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Sikh-American assaulted, called ‘Bin Laden’ in alleged hate crime
September 10, 2015 15:35 IST
The Sikh Coalition's Legal Director Harsimran Kaur said the group believes that Mukker was "targeted and assaulted because of his Sikh religious appearance, race or national origin."
US police find loaded gun in woman’s body
September 9, 2015 18:34 IST
The arrested woman informed a police officer that she is carrying a loaded gun in her body.
Video: British Airways plane catches fire on Las Vegas runway; seven injured
September 9, 2015 12:19 IST
Video and photographs from the scene showed flight 2276, a Boeing Co 777 bound for London Gatwick, engulfed in flames and thick black smoke. Emergency slides were deployed from the aircraft.
Amazon, University of Pennsylvania sued over Indian-origin student’s death
September 8, 2015 10:58 IST
The student had reported an alleged sexual assault by a male student in 2011, but no charges were filed and he remained on campus, leading to a two-year downward spiral culminating in her cyanide suicide in 2013.
Canadian election candidate caught urinating in coffee mug, leaves campaign
September 8, 2015 09:52 IST
Jerry Bance had been a candidate for the ruling Conservatives in a Toronto-area district ahead of the Oct. 19 vote.
US Muslim flight attendant says she was suspended for refusing to serve alcohol
September 8, 2015 09:14 IST
Charee Stanley, a Detroit-based flight attendant for ExpressJet, filed a discrimination complaint today with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Colombia seizes 1 metric ton of cocaine on Mexico flight
September 8, 2015 08:06 IST
Colombia is the largest supplier of cocaine to the US and much of the narcotic lands on American streets through Mexican drug cartels.
Guatemala voters vote for new president amid fraud scandalSubscriber Only
September 7, 2015 08:31 IST
Guatemalans were also voting for vice president, members of Congress and the Central American Parliament, and local authorities for municipalities nationwide. Polls closed in the early evening.
Independent group rejects Mexican govt’s version, says missing 43 students were killed in coordinated attack
September 7, 2015 08:18 IST
While the Mexican government said the Sept. 26 attack was a case of mistaken identity, the independent group's report said it was a violent and coordinated attack against the students.
2016 US polls: Will run if I have the ’emotional energy’, says Joe BidenSubscriber Only
September 6, 2015 14:19 IST
"The most relevant factor in my decision is whether my family and I have the emotional energy to run," US Vice President Joe Biden said.
US voices concern over major Russian military build-up in Syira
September 6, 2015 16:24 IST
The US State Department pointed to media accounts suggesting an "imminent enhanced Russian military build-up" in Syria.
Whistleblower Snowden accepts Norwegian prize for his work on ‘right of privacy’
September 5, 2015 18:41 IST
Snowden was given got the prize, which includes 100,000 Norwegian kroner ($12,000), "for his work on the important issue of the right of privacy."
Trump campaign ‘bad’ for US political system: Hillary Clinton
September 5, 2015 18:48 IST
Hillary Clinton said Trump's candidacy is 'a bad development for our American political system' and that his bravado could have dangerous repercussions if he became president.
Argentina welcomes Syrian refugees, eases entrance through program begun last year
September 5, 2015 18:42 IST
Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez said that the government eased the entrance of Syrians through a program begun last year, but he didn't specify how many of the refugees had arrived so far.
Malnourished child breastfed by dog rescued in Chile
September 5, 2015 08:50 IST
A witness spotted a child being breastfed by a dog in Chile's desert port of Arica
Hillary Clinton says ‘sorry’ for email confusion
September 5, 2015 08:11 IST
Doubts over Hillary Clinton's trustworthiness have damaged her poll numbers
Texas clinics file Supreme Court appeal of abortion law
September 3, 2015 07:51 IST
The clinics said they filed an appeal Wednesday aimed at permanently blocking parts of a state law that already have forced nearly two dozen clinics to close.
US officials mark 70th anniversary of WWII’s official end
September 3, 2015 07:41 IST
US Senator Brian Schatz and US Rep. Mark Takai of Hawaii joined US Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Scott Swift at a ceremony Wednesday.
In climate bid, Obama stares down melting Alaska glacier
September 2, 2015 08:07 IST
Obama trekked up to the glacier with photographers in tow in a carefully choreographed excursion aimed at calling attention to the ways human activity is degrading cherished natural wonders.
US launches secret drone campaign against ISIS in Syria
September 2, 2015 07:21 IST
The drone as part of a targeted killing program that is run separately from the broader US military offensive against the IS.
OC deputy shoots man suspected of stalking WWE wrestler
September 1, 2015 09:40 IST
The deputy had no choice but to shoot the man who he believed had a knife outside the WWE Performance Center in Orlando.
US State Department releases 7,000 pages of Hillary Clinton’s emails
September 1, 2015 08:54 IST
All the censored material in the latest group of Hillary Clinton's emails is classified at the "confidential" level, the State Department said.
US expresses concern over terror threat from groups inside Pakistan
September 1, 2015 12:03 IST
America was responding to a question about Aziz's earlier statement that the infrastructure supporting Haqqani network in North Waziristan had been dismantled.
Pope Francis asks bullied teenager to ‘sing for him’
September 1, 2015 08:18 IST
The 17-year-old girl in Chicago, Valerie Herrera, wept as she told Francis she'd been bullied because of a rare skin condition and had turned to music for comfort.
Barack Obama: World must make efforts to curb global warming ‘while we still can’
September 1, 2015 10:36 IST
Obama told a meeting of foreign ministers in Alaska that the United States recognized it played a big part in raising the Earth's temperatures and "embraces our responsibility" to help fix the problem.
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