DECEMBER 2, 2023
Hours after a Sikh community leader was assassinated by two masked men in the parking lot of his temple in Canada, a senior Indian security officer sent a drug trafficker he knew a video of the blood-covered victim slumped over in his truck. An hour later, he followed that up with the New York address of another...
DECEMBER 2, 2023
EMTs transfer a patient in the busy ambulance bay at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Md., on Dec. 12. The hospital is operating at above its normal capacity because of a surge in a variety of illnesses like RSV, flu, and COVID. - Suzanne. Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
COVID will likely reach levels this winter...
DECEMBER 2, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy.
The Environmental Protection Agency said the new rule will sharply reduce methane and other harmful air pollutants...
DECEMBER 1, 2023
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor speaks during an interview with Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen Adler at the 92nd Street Y in New York March 15, 2012. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, whose centrist views and shrewd negotiating skills allowed her to...
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
People pass by part of a road which was washed away at the Kilometro 42 community, near Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, after the passage of Hurricane Otis, on October 25, 2023. Nearly four in 10 people believe that they will be displaced in the next 25 years because of the effects of climate change according to a...
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Palestinians inspect the destruction caused by Israeli strikes in Wadi Gaza, in the central Gaza Strip, Nov. 28, 2023, amid a truce in battles between Israel and Hamas. - Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images
A four-day cease-fire between Hamas and Israel has been extended by two days, Qatari officials announced on Monday.
Dozens of the more than 200 people...
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
A week after the epic World Cup final between Australia and India was played in Ahmedabad, the after-effects and follow-ups that blow up into controversies refuse to recede. Whether it was a complaint from the spouse of an Aussie star against right-wing trolls egging her on to “prove” her loyalty to India just by virtue of being...
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
Republican presidential candidate and former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie speaks at the Hudson Institute November 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. - Win McNamee, Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican presidential hopeful and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie predicted that the American public “en masse” will ignore former President Donald Trump if he loses the GOP...
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
Brief Scorecard: India 235 for 4 (Gaikwad 58, Jaiswal 53, Kishan 52, Ellis 3-45) beat Australia 191 for 9 (Stoinis 45, Wade 42*, Bishnoi 3-32, Prasidh 3-41) by 44 runs
Half-centuries from the top three and three wickets apiece for Bishnoi and Prasidh set up India's dominant display
India's Ishan Kishan plays a shot during the second Twenty20 international...
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
Retailers aren’t just having trouble getting shoppers to buy sweaters and other holiday items this season. Store credit cards are also a tougher sell.
The cards, which typically can only be used at a particular chain, have been a lucrative source of revenue for retailers as merchandise sales have slowed. But the stream is drying up as Americans...
