New $588mn bridge in Los Angeles closes several times amid chaos and collisions

The newest bridge in Los Angeles, a $588-million architectural marvel with views of the downtown skyline, opened to great fanfare on July 10. It has already been closed, to great dismay, several times since then amid chaos and collisions.
28 July 2022, 06:22 AM

Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 jacket sold for $2.7m

The jacket worn by US astronaut Buzz Aldrin during his 1969 flight to the Moon aboard Apollo 11 was sold at auction for $2.7 million in New York Tuesday, Sotheby’s announced.
27 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Trump hints at 2024 White House run

Donald Trump returned to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since leaving the White House 18 months ago, delivering a fiery speech sprinkled with strong hints he may run for president again in 2024.
27 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Pair of new studies point to natural Covid origin

An animal market in China’s Wuhan really was the epicenter of the Covid pandemic, according to a pair of new studies in the journal Science published Tuesday that claimed to have tipped the balance in the debate about the virus’ origins.
27 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Not guns, criminals responsible for mass shootings: US gun execs

Top executives at US gunmakers testified on Wednesday that criminals, not their products, were responsible for mass shootings, as they faced questions from a US House committee investigating recent massacres in Texas and New York.
27 July 2022, 17:45 PM

Trump returns to Washington, says US now “a cesspool of crime”

In a major speech on his first return to Washington since leaving office in 2020, former president Donald Trump on Tuesday (July 26) painted a grim picture of a United States plagued by rising crime, drug addiction, homelessness, and illegal immigrants flooding across the "gaping wound" of the southern border.
27 July 2022, 04:17 AM

Biden slams Trump for inaction over Capitol riot

President Joe Biden slammed his predecessor Donald Trump Monday for watching his supporters riot for hours on January 6 while police at the US Capitol suffered through a “medieval hell.”
26 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Trump, Pence back at Washington to deliver speeches as rivals

Former President Donald Trump is returning to Washington Tuesday for the first time since leaving office, delivering a speech hours after his former Vice President Mike Pence, a potential 2024 rival, called on the party to stop looking backward.
26 July 2022, 16:14 PM

Woman taken into custody after firing several gunshots in Dallas airport

A 37-year-old woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas’ Love Field Airport on Monday before an officer shot and wounded her, authorities said.
25 July 2022, 17:45 PM

US bakes in record heatwave

A California wildfire ripped through thousands of acres Saturday after being sparked a day earlier, as millions of Americans sweltered through scorching heat with already record-setting temperatures due to climb.
24 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Contempt of Congress: Bannon found guilty

A federal jury found Donald Trump’s former aide Steve Bannon guilty of contempt of Congress on Friday for defying a subpoena to testify before
23 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Monkeypox spread in US could represent dawn of a new STD

The spread of monkeypox in the US could represent the dawn of a new sexually transmitted disease, though some health officials say the virus that causes pimple-like bumps might yet be contained before it gets firmly established.
23 July 2022, 12:54 PM

3 killed in Iowa state park shooting, gunman dead

Three people were killed in a shooting at a state park in eastern Iowa Friday morning and the suspected gunman is also dead, police said.
22 July 2022, 18:43 PM

US Capitol riot hearing: Trump slammed for ‘selfish desire’

After losing the 2020 election, Donald Trump ignored close allies who told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were untrue, and when the followers
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM

After being polio-free since 1979, US reports first case

An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first US case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday.
22 July 2022, 06:14 AM

Biden positive for Covid Symptoms ‘very mild’

President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, with his doctors saying the 79-year-old leader was experiencing mild fatigue and would isolate at the White House while carrying out his full duties.
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM

George Floyd killing: Ex-Minneapolis policeman jailed for 2.5 yrs

A former Minneapolis officer was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison on federal charges stemming from his role in the killing of George Floyd, a Black man whose death sparked protests around the world against racial injustice, a court spokesperson said.
21 July 2022, 17:39 PM

Biden to announce executive actions on climate

President Joe Biden was set to announce a set of executive actions yesterday aimed at addressing climate change in a visit to the site of a former coal-fired plant in Massachusetts that is playing a role in supporting the state’s offshore wind industry.
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Biden to announce executive actions

US President Joe Biden was set to announce a set of executive actions yesterday aimed at addressing climate change in a visit to the site of a former coal-fired plant in Massachusetts that is playing a role in supporting the state’s offshore wind industry.
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Court battle opens in Musk, Twitter buyout fight

The high stakes court battle between Elon Musk and Twitter kicked off yesterday, as the social media firm tries to force the entrepreneur to honour their $44 billion buyout deal.
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM