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Hurricane Dorian grazes Carolina coast, aims for Outer Banks

4:36 am September 6, 2019

Charleston: Hurricane Dorian sideswiped the Carolinas with shrieking winds, tornadoes and sideways rain Thursday as it closed in for a possible direct hit on the dangerously exposed Outer Banks. At least four deaths in the Southeast were blamed on the storm. Twisters spun off by Dorian peeled away roofs and flipped trailers, and more than […]

Ghost Ship trial: Max Harris acquitted in deadly warehouse fire

4:07 am September 6, 2019

OAKLAND, California: A jury on Thursday acquitted one man of involuntary manslaughter but could not reach a verdict for the leader of an artists’ commune accused of turning a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse into a cluttered maze that trapped 36 partygoers during a fast-moving fire. Sobs and gasps erupted from family and friends of […]

Chandrayaan-2: ISRO anxious but optimistic ahead of crucial soft-landing

2:23 pm September 5, 2019

Bengaluru: Let’s pray for the successful soft-landing” — that pretty much sums up the mood at ISRO ahead of Saturday’s highly crucial event of the Chandrayaan-2 mission. Nervous and anxious for sure but the city-headquartered space agency is cautiously optimistic of “Vikram” module’s soft-landing on the Lunar surface planned in the early hours of Saturday. […]

Pained to hear about my dear friend Shinzo Abe's ill health: PM

PM Modi discusses Indo-Pacific region with Japanese PM Abe in Russia

10:55 am September 5, 2019

Vladivostok: India and Japan agreed to further deepen cooperation in the strategic Indo-Pacific region where China has been flexing its military muscles, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held in-depth talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe here on Thursday. The two leaders in their second meeting after the G20 Summit in Osaka in June, pledged […]

College swimmer sexually assaulted at Stanford reveals her identity

Woman sexually assaulted by college swimmer at Stanford reveals her identity

3:49 am September 5, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO: The woman who read a searing statement at the sentencing of the college swimmer who sexually assaulted her at Stanford University— causing a public outcry that led to the judge in the case being recalled— has revealed her identity. For years, Chanel Miller was known in legal proceedings as “Emily Doe,” the woman […]