NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

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Rajasthan: Man rapes minor stepdaughter, arrested

Longtime New Yorker cartoonist arrested on child porn charge

9:24 pm December 10, 2020

Washington: A well-known cartoonist for The New Yorker has been arrested on a possession of child pornography charge, police said. Danny Shanahan, 64, was arrested Wednesday at his home in Rhinebeck, New York, state police said in a news release. He was ordered to appear in court on Jan. 20 on a charge of possession […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US job openings blip up to 6.7 million in October

11:45 pm December 9, 2020

Washington: U.S. employers advertised slightly more job openings in October but hiring slipped as a resurgence of COVID-19 threatens an economy recovery. Job postings rose to 6.65 million in October from 6.49 million in September, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. But employers hired 5.81 million workers, down from 5.89 million in September. The American job […]

Biden names prominent allies as inaugural chairs

11:48 pm December 7, 2020

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden is naming some of his most prominent allies to be the co-chairs for his upcoming Inauguration. Biden named Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) as the chairman for the January 20 swearing-in. Clyburn, the House Majority Whip, was arguably Biden’s most important proponent: it was Clyburn’s endorsement that helped swing the South Carolina primary and began Biden’s remarkable comeback in […]

Biden names prominent allies as inaugural chairs

10:51 pm December 7, 2020

Police: Nearly 30 found in Texas human smuggling operation

11:55 pm December 4, 2020

Houston: More than two dozen people who police in Texas believe were being held as a part of a possible human smuggling operation have been removed from a house in Houston. One of the men was seen Thursday running down a residential street in his underwear, yelling that he had been kidnapped, according to a […]