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Heavy rains leave 36 dead in Brazil, cities cancel Carnival 20 Feb 2023 - 12:31 pm

SAO PAULO: Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides that have killed 36 people in Brazil’s north Sao Paulo state, officials said Sunday, and...

Rio holds first all-out carnival since Covid 19 Feb 2023 - 09:40 pm

Rio de Janeiro: With a swirl of glitter, sequins and samba, Rio de Janeiro will kick off its famed carnival parades on Sunday,...

US says China mulling weapons for Russia in Ukraine war 19 Feb 2023 - 07:18 pm

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that China was considering providing weapons to Russia in its war against Ukraine,...

Bungled messaging over Ohio train crash causes chaos 19 Feb 2023 - 04:06 pm

Gary Stevenson, the mayor of Paulsboro, New Jersey, is still troubled by the disastrous messaging that surrounded a dangerous train derailment in his...

US general warns China biggest threat in space 19 Feb 2023 - 03:38 pm

Munich, Germany: Space has "fundamentally changed" in a just a few years due to a growing arms race, a US general said, singling...

Michigan State struggles with uncertain return to classes 19 Feb 2023 - 03:38 pm

Lansing, Mich: Michigan State University professor Marco Díaz-Muñoz is still haunted by what he witnessed last Monday night, when a gunman entered his...

US to cull 150 'feral cattle' in protected New Mexico forest 18 Feb 2023 - 09:16 pm

Los Angeles: US wildlife authorities will shoot and kill around 150 "feral" cows from a helicopter in a New Mexico wilderness area next...

Funerals held for victims of Michigan State campus attack 18 Feb 2023 - 07:59 pm

Michigan: The first funerals were held on Saturday for students who were killed in this week's mass shooting at Michigan State University. Mourners...

Trial ordered in shooting that killed 1 officer, wounded 2nd 18 Feb 2023 - 07:18 pm

Pittsburgh: A man has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of one police officer and the wounding of another in...

Bird flu costs pile up as outbreak enters second year 18 Feb 2023 - 06:31 pm

Nebraska: The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to consumers' pain at the grocery store after...

White House defends response to toxic train derailment 17 Feb 2023 - 10:10 pm

Washington: The Biden administration on Friday defended its response to a toxic freight train derailment in Ohio two weeks ago, even as local...

Power outage cancels, diverts flights at Kennedy Airport 17 Feb 2023 - 09:24 pm

New York: A power outage in a terminal of New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport stretched into a second day Friday after...

Fox News pushed 2020 election conspiracy hosts called ‘total BS’ 17 Feb 2023 - 08:48 pm

A slew of Fox News personalities and executives were aware the 2020 election conspiracy theory touted by former President Donald Trump and his...

US military finishes recovering Chinese balloon debris 17 Feb 2023 - 08:12 pm

WASHINGTON: The U.S. has finished efforts to recover the remnants of the large balloon that was shot down off the coast of South...

5 Memphis officers plead not guilty in death of Tyre Nichols 17 Feb 2023 - 06:30 pm

Memphis, Tn.: Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death...

Fetterman draws praise for getting help for depression 17 Feb 2023 - 04:03 pm

Washington:When Patrick Kennedy was in Congress, he would sneak in his treatments for substance abuse over the holidays, in between congressional work periods....

Mixed results for Moderna mRNA flu vaccine trial 17 Feb 2023 - 03:32 pm

Washington: US biotech company Moderna said Thursday it had mixed results from a large-scale trial of its mRNA flu shot, based on the...

Worker pleads not guilty to killing 7 at California farms 17 Feb 2023 - 02:39 pm

REDWOOD CITY, Calif: A farmworker charged with killing seven people last month in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms pleaded not...