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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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Banglapress Online: A shooter opened fire during a baby naming ceremony at a Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) synagogue on Saturday, killing 11 people. At least six other people were wounded, including four police officers who dashed to the scene, authori...
Banglapress Online: First Lady Melania Trump, in an extraordinary move, is calling for the ouster of Deputy National Security Advisor Mira Ricardel. “It is the position of the Office of the First Lady that [Ricardel] no longer deserves the honor o...
New York Correspondent: A woman who videotaped as she forced a 9-year-old girl to perform sex acts on her husband was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, Tuesday, for producing child pornography. This investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigr...
Banglapress Desk: Natalie Corona was a rising star in her police department with a sparkling smile and a huge heart who had followed in her father's footsteps and became an officer, fulfilling a lifelong dream just a few months ago when her dad pin...
Banglapress Desk: An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family this week saying she feared for her life arrived in Toronto's international airport on Saturday after being granted asylum in Canada, where Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland welcomed...
New York Correspondent: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continued its Interior Repatriation Initiative (IRI) Jan. 16, with the first flight in 2020. The IRI is a joint agreement between the governments of the United States and Mexico...
Banglapress Desk: There doesn't seem to be much love in the air in Washington these days, as a long and bitter government shutdown drags on with no end in sight. But couples whose marriage plans were thwarted by the partial shutdown have gotten a b...
Banglapress Desk: A mother and her six children died when a fire destroyed their home early Saturday in central Mississippi, authorities said. The father was the lone survivor of the 12:30 a.m. blaze in Clinton, a city of about 26,500 people just o...
Banglapress Desk: Priya Saha, Hindu woman and a human rights activist, who is the organizing secretary of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (HBCUC) met US President Donald Trump on July 19th. In her brief meeting, she told the U...
New York Correspondent: New York City Council passed landmark legislation Tuesday that would force drivers who rack up tickets for running red lights or speeding to take a traffic safety course– or else risk getting their car impounded by the Sheri...
New York Correspondent: New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, but the labor market appears to be cooling, with the number of Americans on unemployment rolls surging to more than a 1-1/2-year high at the end o...
New York Correspondent: An off-duty New York Police Department (NYPD) officer died by suicide inside a Middle Village home today. The 53-year-old detective took his own life at a home on 79th Street and was found by family members shortly before 1...
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