Texas

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. […]

Melania Trump taking Rose Garden turn to pitch her husband

1:49 pm August 25, 2020

Washington: When Melania Trump addresses the Republican convention from the White House, it will be the most that many Americans have seen of their first lady since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic that has come to define her husband’s administration. Out of the public view for much of the year, Mrs Trump will step into the spotlight Tuesday night to argue […]

Hurricane lashes Mexico’s Baja, new storms form in Atlantica

10:19 am August 21, 2020

Mexico City: Hurricane Genevieve weakened to a tropical storm Thursday after lashing Mexico’s Los Cabos tourist resorts with hurricane-force gusts and heavy rains. And two new tropical depressions formed in the Atlantic Basin — both on potential tracks toward the United States. Genevieve had been a powerful Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 mph (215 kph) on Tuesday, […]

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

Gunmen kill son of legendary Mexico drug capo Amado Carrillo

11:23 pm August 15, 2020

Mexico City: Prosecutors in northern Mexico say that gunmen have killed a son of legendary drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes. The father, better known by his nickname, “The Lord of The Skies,” for his habit of transporting shipments of drugs on jet airliners, died in a botched plastic surgery in 1997. Prosecutors in the northern state of Sinaloa said […]

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

Playing electoral defense, Trump to promote recovery in Ohio

10:47 pm August 6, 2020

Washington: Forced to play defense in states he led comfortably months ago, President Donald Trump set his sights on Ohio on Thursday in an attempt to reframe the centerpiece of his reelection pitch. During his visit, Trump planned to promote the economic prosperity that much of the nation enjoyed before the coronavirus pandemic and try to make […]