Wed, 25 May 2022 11:26:43 -0400 Gallaudet University Celebrates its Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Graduates Gallaudet University in Washington hosted its first undergraduate commencement ceremony since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. Gallaudet is the only university in the world where deaf, deaf-blind and hard-of-hearing students live and learn bilingually in American Sign Language and English. Keynote speaker Apple CEO Tim Cook and Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin, among others, addressed the graduating students. VOA’s Penelope Poulou has the story
Wed, 25 May 2022 09:44:05 -0400 Seven Key Races in Georgia, Alabama Midterm Primaries, Texas Runoffs Voters in Georgia and Alabama picked candidates for the U.S. Congress and other offices in primaries on Tuesday, testing former President Donald Trump’s power over the Republican Party ahead of the November 8 midterm elections.
Arkansas and Minnesota also held nomination contests while Texas held runoff elections for races that were unresolved in that state’s March 1 primaries.
Following are seven key races:
David Perdue loses big to Brian Kemp
Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp,...
Wed, 25 May 2022 07:30:04 -0400 Biden Ends Asia Trip With Warning to China Ending his six-day trip to Asia, U.S. President Joe Biden used the war in Ukraine to signal a warning to China to uphold fundamental principles of the international order. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has this report from Tokyo.
Wed, 25 May 2022 07:20:48 -0400 Biden Vows Gun Law Action After Texas School Shooting Kills 19 A visibly angry and upset U.S. President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to push legislators to take action to reform gun laws, after a school shooting in the gun-friendly state of Texas saw the deaths of at least 19 young children. VOA’s Anita Powell reports from Washington.
Wed, 25 May 2022 06:30:14 -0400 Trump-Pence Proxy Fight in Georgia Raises Questions About GOP's Future On its face, Tuesday's primary election for the Republican party’s gubernatorial nominee in the U.S. state of Georgia was nothing remarkable. Brian Kemp, the sitting governor, faced off against former U.S. Senator David Perdue and comfortably won his party's nod to pursue another term in office by 73% to 22%.
Normally, two veteran politicians slugging it out over the chance to win a state's highest office wouldn't raise too many eyebrows. But some wonder whether the...
Wed, 25 May 2022 04:14:52 -0400 US Mourns Latest Mass Killing of 19 Children, 2 Adults at Texas School The United States was in mourning Wednesday in the aftermath of the country’s latest mass killing, a teenage gunman’s assault on an elementary school in the southwestern state of Texas that left at least 19 children and two adults dead. It was one of the deadliest rampages at a school in the country’s history.
The attack unfolded in the small city of Uvalde, where authorities said the 18-year-old gunman first shot his grandmother at her home, then crashed a car and entered the school,...
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CACCI celebrates Caribbean Heritage Month in Brooklyn, 2012. Above, at Medger Evers College, below, at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
