Best Sellers. (67) When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. The family was starving, and they could hardly find money for food, let alone school fees.
The US Senate has one day left to avert a government shutdown, after the GOP-controlled US House voted 230-197 to pass a short-term spending bill. The US Senate has one day left to avert a government shutdown, after the GOP-controlled US House voted 230-197 to pass a short-term spending bill.
66 questions and answers about the government shutdown. Thousands of federal workers are being furloughed Tuesday because the government has shut down. Republicans and Democrats in Congress are in a stalemate over a stopgap spending bill.