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Eighteen students and three teachers were killed during a massacre in a Texas elementary school, the deadliest US school shooting in more than four years.
World

Gunman kills 19 children at Texas elementary school

US actor Bill Cosby arrives at court in Norristown, Pennsylvania to face sentencing for sexual assault on Sep 24, 2018.
TV

Bill Cosby sex assault case starts in California

A police officer stands guard at the Canal Street subway station in New York, on May 22, 2022.
World

Man shot dead on NYC subway in latest random attack

A child receiving a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Louisville, Kentucky, US, on Nov 8, 2021.
World

US expert panel backs Covid-19 boosters for children 5 to 11

Monkeypox cases have been reported in the US, Canada, Britain, Spain and Portugal.
World

Monkeypox virus reported in Europe, N. America

Deputy director of naval intelligence Scott Bray speaking about unexplained aerial phenomena at a hearing in Washington.
World

Pentagon reports rise in UFOs in past 20 years

The film set of Rust, where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer and wounded a director on Oct 23, 2021.
Movies

Rust movie will be completed after shooting investigation

Actors Amber Heard (left) and Johnny Depp at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Virginia on May 16, 2022.
Movies

Depp's attorneys challenge Heard on abuse claims

US man awarded $612,000 by jury over unwanted office birthday party
World

US man awarded $612k over unwanted birthday party

    The NYPD and other security agencies are on heightened alert after multiple people were injured when a gunman opened fire and released smoke devices at the 36th Street and Fourth Avenue station in the Sunset Park neighborhood earlier in the day.
    World

    For Brooklyn subway riders, a morning of terror

    New York authorities said they are looking for 62-year-old Frank James.
    World

    US police identify 'person of interest' in Brooklyn shooting

    The US' Christian Pulisic in action against Costa Rica's Keylor Navas during a World Cup qualifier match on March 31, 2022.
    Football

    Football: US clinch World Cup place despite loss

    In the Northeast, including New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts, Omicron BA.2 now makes up more than half the cases
    Health

    A third of US Covid cases now caused by BA.2 Omicron sub-variant

    Elderly Asian woman punched 125 times, stamped and spat on in New York
    World

    US police release video of horrendous attack on Asian woman

    He needs a new job after reading kids' book I Need A New Butt in class
    World

    US teacher sacked for reading out ‘butt’ and ‘fart’

    People line up outside Ukrainian-owned D Light Cafe and Bakery in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2022.
    World

    Ukrainian eateries get support, while Russian ones vandalised

    The US is working with Ukraine to prevent invading Russian forces from seizing biological research material in the country.
    World

    US warns Russia may use biological weapons in Ukraine

    Serbia's Novak Djokovic in action during his quarter final match against Czech Republic's Jiri Vesely on Feb 24, 2022.
    Tennis

    Djokovic in Indian Wells draw, unclear if he can enter US

    A train full of people, mostly from Kharkiv, arriving at the station in Lviv, Ukraine, on Monday, March 7, 2022.
    World

    Russia threatens to cut natural gas supplies to Europe

    One of the signs put up after Sherri Papini's disappearance in 2016.
    World

    California mum allegedly faked own kidnapping

    Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes has been linked to multiple academic institutions around the world.
    Singapore

    Duke-NUS researcher spied on US for Russia