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.
Senate passes stopgap spending bill; restores Obamacare funding. With just three days left to avert a government shutdown, the Democratic-led Senate on Friday voted 54 to 44, along party lines, to fund federal operations for a few more months. The bill would keep the government through Nov. 15 at a $986 billion spending level.