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AILSA CHANG, HOST: People are paying their final respects to Aretha Franklin today. She's lying in repose at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit as part of memorial activities this week in her hometown leading up to he
Major US Tax, Spending Decisions Could Hinge on November Elections Last week brought a tantalizing hint of movement in a politically divided legislature. The Democrat-controlled Senate passed a bill to retain current tax rates on earnings under $250,
By Steve Herman New Delhi 05 March 2007 In India - the world's second most populous nation (after China) - there is a shortage of girls. A large part of the problem is a perception that girls are a financial burden. This preference for boys has led
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 08 December 2006 Kenya's parliament late Thursday awarded an almost three-fold basic pay increase to President Mwai Kibaki, a move heavily criticized by opposition politicians. It comes as civil servants are striking for be
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 05 February 2006 Israel says it will release tax and customs payments to the Palestinian Authority. The payments were suspended last week, after the Islamic militant group Hama
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Anger was the common reaction of Americans this week to bonuses paid at rescued financial companies. Lawmakers held hearings and President Barack Obama denounced the extra pay at American Internation
By Scott Stearns Washington 25 January 2007 U.S. President George Bush wants to change the way Americans pay for health insurance. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, it is one of the changes he called for in this week's State of the
Chinese steel makers have agreed to pay record prices for iron ore from the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia. In a deal signed this week, Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has secured increases that almost double the price of some grades o
Circus Museums Pay Tribute to 'Greatest Show on Earth' Ladies and gentlemen, and children of all ages! Thats a favorite ringmasters refrain at the circus, a cherished entertainment tradition across America. And its lovingly preserved at two unusual U
By Gini Sikes New York 02 February 2006 New York City school children are celebrating Black History Month with an exhibit of portraits of Nelson Mandela at the landmark Rockefeller Center. The show's
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The 2018 Tiny Desk Contest has come and gone, but over the next couple of months here at WEEKEND EDITION, we wanted to highlight some of the standouts among the nearly 5,000 who submitted videos like this one. (SOUNDBITE OF
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, so Oklahoma is in a bit of a bind. Riding high on the oil boom in the late 2000s, the state slashed taxes - but the promised prosperity never came, and now state lawmakers are trying to find a way out. Rachel Hubbard of
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested hundreds of parents who are in the country illegally. They are suspected of paying smugglers to bring their children to the U.S. Federal officials say those parents are putting the
AILSA CHANG, HOST: You may have heard in recent years that minor league baseball players don't exactly share in the riches of the game. Most minor leaguers make an estimated $7,500 per year. Major League players average more than four million. A law
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Today, defense lawyers get their opportunity in the trial of Paul Manafort. President Trump's former campaign chairman is on trial for bank and tax fraud, and prosecutors finished their case yesterday as NPR justice reporter Ryan
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now we're going to look at how one issue in one race is playing out. The tobacco industry is pouring money into Montana to fight a ballot initiative that would raise tobacco taxes to pay for Medicaid expansion. Montana
By Mike Cooper Atlanta 04 February 2006 Coretta Scott King during The Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Commemorative Service in the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Heritage Sanctuary, in Atlanta (File photo -
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 03 May 2007 Gunfire heard overnight across Guinea ended without external intervention. Witnesses say the gunfire came from soldiers agitating for unpaid back wages. Naomi Schwarz has more on the story from VOA's regional bureau
By Deborah Tate Washington 17 April 2008 A group of Democratic and Republican senators have begun drafting legislation that would require Iraq to fund more of the war costs that Americans are now paying. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill.
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 April 2008 Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is calling for united action to help the world's poorest people adapt to climate change. He says the poor, who have contributed the least to climate change, suffer the most