Massachusetts mulls banning sales of smartphone location data
San Francisco-- In a first, the state of Massachusetts in the US is mulling a law to completely ban buying and selling of users’...
Extreme weather continues to sweep across US
Washington-- The US is continuing to experience extreme weather conditions as severe thunderstorms, critical fires and excessive heat waves sweep across the country
According to...
US Supreme Court strikes down race-based affirmative action in college admissions
By Yashwant Raj
Washington-- In a landmark judgment, the US Supreme Court on Thursday declared race-based affirmative action in college enrollment unconstitutional.
The court held affirmative...
Over 120 mn Americans across dozen states under air quality alerts due to Canadian...
Los Angeles-- More than 120 million people across more than a dozen US states from the Midwest to the East Coast are under air...
Millions of Americans under unhealthy air quality alert due to wildfire smoke
Washington-- Millions of Americans are on alert for unhealthy air quality as wildfire smoke from Canada continues to drift to the US.
The US National...
17 dead amid heat wave in southern US
Houston-- At least 17 people have died from heat-related illnesses as a severe heat wave continued in Texas while spreading into other parts of...
Pedestrian deaths in US hit 41-year high in 2022: Report
Washington-- At least 7,508 pedestrians were killed on US roadways in 2022, the highest since 1981, a new report revealed.
The report by the Governors...
NYC officially declares Diwali as school holiday
New York-- New York City Mayor Eric Adams has officially decalred Diwali as a school holiday aimed at honouring the city's South Asian, Indo-Caribbean,...
Pentagon ‘leaker’ indicted for disclosing national defence information
Washington-- The US air national guardsman, accused of leaking classified documents involving intelligence on the Russia-Ukraine war and others, was indicted by a federal...
Thousands of dead fish wash ashore in Texas
Houston-- Thousands of dead fish have washed ashore on a beach along the Gulf Coast of the US state of Texas, local media reported.
The...