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Defense chief orders review of military sex assault programmes

12:29 pm January 24, 2021

Washington: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in his first directive since taking office, has given his senior leaders two weeks to send him reports on sexual assault prevention programmes in the military, and an assessment of what has worked and what hasn’t. Austin’s memo, which went out Saturday, fulfills a commitment he made to senators last week […]

Dems head toward House control, but lose incumbents to GOP

11:26 pm November 4, 2020

Washington: Disappointed Democrats drove Wednesday toward extending their control of the House for two more years but with a potentially shrunken majority as they lost at least seven incumbents and failed to oust any Republican lawmakers in initial returns. By midmorning on Wednesday, Democrats’ only gains were two North Carolina seats vacated by GOP incumbents after a court-ordered remapping […]

Laura now forecast to be a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane

8:24 pm August 26, 2020

Galveston: Hurricane Laura is forecast to rapidly power up into a “catastrophic” Category 4 hurricane, even stronger than previously expected, as it churns toward Texas and Louisiana, swirling wind and water over much of the Gulf of Mexico. Satellite images show Laura has become “a formidable hurricane” in recent hours, threatening to smash homes and sink entire communities. […]

Police, protesters clash as US cities endure violent weekend

11:54 pm July 26, 2020

New York: Protests took a violent turn in several US cities overnight, with demonstrators squaring off against agents outside a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, forcing police in Seattle to retreat into a station house and setting fire to vehicles during unrest in California and Virginia. A protester in Austin, Texas, who was apparently armed with a rifle was shot and killed after […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Officials: 5 hurt in early morning shooting in Texas capital

7:09 pm June 21, 2020

Austin: At least five people were wounded in an early morning shooting in Texas’ capital, officials said Sunday. Five adults with “serious, potentially life threatening injuries” were taken to local hospitals by Austin-Travis County EMS, the organization said in a tweet. The shooting took place around 3 a.m. in a commercial area of downtown Austin, […]