Indian Community Outreach to Host Candle Light Vigil and a Peaceful Demonstration
MEDIA ALERT Stand against Terror Indian Community Outreach to Host Candle Light Vigil and a Peaceful Demonstration To condemn the inhuman & barbaric terrorist attack in India on Feb 14 that resulted in killing of 40 innocent and wounding 44, Indian Community Outreach (ICO), supported by Indian American Community and several organizations, is holding a […]
Car bomb kills at least 44 paramilitary police in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: At least 44 Indian soldiers were killed and dozens injured in Indian Occupied Kashmir on Thursday in the deadliest attack on Indian forces in over a decade, reported Kashmir Media Service. According to The Hindu, however, paramilitary officials in Srinagar have officially confirmed only 37 deaths so far. The attack, surpassing one in 2016 when 19 soldiers […]
Trump declares national emergency to build Mexico wall
Trump declares national emergency to build border wall, setting up massive legal fight. The president signed a spending and border security plan into law to keep the government running through Sept. 30, with only hours to spare before parts of the government shut down Saturday. Before he did so, Trump also declared a national emergency […]
Authorities Responding to Active Shooter Situation at Aurora, Illinois Warehouse
CHICAGO — A gunman opened fire inside an industrial complex in Aurora, Ill., on Friday afternoon, sending scores of law enforcement authorities swarming to the area and forcing schools to keep students inside. Multiple people were injured, a city spokesman said, including police officers. The Aurora Police Department said the gunman had been taken into […]
Police locate missing Sanford teen
SANFORD (WGME) — Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing Sanford teen. Police say 16-year-old Ellie Thompson was reported missing on Tuesday, She is a white, 5’1,” 100 pounds, and has blonde hair and blue eyes. Police say Ellie was last seen leaving her home in Sanford on Tuesday around 2 […]
Bill Cosby vows no remorse, even if he sits in prison 10 years
Bill Cosby says he “will never have remorse” for the sexual encounter that sent him to prison because he considers his conviction the work of “a low-life district attorney and a corrupt judge.” Cosby’s stance could leave him to serve the high end of a three- to 10-year prison term since sex offenders often must […]
Former Air Force tech sergeant who served 10 years charged with spying for Iran
WASHINGTON — Monica Elfriede Witt, the former Air Force technical sergeant and Defense Department intelligence contractor indicted on federal espionage charges unsealed Tuesday, spent more than a decade in the service before her eventual defection to Iran, according to the Air Force and Justice Department. Witt, 39, is from El Paso, Texas and served in […]
Israeli leader hopes summit brings Arab ties out in the open
The Mideast conference in Poland starting on Wednesday offers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an opportunity to flaunt in public what he has long boasted about happening behind the scenes his country’s improved relations with some Gulf Arab nations. Several Gulf dignitaries are expected to attend in a potential show of force against uninvited Iran. […]
China, India contribute most to global greenery expansion
The earth is becoming greener largely through the activities of China and India, the world’s most populous countries more usually known for their serious pollution levels. Nasa scientists recorded a 5 per cent increase in the planet’s green leaf area since the early 2000s – the equivalent of an extra Amazon rainforest – and were […]
Violent, colourful drug lord ‘El Chapo’ convicted in US court
The world’s most infamous cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who rose from poverty in rural Mexico to amass billions of dollars, was found guilty in a US court yesterday of smuggling tons of drugs to the United States over a violent, colorful decades-long career. Jurors in federal court in Brooklyn found Guzman, 61, head […]
