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Bangla Press Desk: A student opened fire in front of their high school in Turkey's western province of Manisa on Tuesday, wounding at least eight other pupils, broadcaster NTV reported.Two of the w...
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...
Banglapress Desk: There are 194 COVID-19 cases in Connecticut, according to the Connecticut State Department of Public Health. Four people have died from COVID-19 in the state: a man in his 80s from Ridgefield, a man in his 80s from New Canaan and...
Hartford Correspondent: The first case of novel coronavirus has been connected to Connecticut. The person infected is an employee from Danbury Hospital and Norwalk Hospital and a New York resident. The patient lives in Westchester County and is cur...
Banglapress Desk: Coronavirus cases in Connecticut rose by 557 on Tuesday, climbing to 3,128, according to Gov. Ned Lamont. He said 16 more people have died, bringing the total number of fatalities to 69. The majority of new cases, 400, were in Fai...
Staff Reporter: Curfews were imposed on major US cities as clashes over police brutality erupted across America with demonstrators ignoring warnings from President Donald Trump that his government would stop the violent protests "cold." Minneapolis...
Banglapress Desk: Police in North Macedonia say 64 Bangladeshi migrants have been found in a truck on a highway near the country's border with Greece.In a statement Tuesday, police gave no other details about the migrants. The migrants were detaine...
Staff Reporter: A full autopsy of George Floyd, the handcuffed black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police, was released Wednesday and provides several clinical details, including that Floyd had tested positive for COVID-19. The...
Special Correspondent: By now, most Americans have received the federal stimulus checks directed by the CARES Act in March to help consumers weather the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Three months later, the downturn has been...
Staff Reporter: The Florida Department of Health confirmed a case of what is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba in the Tampa area. According to the department, one person in Hillsborough County contracted Naegleria fowleri, which is a si...
Staff Reporter:The Trump administration is moving to expel foreign students from the United States this fall if their colleges or universities opt for online learning only as the coronavirus pandemic continues. “Students attending schools operating...
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