Hurricane Hermine tears through Florida, raises new Zika fears
By Letitia Stein | TAMPA, FLA. Hurricane Hermine tore a path of destruction across Florida on Friday, leaving more than 253,000 homes and businesses without Read more
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John Legend: American National Anthem is ‘a Weak Song’
As Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the singing of the national anthem continues to raise tensions both on the field and on the internet, Read more
U.S. to Allies: fight Islamic State, not each other
By Phil Stewart | WASHINGTON The United States scrambled on Monday to get its feuding allies, Turkey and Kurdish YPG militia, to focus their firepower Read more
Truck crashes into traffic, men pull woman from burning car
Two strangers have saved a US woman’s life, dramatically pulling her from a burning car amid a horrific 10-car pile-up. The massive crash happened on Read more
Breaking News: Shooting reported at Los Angeles Airport, movements restricted
(CNN) Police are searching Los Angeles International Airport following unconfirmed reports of a shooting at the facility. “All precautions being taken to ensure safety of public. Read more
North Korea Threatens to Fire Missile at US, S. Korea Troops’ Lights
North Korea on Saturday threatened to aim fire at the lighting equipment used by “provocative” American and South Korean troops at a truce village inside Read more
US policeman pepper spray 84-year-old African-American Woman in her home
The 84-year-old woman had to go to the hospital after being pepper sprayed in the face. Oklahoma police released a body cam video of an officer pepper Read more
Obama Plans to Create World’s Largest Marine Protected Area
WASHINGTON — The White House says that President Barack Obama will expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii, creating the world’s largest marine Read more
US Open getting personal for Serena, battles to retain world number one
By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) – At last year’s U.S. Open, Serena Williams was trying to rewrite the record book and fell short, but Read more
Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard vessels intercept American ship
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vessels “harassed” a U.S. warship on Tuesday near the Strait of Read more
U.S. seeks progress in deploying new U.N. troops to South Sudan
By Lesley Wroughton NAIROBI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he and regional states were committed to giving momentum to Read more
Interracial couple in Washington stabbed after they are seen kissing by a self-proclaimed white supremacist
Story highlights Police: The suspect complained about the Black Lives Matter movement Police: He also had tattoos that said ‘White Power’ (CNN)An interracial couple was Read more
California Woman Gets Prison for Smuggling Military Jet Engines to China
WASHINGTON — A woman in the western U.S. state of California has been sentenced to 50 months in prison for “conspiring to export and cause the Read more
USA apologises for Swimmers’ untrue story of being robbed in Brazil
The United States Olympic Committee has apologised for what it called the unacceptable behaviour of four US swimmers who falsely said they had been robbed Read more
US ready to ‘hand over’ the internet’s naming system
The US has confirmed it is finally ready to cede power of the internet’s naming system, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a Read more
Brazilian Police arrest two American swimmers at Rio airport
The Brazilian authorities have stopped US swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger from boarding a flight at Rio de Janeiro airport, the US Olympic Committee Read more
Prosecutor: Russian man’s computer linked to hacking scheme
SEATTLE (AP) — When federal agents arrested a Russian man in the Maldives in 2014, they found 1.7 million stolen credit card numbers on his Read more
New York man charged in slaying of Muslim imam, assistant
By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man was charged on Monday with second-degree murder in the deaths of a New York Read more
US transfers 15 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United Arab Emirates
The US says it has sent 15 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United Arab Emirates – the largest single transfer during President Barack Obama’s administration. Read more
Muslim woman sues Chicago over arrest, stripping off of head garment
A Muslim woman has sued six Chicago police officers alleging abuse and harassment after she was arrested as she entered a train station on July Read more
Majestic Simone Biles leads USA to gold with GB fifth
The United States blew away the field to win Olympic gold in the women’s gymnastics team event as Great Britain finished fifth. Led by overwhelming Read more
Delta: Power cut strands thousands of passengers
Thousands of air passengers around the world have been left stranded after a power cut forced the US airline Delta to suspend flights. The incident Read more
Google manager, raped, murdered and set on fire while jogging in woods
The body of a Google employee has been found murdered and burnt in the woods after she went for an afternoon jog near her mother’s Read more
Hijab and a Sword in Rio 2016
Rio Olympics 2016: Ibtihaj Muhammad on hijab, Donald Trump & Muhammad Ali (BBC) She gave the First Lady a fencing lesson, just two weeks after Read more
America seen from abroad: arrogant, nice, tech-savvy, free
BANGKOK (AP) — The rest of the world may think Americans eat a lot of burgers, have huge shopping malls and are ruled by an Read more
Supreme Court blocks transgender bathroom choice for now
A Virginia school board may temporarily block a student who was born a girl from using the boys’ bathroom while a legal fight over transgender Read more
Breaking News: FBI arrests a U.S. police officer for secretly aiding ISIS
Washington (CNN) In the first case of a U.S. police officer charged with aiding ISIS, a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority cop was arrested Wednesday for Read more
Texas shooting: One reported dead and multiple hospitalized
[9News Australia] At least one person is reported to have died and “multiple” people are injured after a shooting in Austin, Texas. The Austin Police Read more
Mosquitoes now spreading Zika in USA starting from Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Mosquitoes have apparently begun spreading the Zika virus on the U.S. mainland for the first time, health officials said Friday in Read more
US POLICE SHOOTING: Florida policeman shot unarmed man in driveway
(CNN)The police shooting of an African-American caregiver, who was lying in the street trying to help an autism patient, was accidental, according to the local Read more