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Ema Alice: Eight children were killed Sunday in a shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, that police say appeared to be linked to a domestic disturbance.A spokesman for Shreveport police, Chris Bordelon,...
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Staff Reporter: Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued the Trump administration Wednesday over an order that would require international students to take classes in person this fall, despite rising coronavirus caseloa...
Banglapress Online: United Nations Chief has warned staff that the world body is running out of cash and urged member states to pay what they owe as soon as possible, according to letters seen by Reuters yesterday. Guterres said in a letter sent t...
Banglapress Online: Pakistan's electoral commission was expected to announce the full results of a disputed election on Friday, paving the way for the winner, former cricket hero Imran Khan, to begin searching for coalition partners. Khan, during...
New York Correspondent: An airline mechanic stole an empty plane from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with military jets pursuing him -- before crashing about 40 miles away, authorities said. The 76-seater aircraft took off without authori...
New York Correspondent: First lady Melania Trump’s parents were sworn in as US citizens on Thursday, completing a legal path to citizenship that their son-in-law has suggested eliminating. Viktor and Amalija Knavs, both in their 70s, took the citiz...
Banglapress Online: 10 people have been shot in a mass shooting at an apartment complex in San Bernardino, California. According to the police, Three victims are in severe condition while the rest are being treated in a local hospital. Though multi...
Banglapress Online: More than 300 news outlets are launching a campaign on Thursday to counter President Donald Trump's attacks and promote a free press. The Boston Globe made the call last week for a nationwide denouncement of the president's "dir...
Banglapress Desk: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says the number of killings of working journalists and news staff increased in 2018, ending an overall decline experienced in recent years, with Afghanistan topping the danger list...
Banglapress Online: Multiple people were killed in a mass shooting during a video game tournament at a shopping and dining complex in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said Sunday afternoon. Preliminary reports say f...
Banglapress Desk: Twenty-one coal miners were killed when a mine collapsed in northern China, state media reported Sunday. The disaster occurred Saturday in Shenmu in Shaanxi province in the heart of the country's coal-mining belt, according to sta...
Banglapress International Desk: Five Houston police officers were shot Monday afternoon while serving a narcotics warrant. A fifth officer was injured in the incident. Two of the five officers were in surgery and listed in critical condition, polic...
Banglapress Online: The Senate confirmed Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday by a vote of 50 to 48, bringing to a close one of the ugliest and most polarizing Supreme Court nomination battles in modern American history, one that might galvanize wome...
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