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President Joe Biden on Saruday hosted what he described as the largest-ever White House event celebrating members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, during a month dedicated to celebrating gay pride. This year’s event…

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to be formally charged on Tuesday for his alleged mishandling of classified documents. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports on how the opinion debates surrounding the case are growing in…

Iran's supreme leader said Sunday a deal with the West over Tehran's nuclear work was possible if the country's nuclear infrastructure remained intact, amid a stalemate between Tehran and Washington to revive a 2015 nuclear pact. Months…

An elevated section of Interstate highway 95 collapsed early Sunday in Philadelphia after a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo caught fire, closing a heavily traveled segment of the East Coast's main north-south highway indefinitely,…

Whether a constitutional right to a healthy, livable climate is protected by state law is at the center of a lawsuit going to trial Monday in Montana, where 16 young plaintiffs and their attorneys hope to set an important legal precedent.…

The intimate, funny-sad musical "Kimberly Akimbo" nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway flexed its creative muscle amid the Hollywood writers' strike and made history…

Best musical: "Kimberly Akimbo"  Best play: "Leopoldstadt"  Best revival of a musical: "Parade"  Best revival of a play: "Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog"  Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical: Victoria…

U.S. President Joe Biden is set to meet outgoing NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House Monday as jockeying to secure Stoltenberg's successor intensifies. While the White House says the official agenda for the meeting…

Data tracking biases against women has shown no progress over the past decade, with prejudices remaining "deeply embedded" in society despite rights campaigns such as MeToo, a United Nations report said Monday. Among both men and women,…

The U.N. cultural and scientific agency UNESCO said Monday the United States plans to rejoin the organization in July, nearly five years after leaving. UNESCO said in a statement the move included a “concrete financing plan” that must be…