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Puerto Rico raises Maria toll to 34

Puerto Rico raises Maria toll to 34

AP 2017-10-04 03:36:44

The official death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico has increased to 34 from 16, the US territory’s governor said Tuesday. Gov. Ricardo Rossello also said he believes the hurricane that...

Las Vegas shooting: Paddock placed cameras in hotel

Las Vegas shooting: Paddock placed cameras in hotel

BBC 2017-10-04 01:24:15

Stephen Paddock, the gunman who killed 58 people and injured more than 500 in Las Vegas on Sunday, set up a number of cameras in and around his hotel suite. Two cameras in the hallway and one in the...

10m US users saw Russia-sponsored ads: Facebook

10m US users saw Russia-sponsored ads: Facebook

Reuters 2017-10-03 12:00:00

Some 10 million people in the United States saw politically divisive ads on Facebook that the company said were purchased in Russia in the months before and after last year’s US presidential ele...

Las Vegas shooter 'was a gambler, loner'

Las Vegas shooter 'was a gambler, loner'

Reuters 2017-10-03 11:12:16

Stephen Paddock appeared to be settling into a quiet life a few years ago when the 64-year-old apartment manager and avid gambler bought a home in a quiet Nevada retirement community about an hour's d...

US expels 15 Cuban diplomats

US expels 15 Cuban diplomats

-- 2017-10-03 09:27:05

The United States expelled 15 Cuban diplomats from the embassy in Washington in an escalating response to mysterious illnesses afflicting American embassy personnel in Havana. The expelled embassy pe...

Investigators seeking motive behind Vegas shooting

Investigators seeking motive behind Vegas shooting

-- 2017-10-03 06:49:31

As Las Vegas began the process of recovering from one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history, the motive for such an attack looms large. The authorities have yet to provide a motive for Stephe...

Gunman kills 58 in Las Vegas

Gunman kills 58 in Las Vegas

-- 2017-10-02 12:00:00

A 64-year-old man armed with more than 10 rifles rained down gunfire on a Las Vegas country music festival on Sunday, slaughtering at least 58 people in the largest mass shooting in US history before...

Many casualties in Las Vegas shooting

Many casualties in Las Vegas shooting

BBC 2017-10-02 12:00:00

More than twenty people have been killed and at least 100 injured in a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert. A gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel toward an open-air musi...

‘It’ edges out Tom Cruise film to take No. 1

‘It’ edges out Tom Cruise film to take No. 1

AP 2017-10-02 12:00:00

After dipping to No. 2 last weekend, “It” has regained control of the North American box office in its fourth weekend in theaters. The movie beat out the new Tom Cruise film “Americ...

Facebook to turn over Russia-linked ads

Facebook to turn over Russia-linked ads

AP 2017-10-02 12:00:00

Social media giant Facebook is expected to provide Congress on Monday with more than 3,000 ads that ran around the time of the 2016 presidential election and are linked to a Russian ad agency. Compan...

Las Vegas shooting: IS claims responsibility

Las Vegas shooting: IS claims responsibility

-- 2017-10-02 09:11:26

The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for Las Vegas massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in American history. A statement published by the group's Amaq propaganda agency claimed th...

Trump blames Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response

Trump blames Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response

-- 2017-10-01 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump on Saturday placed blame squarely on Puerto Ricans for the slow recovery from Hurricane Maria after critics and the mayor of San Juan complained his administration’s re...

Condé Nast chairman Newhouse passes away

Condé Nast chairman Newhouse passes away

-- 2017-10-01 10:10:47

S.I. Newhouse, the Condé Nast chairman who presided over the magazine world’s glossiest publications and most talked-about editors for more than 40 years, died Sunday. He was 89. Newhous...

Trump to visit Asia in November

Trump to visit Asia in November

-- 2017-09-30 12:00:00

US president Donald Trump will travel to Asia in November for the first time since becoming president, stopping in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines on a trip expected to be domin...

US health secretary resigns after private plane scandal

US health secretary resigns after private plane scandal

Reuters 2017-09-30 09:54:47

US Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned under pressure from President Donald Trump on Friday in an uproar over Price's use of costly private charter planes for government business....

Melania fires back at librarian who rejected gift of ‘racist’ Dr. Seuss books

Melania fires back at librarian who rejected gift of ‘racist’ Dr. Seuss books

-- 2017-09-29 09:03:38

First lady Melania Trump fired back Friday at a Massachusetts elementary school librarian who rejected her donation of Dr. Seuss books, claiming their illustrations are examples of “racist propa...

Rockslide kills one at US National Park

Rockslide kills one at US National Park

BBC 2017-09-28 01:28:30

One person has died and another has been injured by a rockslide at Yosemite National Park in the western US state, California. A park spokesman said the rocks fell from El Capitan, a rock formation a...

US ready to take military option against N Korea: Trump

US ready to take military option against N Korea: Trump

Reuters 2017-09-27 12:00:00

President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday that any US military option would be “devastating” for Pyongyang, but said the use of force was not Washington’s first option to...

Mexico rehab centre shooting kills 14

Mexico rehab centre shooting kills 14

Xinhua 2017-09-27 12:00:00

At least 14 people died and eight others were injured in a shooting occurred Tuesday night in a drug rehabitation centre in the state of Chihuahua, northern Mexico, the police said. A group of attack...

N Korea claim of US war declaration absurd: Washington

N Korea claim of US war declaration absurd: Washington

BBC 2017-09-26 12:28:09

The US has dismissed a statement by North Korea accusing Washington of declaring war on the country, calling the idea "absurd". The White House on Monday also warned Pyongyang to stop provocations af...

Brazil scraps Amazon mining decree

Brazil scraps Amazon mining decree

BBC 2017-09-26 10:49:23

The controversial decree that would have opened up a vast reserve in the Amazon to commercial mining has been revoked by the Brazilian government. The area, covering 46,000 sq km (17,800 sq miles) st...

Mexico tallying the economic cost of big earthquake

Mexico tallying the economic cost of big earthquake

-- 2017-09-26 06:01:55

Mexican government officials are tallying up the economic losses of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that caused widespread damage in the capital, but for the manager of a downtown restaurant, the result...

Gunman kills one, wounds six at US church

Gunman kills one, wounds six at US church

BBC 2017-09-25 12:53:45

A masked gunman who entered a church near Nashville, Tennessee, was stopped mid-attack after killing one person and wounding several others. The suspect shot himself during a struggle with an usher f...

US expands travel ban to include N Korea

US expands travel ban to include N Korea

BBC 2017-09-25 12:00:00

The United States has expanded its controversial travel ban to include people from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad.   The White House said the restrictions follow a review of information sharin...

US bombers fly off North Korean coast

US bombers fly off North Korean coast

Reuters 2017-09-24 12:00:00

North Korea said on Saturday targeting the US mainland with its rockets was inevitable after “Mr Evil President” Donald Trump called Pyongyang’s leader “rocket man”, furt...

Fresh Mexico quake leaves five dead

Fresh Mexico quake leaves five dead

-- 2017-09-24 12:00:00

A magnitude 6.2 aftershock that shook Mexico on Saturday was blamed for five deaths, spreading fear among anxious residents reeling from a string of natural disasters and interrupting the search for s...

Melania set to embark on first solo trip outside US

Melania set to embark on first solo trip outside US

-- 2017-09-23 05:36:43

Melania Trump is set to take her biggest step yet as first lady. She’s leading the US delegation to an international sporting event for wounded service members.   This will be Melania&rsq...

N Korea lashes 'deranged' Trump, threatens H-bomb detonation

N Korea lashes 'deranged' Trump, threatens H-bomb detonation

Reuters 2017-09-22 11:28:33

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blasted US President Donald Trump as "mentally deranged" on Friday and vowed to make him pay dearly for threatening to destroy his country, hours after Trump ordered fr...

Trump calls Kim 'madman', vows to test him 'like never before'

Trump calls Kim 'madman', vows to test him 'like never before'

-- 2017-09-22 08:06:27

US president Donald Trump has called his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un a "madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people", declaring the North Korean leader will be "tested like never b...

Puerto Rico faces months without electricity after Maria

Puerto Rico faces months without electricity after Maria

-- 2017-09-22 06:29:54

The eye of Hurricane Maria was nearing the Turks and Caicos early Friday as Puerto Rico sought to recover from the storm’s devastation.   Two days after Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, floodin...