A 21-year-old serial killing cold case has been solved – with police saying they believe there are more victims of the murderer. Roberto Fernandes died in 2005 in a plane crash – but officers in Florida, US, have now matched his DNA to a string of slayings at the start of the millennium. The body […]
NEW ORLEANS (REUTERS) – South Louisiana braced for a month without electricity and reliable water service in the wake of Hurricane Ida, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US Gulf Coast, as people faced suffocating heat and humidity. By early Tuesday (Aug 31), about 1.3 million customers were without power about […]
PHOENIX — Only weeks after Arizona’s students went back to school, coronavirus infections are forcing thousands of children and teachers into quarantine. School outbreaks around Phoenix are surging. In one suburban district, so many drivers are sick that school buses are running 90 minutes late. All this in a state that ignored C.D.C. recommendations and […]
WASHINGTON (THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION) – Ride-sharing driver Meheru Lambero has slowly been recovering from Covid-19 since he tested positive about a month ago, but fears that he will end up sleeping on the streets after the United States federal pandemic unemployment benefits end next Monday (Sept 6). Mr Lambero said he has been relying on the […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Joe Biden meets with Ukraine President Volodmyr Zelensky on Wednesday (Sept 1) and a US official said he will offer strong support for Ukraine’s sovereignty against Russian aggression coupled with a promise to deliver US$60 million (S$81 million) in security aid. The two leaders, at their first face-to-face meeting since […]
Staff at Nike’s US corporate head office have been told to ignore all their work responsibilities for the next week ‘to aid their mental health’. The sportswear retailer said workers at its headquarters in Oregan would be ‘powering down’ for a week until Friday. Senior manager Matt Marrazzo said in a LinkedIn Post: ‘Take the […]
A lightning strike killed a young lifeguard and injured seven others on a beach. They were all rushed to hospital in Berkeley Township, New Jersey, after the bolt struck during a storm on Monday afternoon. Police confirmed the others on the beach did not suffer life-threatening injuries, but a 19-year-old man, named locally as Keith […]
NEW ORLEANS — Rescue teams fanned out across Louisiana on Monday searching for people left stranded in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, even as New Orleans emerged from its most serious onslaught since Hurricane Katrina confident that its levees had held. While city residents could take a measure of relief at having dodged a catastrophic […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Joe Biden announced he will address the nation on Tuesday (Aug 31) on the final US exit from Afghanistan after 20 years of war against the Taliban. “Tomorrow afternoon, I will address the American people on my decision not to extend our presence in Afghanistan beyond 8/31,” he said in a […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The congressional committee probing the deadly Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol on Monday (Aug 30) told 35 telephone, email and social media companies to preserve records which could be relevant to its investigation, the panel announced. Telephone companies receiving requests from the committee included AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon , as […]