AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In places along the border, some college students are getting a close-up look at the situation as it's unfolding. Youth Radio's Billy Cruz met two students in El Paso, Texas, who are spending their summer volunteering in a migran

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台6月

Americans' Support for Death Penalty Drops, Remains Strong 美国民众对死刑支持下降 但支持率仍很高 HOUSTON, TEXAS When executions are carried out at the prison facility in Huntsville, Texas, death penalty opponents are usually on hand

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Immigrant Influx on Texas Border Heats Up Political Debate 移民涌入德州边境引爆政治争论 HOUSTON Immigrants from Central America continue to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in south Texas, seeking asylum in the United States, as officials g

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'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too' Bring Whigs to White House 蒂珀卡努河和泰勒使辉格党入主白宫 From VOA Learning English, welcome to The Making of a Nation, our weekly program of American history for people learning American English. Im Steve

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It was only last month that Texas Governor Rick Perry decided to enter the race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination and quickly zoomed to the top of public opinion polls. But in recent weeks Perry has stumbled in the candidate debates,

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By Greg Flakus Houston 02 July 2007 Flooded streets in Gainesville, Texas, 18 Jun 2007 More than two weeks of heavy rains have produced floods in a large area of the central United States. From central Texas to Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, rivers h

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By Jim Malone Washington 17 February 2006 The man wounded by Vice President Dick Cheney last Saturday was released from a Texas hospital Friday. Harry Whittington talks with reporters Harry Whittingto

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We'll begin with that breaking story, a deadly fall from one of the tallest roller coasters in the world. Yeah,this is both scary and sad.The mother fell into her death while riding the Texas giant roller coaster at six flags.There were people on the

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 25 December 2006 U.S. President George Bush heads to his Texas ranch Tuesday for a week-long holiday break. But as VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Washington, it will be very much a working vacation. President Bush is ex

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Search teams are spreading out along the U.S. Gulf Coast, looking for people stranded after Hurricane Ike. Emergency officials in Texas say they have rescued about 2,000 people who ignored evacuation orders and were stranded by Hurricane Ike. They s

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By Greg Flakus Dallas, TX 27 September 2006 watch Urban Water report As the populations of urban areas around the world continue to grow, the demand for water has also grown. In the arid areas of the western United States, growth in some metropolita

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Lack of electrical power is slowing efforts to bring normalcy back to southeast Texas, hit hard by Hurricane Ike last week. Private companies operating in the area have thousands of people working around the region, but many neighborhoods remain in

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Longtime Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens is calling on the U.S. government to take steps to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil. He is promoting an energy plan that features wind and natural gas - a proposal he discussed with lawmakers a

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The FBI and Texas Rangers are investigating a shooting in South Texas. On Wednesday, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a woman after she and a group of unauthorized immigrants attacked the agents with what were described as b

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Texas Town's Fortunes Rise And Fall With Pump Jacks And Oil Prices AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The middle class in America is constantly shifting and changing shape. Since the 1970s, it's shrunk decade by decade. We also know that income inequality is growi

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Reporters got a rare glimpse inside a temporary shelter for migrant children in far west Texas on Friday. The facility opened in June as a series of huge tents on a remote stretch of desert just north of the Mexican border. Its cap

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By Mary Morningstar Washington 16 October 2006 Singer Freddy Fender died of lung cancer Saturday, October 14, at his home in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was 69. During a career that spanned more than four decades, Fender enjoyed success in pop, Countr

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By Greg Flakus San Antonio, Texas 27 February 2008 With one week to go before crucial primaries in the large, delegate rich states of Texas and Ohio, the two remaining Democratic presidential candidates, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, met

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By Cindy Saine Washington 04 March 2008 Record turnouts are expected in the U.S. presidential race as primary voters go to the polls in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont. The latest public opinion polls show Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton an

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By Jim Malone Washington 20 February 2008 In the U.S. presidential race, Barack Obama has now won10 straight contests in his battle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Meanwhile, John McCain moved another step clo

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