Two bailiffs were shot and killed Monday inside a southwestern Michigan courthouse before officers killed the gunman, a sheriff said. The incident occurred on the third floor of the Berrien County courthouse in St. Joseph, 100 miles northeast of Chicago. Sheriff Paul Bailey didn’t provide additional details on how the shooting happened. He said he did not know anything about […]
» Read moreSnipers shot dead five police officers and wounded six more during a protest against police brutality in Dallas, in what US President Barack Obama called a “vicious, despicable and calculated” attack. A suspect who engaged in gunfire with the police reportedly killed himself, although some local media outlets said he had shot himself. Three more suspects including a woman were arrested, […]
» Read moreU.S. President Barack Obama has thrown his weight behind Hillary Clinton as he likened the presidential race between the former Secretary of State and real estate tycoon Donald Trump to a choice between “future and imaginary past”. “This is a choice between whether we are going to cling to some imaginary past or whether we’re going to reach for the […]
» Read moreAir India (AI) will launch Ahmedabad-London-Newark flight from August 15 and Delhi-Madrid in December, and also plans to expand its fleet size in next four years, a top official said on Monday. “We will be launching the Ahmedabad-London-Newark flight from August 15 and Delhi-Madrid from December as part of our growth plan,” Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwini Lohani […]
» Read moreAn Indian-American physicist has donated $11 million to University of California to establish a center devoted to advancing knowledge of the basic laws of nature, the largest donation in the history of the varsity. “I thank Mani Bhaumik for his philanthropic leadership and for believing in UCLA,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. Bhaumik rose from poverty to become an eminent scientist […]
» Read morePrime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday he will resign after Britons voted to leave the European Union despite his campaign to keep it in the bloc. Mr. Cameron promised to try to “steady the ship” over the next months and did not give a precise timetable for his departure but said a new leader should be installed by early […]
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