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Mourners bid farewell to Rayshard Brooks at historic church

3:02 pm June 24, 2020

Atlanta: Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr used to preach, taking part in a funeral rich with historical echoes and filled with a tragic sense that Black America has been through this all too many times before. “Rayshard Brooks is the latest high-profile casualty in the struggle […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

Trump to sign order on police changes as Democrats urge more

11:21 pm June 16, 2020

Washington: Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump was ready to sign an executive order Tuesday aimed at encouraging better police practices and establishing a database to keep track of officers with a history of excessive use of force. The Rose Garden announcement comes as Senate Republicans are preparing their own […]

US proposes Novelis to divest automotive body sheet biz in North America

7:34 pm May 13, 2020

Washington: The US Department of Justice is proposing a federal court to order Hindalco-owned American company Novelis to divest Aleris Corporation’s entire aluminium automotive body sheet operations in North America to satisfy competitive concerns. Novelis, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of India’s Hindalco Industries, had acquired Aleris for USD 2.8 billion last month. As per […]

Plane crash kills 5, including LSU coach’s daughter-in-law

3:41 pm December 29, 2019

ATLANTA: A small plane en route to a college football playoff game crashed into a post office parking lot in Louisiana shortly after takeoff Saturday, killing five people, including a well-known sports reporter who was the daughter-in-law of one of the team’s coaches. The two-engine Piper Cheyenne crashed in the city of Lafayette about a […]

1 killed when plane crashes into townhome in Atlanta area

11:17 pm October 30, 2019

Atlanta: At least one person was killed Wednesday morning when a small plane crashed into a townhome in the Atlanta area, authorities said. A second person who was on the plane was unaccounted for, DeKalb County Fire Capt. Dion Bentley told The Associated Press. The Piper PA-28 plane crashed shortly after taking off from DeKalb-Peachtree […]