Shooting investigation halts traffic on California freeway

A shooting investigation has halted traffic Thursday evening on a California freeway

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The Latest: Remembering 9/11 in the age of coronavirus

Americans are set to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks with tributes altered by the coronavirus

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South African Olympic Body Removes CSA, Board Seeks Legal Advice

Cricket South Africa said it is taking legal advice regarding the basis on which the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee has sought to intervene in the business affairs of CSA.

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Need For Another Fiscal Stimulus Warranted In India, Says IMF

Over 70,000 Indians have died due to coronavirus, as it has had an unprecedented impact on the India economy.

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Sensex, Nifty Turn Flat As Financial, Energy Stocks Weigh On Markets

Asian shares struggled to stem a bearish mood on Friday after US technology stocks fell overnight on growing doubts about stimulus in the world's largest economy and worries about their stretched...

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UN urges end to attacks on schools, especially in Africa

The U.N. Security Council is urging warring parties in all conflicts to immediately stop attacking schools and teachers

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10 dead as California fire becomes deadliest of year

A Northern California wildfire that destroyed a foothill hamlet has become the state’s deadliest blaze of the year with 10 people confirmed dead — and the toll could climb as searchers look for 16 missing people

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'Evacuate now:' Wildfires grow in Oregon as 500K flee

Deadly wildfires in heavily populated northwest Oregon were growing, with hundreds of thousands of people told to flee encroaching flames while residents to the south tearfully assessed their losses

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Media access to wildfires, disasters varies widely by state

Journalists have captured searing, intimate images of active and dangerous wildfires burning California, due in large part to a state law that guarantees press virtually unfettered access to disaster sites

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Cricket Australia Blasts "Blatantly Racist" Abuse Of Dan Christian

Dan Christian, one of just six indigenous people to play for Australia at international level, took part in a panel discussion this week, "Cricket Connecting Country", commissioned by the governing...

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Sensex Rises Over 100 Points, Nifty Firm Above 11,450 Amid Choppy Trade

Share Market News: Overall market breadth was positive with an advance-decline ratio of almost 2:1, as 1,117 stocks on the BSE rose against 561 that fell.

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Friday, Sept. 11, the 255th day of 2020. There are 111 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the planes into New York’s World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania. On this date: In 1777, during the American Revolution, forces under Gen. George Washington were defeated by the British in the Battle of Brandywine. In 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. In 1814, an American fleet scored a decisive victory over the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812. In 1885, author D.H. Lawrence was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England. In 1936, Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) began operation as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a key in Washington to signal the startup of the dam’s first...

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Ex-cops blame one another, seek own trials in Floyd's death

Attorneys for four former Minneapolis officers charged in the death of George Floyd say that each client should get his own trial, as the officers try to diminish their roles in the Black man’s arrest by pointing fingers at one another

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