President Biden and first lady Jill Biden traveled to Buffalo, New York, Tuesday to pay respects to the families of the 10 Black victims of a shooting rampage by a lone gunman in a supermarket on Saturday. The president blamed the media, politicians and the internet for spreading the dangerous white supremacist ideology that the gunman appeared to have followed. VOA's Laurel Bowman has more.
One of the three companies that make baby formula in the U.S. has halted production, adding to what was already a baby formula shortage due to supply chain issues and other factors. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is doing everything in its power to ensure that an adequate supply of the product is available. And even the White House says it’s taking steps to alleviate the crisis. VOA’s Laurel Bowman has more.
As the world this week crossed the gruesome milestone of more than 15 million COVID-19 deaths, including over a million in the United States, U.S. researchers are looking back over the past two years . marking who died here, where and why. VOA's Laurel Bowman has our story.
Police in the U.S. state of Michigan say 26-year-old Congolese immigrant Patrick Lyoya was driving a car with license plates that didn't match the vehicle, and that's why he was pulled over. But what ensued was a deadly shooting of a Black man by a white police officer. Today, Lyoya's family speaks out for the first time. Reporter Laurel Bowman has our story.
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Surges of the COVID-19 omicron variant called BA.2 have put countries around the world on alert. It’s now the dominant variant in the U.S., where a fourth booster has been approved for people older than 50. VOA’s Laurel Bowman has more.