

Facebook Opens Training Center in Brazil

Facebook Opens Training Center in Brazil The social media service Facebook plans to open a training center in Brazil for computer coders and people interested in starting a business. It will be the companys first such training center in a Latin Ameri

Rising Seas, Development Predicted to Cause More Flood Disasters

Rising Seas, Development Predicted to Cause More Flood Disasters The Tropical Storm Harvey in the Unites States and the monsoon in South Asia have again shown how dangerous and destructive floodwaters can be. More than 1,200 people have died across I

Bank Case Reveals Vietnam’s Continued Corruption Problems

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security recently began investigating three companies under the state-owned gas and oil group PetroVietnam. The companies may have tried to divert more than $5 million from a Vietnamese financial institution called O

VOA慢速英语--学校面临着保护言论自由的压力

Schools Under Pressure to Protect Free Speech Colleges begin the new school year under pressure to protect free speech -- even when many students strongly disagree with the speakers messages. Many of the protests in the last school year tried to bloc

合作学习或会改变你对工作小组的看法

Cooperative Learning May Change Your Mind About Group Work Two heads are better than one. Or so the expression goes. It means that two people working together have a better chance of solving a problem than one person alone. But not everyone likes wor

Tennis Players Show Off Fashion at US Open

This is Whats Trending Today. Tennis players must wear almost all white at Wimbledon. That includes shorts, shirts, hats, dresses, shoes and socks. But when they get to New York in the late summer for the U.S Open, they let their personalities come o