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United Airlines starts Delhi-Chicago daily flights

4:28 pm December 12, 2020

New Delhi: United Airlines inaugurated on Saturday a daily non-stop flight between Delhi and Chicago, according to a company statement. The airline will operate a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft between the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and its hometown hub at the O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. With the introduction of the service, United will operate […]

Weekend gun violence in Chicago leaves 10 dead, 43 injured

11:46 pm September 14, 2020

Chicago: Gun violence in Chicago left 10 people dead over the weekend and 43 others injured. The gunfire came amid a surge in violence this year in the nation’s third-largest city. Statistics released by the Chicago Police Department bring the number of shooting victims for the year thus far to 2,887 and the number of homicides to 542. Last […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Family of Chicago man killed by police seek video, answers

11:38 pm September 2, 2020

Chicago: Relatives of a man fatally shot by Chicago police after gunshots were fired at an unmarked police car don’t believe he fired those shots and want to see police body camera footage of the incident. Miguel Vega, a 26-year-old father of two, was pronounced dead at a hospital hours after police shot him in the back […]

Chicago police fatally shoot 1 after gunfire hits squad car

11:46 pm September 1, 2020

Chicago: Chicago police officers shot and fatally wounded a male suspect after their squad car was struck overnight by gunfire, police said Tuesday. The “male offender” died after he was taken to Stroger Hospital late Monday in critical condition, police said. His name was not immediately released by authorities. Officers were driving in their squad car about […]

NYC delays start of school year to allow more prep time

9:24 pm September 1, 2020

New York: New York City is delaying sending students back to classrooms by 11 days to give teachers more time to prepare, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday The development comes after de Blasio emphasized for months that the city’s 1.1 million public school students need schools to resume in-person instruction this fall after the coronavirus abruptly […]