Americas

Landmark US immigration reform Bill gets backing

4 hours 4 min ago

Train collision in US injures 60, 5 critically

18 May

FAIRFIELD (Connecticut) — Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening (May 17) rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital,...

Doctor who peddled fake cancer cure faces sentencing

17 May

LOS ANGELES — At the age of three, Brianica Kirsch was diagnosed with brain cancer.

School bus carrying special-needs children rolls over

17 May

INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana) — A school bus carrying severely disabled students home from a trip to the zoo rolled over yesterday (May 16) on a highway near Indianapolis, injuring a...

Homes for the poor devastated by Texas tornado

17 May

GRANBURY (Texas) — Non-profit organisation Habitat for Humanity spent years in a North Texas subdivision, helping build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area. But its...

US monkey-killer sentenced to prison treatment

17 May

BOISE (Idaho) — A man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo last fall and brutally beating to death one of two Patas monkeys has been ordered to spend up to a year in a...

Uzbek man arrested in US for links to terrorists

17 May

BOISE (Idaho) — United States authorities in Idaho said yesterday (May 16)that they have arrested an Uzbekistan national accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist...

2nd man arrested in Mother’s Day parade shooting

17 May

NEW ORLEANS — A second suspect was arrested yesterday (May 16) in the New Orleans shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother’s Day, police said.

Obama seeks shelter from storm as scandals mount

17 May

WASHINGTON — United States President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred...