New Orleans attack suspect ‘hell-bent’ on causing carnage, police say
The suspect in the New Orleans attack that killed 10 people on New Year’s Day has been named as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar. At least 35 others were injured after the…
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US court rules Ten Commandments law ‘unconstitutional’
The Louisiana bill targeting public schools and universities violates religious freedoms, a federal judge has ruled © Getty Images / Marinela Malcheva A federal court in the US state of…
White House: Afghan government fell due to lack of will
The Afghan government, led by President Ashraf Ghani, collapsed due to a lack of will to oppose the Taliban, rather than an inability to wage such a struggle, US Principal…
US reports case of Covid-19 UK strain, Congressman-elect dies of virus
The first known US case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant was detected in Colorado today, and President-elect Joe Biden says it could take years for most Americans to be…
17 states file SCOTUS brief backing Texas challenge to Biden ‘victory’ in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania & Wisconsin
Seventeen US states have officially backed the Texas complaint to the US Supreme Court alleging that four states that certified the presidential election for Democrat Joe Biden mismanaged them in…
Storm Laura: death toll rises to 31 in Haiti
At least 14 people were killed after Hurricane Laura slammed into the southern US states of Louisiana and Texas, authorities and local media said Friday.Louisiana’s Governor John Bel Edwards confirmed…
‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Laura lashes Louisiana
Hurricane Laura has ripped through southwestern Louisiana, destroying buildings in the city of Lake Charles and killing a 14-year-old girl after making landfall in the early morning as one of…
Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana
Hurricane Laura hit the Louisiana coastline with a ferocious blow early Thursday , sweeping ashore with an intensity the region has not seen in over a century., Report says, citing…
Thousands flee as storms tore through U.S. Gulf Coast
On Sunday Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura tore through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, forcing thousands of coastal residents in Louisiana and Cuba to flee, and…
American Airlines to halt flights to 15 US cities due to pandemic
American Airlines will suspend flights from dozens of US cities owing to a novel coronavirus, Report informs, referring to TASS. According to the airline’s website, the company will cut service…