Ground Zero - Then and Now | VOA Special Projects
The 9/11 attacks destroyed much more than the Twin Towers. A total of 10 buildings were lost in the area that came to be known as Ground Zero. In the 20 years since the September 11 attacks, reconstruction has transformed the area with memorials that honor what was lost and new buildings that provide spaces for business, shopping, transportation, education and prayer.
Ukraine: Timeline of war — VOA Special Report - Voice of America
2022年2月24日 · At the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, few would have predicted that the war would still be ongoing two years later with no clear end in sight. Here is a look at how the war, know...
By The Numbers: Coups in Africa — VOA Special Report
2023年10月3日 · By Megan Duzor and Brian Williamson | VOA News Last updated: October 3, 2023. The African continent saw a significant increase in coups in the last three years, with military figures carrying out takeovers in Gabon, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Guinea, Chad and Mali. After Niger’s coup in July, the regional Economic Community of West African States …
VOA Special Report | History of mass shooters | School shootings
2022年6月1日 · Average age of a K-12 shooter is 18. Jillian Peterson, Ph.D., and James Densley, Ph.D., built the new database of mass shooters that they hope will inform future research and policy decisions about how to effectively prevent and respond to mass shootings.
Election 2024 | Meet the Democrats who could replace Biden
Whitmer, 52, is in her second term as governor of Michigan, a key swing state that Trump won in 2016 but Biden took in 2020. She was previously a state legislator, serving in both the state House and Senate and becoming the Michigan Senate minority leader for four years.
Five Years Later | A Timeline of Migrant Family Separations
November 2017 Houston Chronicle publishes first reports of family separation. The Houston Chronicle reports that the Trump administration has been separating children since June 2017. It identifies 22 cases of families whose children were taken from them without due process, showing that former U.S. officials started the pilot program to separate children from parents at the …
Israel & Palestine: Weighing the solutions - Voice of America
The 1948 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine envisioned two sovereign states, with approximately 56% of the territory allocated to a Jewish state, and the remainder to a Palestinian state, as well as a special international status for the city of Jerusalem.
VOA Special Report | History of mass shooters | Search the data
Mental illness Mood disorder Thought disorder Signs of a crisis Suicidal Substance use Alcoholism Drug and alcohol problems. More than two-thirds of mass shooters had a history of mental health concerns, which is higher than the 50% of people in the general population who will satisfy criteria for a mental illness at some point in their lives.
One year after the Taliban reclaimed control of Kabul
2021年8月15日 · August 31 Last U.S. forces leave Afghanistan. The last U.S. forces left Afghanistan, bringing an end to a 20-year war. The United States spent more than $2 trillion and lost more than 6,000 service members and contractors.
A Year of War in Ukraine | VOA Special Report - Voice of America
At the start of the war, Ukraine defied many Western intelligence assessments that predicted a quick Russian victory. Ukrainian forces held off an assault on its capital, Kyiv, and forced Russia to change its focus to the eastern part of the country.