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Over a hundred artifacts from Pre-Inca and colonial times were returned to Peruvian authorities on Monday after being recovered from private collections in Germany and the US. Peru's Minister of Foreign Affairs handed over the ancient objects to the
Broad Societal Issues Cloud Police, Community Relations in Texas City HOUSTON, TEXAS Tension between police and residents has led to unrest in some U.S. cities, mostly recently in Baltimore, Maryland. But in the diverse city of Houston, calm has prev
By Greg Flakus Houston, Texas 13 April 2007 Watch Children's Choir report A little taste of Africa came to the city of Houston, Texas, recently in the form of 24 children singing and dancing together as part of the African Children's Choir, a non-pr
By Parke Brewer Turin, Italy 12 February 2006 Speedskater Chad Hedrick won the first gold medal for the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics Late Saturday, and in the crowd to witness his achieve
By Greg Flakus Houston 01 May 2008 Although economists say the United States is not technically in a recession, the slowdown in economic activity is having a dramatic impact on the amount of money immigrants are able to send back home. The so-called
AS IT IS 2013-06-03 Kenyan President Linked to 2007-2008 Violence Hello, and welcome once again to As It Is, VOAs daily magazine show for people learning American English. Im Christopher Cruise. Today, we tell about a reported link between human righ
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Remembering a Congressman and His Efforts to Help Africa JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. On the program today, new music from the Boss, Bruce Springsteen And we go to Texas for a
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
By Greg Flakus Houston 27 March 2007 Mexico's state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, better known as Pemex, celebrated its 69th birthday on March 18, amid concerns that it is on the brink of insolvency and its production is falling. As VOA's G
By Greg Flakus Houston 18 June 2008 President Bush and Republican presidential candidate John McCain are both calling for an end to a moratorium on developing oil and natural gas resources along much of the U.S. coastline. Democratic presidential ca
Four years ago a flood caused by Hurricane Katrina devastated much of New Orleans. Thousands of evacuees took up residence in other cities, most notably Houston, Texas. While the city was praised for its efforts to host the evacuees, not all went sm
Teenager's Music Star Dreams Come True in 'Sparkle' It's Detroit in 1968 and Motown is winning fans around the world. A teenager nicknamed Sparkle aches for her songs to be part of that, and she convinces her sisters to join her in a local club's tal
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When Hurricane Harvey dumped 50 inches of rain on Houston, the floodwater a drain somewhere. Much of it went to the Houston Ship Channel, and it brought along a lot of contamination. Now scientists are sampling the channel mud to
DAVID GREENE, HOST: We are closely tracking a record-breaking Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic Ocean storm ever recorded. And we're still learning about the impact from Harvey in Texas and Louisiana. The health care system has certainly bee
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Law enforcement officials have been warning about the unintended consequences of President Donald Trump's immigration dragnet. They caution that it will further isolate immigrants who are in the country illegally. That includes c
British soul singer Adele, 23, dominated the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night, earning six Grammys, including album of the year. There were moving moments at the annual ceremony as the music industry remembered Whitney Houston, who died Satu
Some 40,000 people have been killed in Mexico over the past five years as the Latin American country's police and military battle powerful drug cartels that are also fighting with each other over smuggling routes. In spite of the dire headlines, hund
By Greg Flakus Houston, Texas 10 April 2006 watch Benefit report Willie Nelson Native American Indians are often associated with images from the past or with life on the often-remote reservation lands
By Greg Flakus Houston 20 February 2008 Senator Barack Obama won the Wisconsin state Democratic presidential primary, Tuesday, the ninth win in a row for the charismatic junior senator from Illinois. On the Republican side, Senator John McCain was th