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People tie down their vessels along Lake Pontchartrain as they prepare for Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura. (AFP)

Residents flee as US Gulf Coast sees possible tandem hurricanes

The prospect of piggybacked hurricanes was reviving memories of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, which struck the...

24 Aug 2020 10:20 AM IST

US President Donald Trump arrives for a press conference in the Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

The authorization makes it easier for some patients to obtain the treatment but is not the same as full FDA approval

24 Aug 2020 8:58 AM IST

Friends, family and community members hold a prayer vigil and protest, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, in Lafayette, La., for 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin, who was shot and killed by Lafayette police officers while armed with a knife the night before.(AP)

Protest erupts over fatal police shooting of Black man in Louisiana

Pellerin's death prompted a crowd of protesters to gather Saturday and demonstrate against the latest fatal police...

23 Aug 2020 3:00 PM IST

In petitions started at dozens of universities, students arguing for reduced tuition say online classes fail to deliver the same experience they get on campus. (Representational Image: AFP)

As more colleges stay online, students demand tuition cuts

Many schools, however, respond that they have improved online classes since the spring and insist remote learning is...

23 Aug 2020 1:37 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Trump campaign releases first commercial for Indian-Americans...

The Trump campaign believes that Indian-Americans can play an important role in this election, especially in some of the...

23 Aug 2020 11:38 AM IST

A firefighter rubs his head while watching the LNU Lightning Complex fires spread through the Berryessa Estates neighborhood of unincorporated Napa County, California. (AP)

The worst is not behind us: Wildfires burn 1 million acres in...

Two clusters of wildfires in San Francisco Bay Area grew to become the second- and third-largest wildfires in recent...

23 Aug 2020 10:24 AM IST

Donald Trump (second from left) waves to staff members of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort as they cheer him on before the grand opening ceremonies in Atlantic City. Trump attended the gala with his mother, Mary; father, Fred; and sister, U.S. District Court Judge Maryanne Trump Barry. (AP File)

Trump's sister calls him 'cruel', 'liar' on secret recordings

The recordings were secretly made by Trump's niece, who published last month a bombshell memoir of the 'toxic family'...

23 Aug 2020 10:10 AM IST

A person drops applications for mail-in-ballots into a mail box in Omaha. (AP File Image)

US House passes bill to reverse changes blamed for mail delays

The rare Saturday session also approved to send $25 billion to shore up the agency ahead of the November election

23 Aug 2020 9:21 AM IST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Bidens running mate Senator Kamala Harris. (AFP)

Democrats see racism in mispronunciations of 'Kamala'

US Vice President Mike Pence referred to her as 'kah-MAH'-lah,' putting his emphasis on the second syllable, at events...

22 Aug 2020 1:51 PM IST

Visa, OCI card suspension prevents several Indians in US from flying back home. (PTI Photo)

Indian national arrested in USD 21 million H-1B visa fraud

Ashish Sawhney allegedly used four corporations to orchestrate improper submission of fraudulent applications for H-1B...

22 Aug 2020 1:09 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Judge rebuffs Trump again on tax records; appeals underway

Trump's lawyers noted in a court filing that they were making the same request of an appeals court and the Supreme Court

22 Aug 2020 12:46 PM IST

Travellers left behind nearly a million dollars at U.S. airport security checkpoints last year, including about $19,000 in foreign currency. (Representational Image: AFP)

Travellers left behind nearly a million dollars at airport US...

Federal regulators say much of the lost money came from people emptying their pockets for security scans

22 Aug 2020 12:16 PM IST