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Over 1,000 flights cancelled in US due to extreme weather
New York Times, Published on 10/01/2024
» NEW YORK - More than 1,000 domestic and international flights in the United States were cancelled Tuesday as extreme weather pummelled the country from coast to coast.
US LGBTQ club shooting suspect pleads guilty
AFP, Published on 26/06/2023
» LOS ANGELES - A 23-year-old who shot five people dead at an LGBTQ club in the US state of Colorado last year pleaded guilty on Monday and will face life in prison.
UK teen jailed for far-right videos linked to US killings
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» LONDON: A British teenager was on Friday sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for videos promoting racist violence that have been linked to two mass killings in the United States.
US LGBTQ club shooting suspect is non-binary, had troubled past
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» LOS ANGELES: Lawyers for the 22-year-old accused of murdering five people at a Colorado LGBTQ club said their client is non-binary ahead of an initial court appearance Wednesday, as details emerged of a chaotic past including family breakdown and a name change.
Walmart manager kills six in latest US mass shooting
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» CHESAPEAKE (UNITED STATES) - A 31-year-old overnight manager at Walmart shot and killed six people at a store bustling with Thanksgiving holiday shoppers before turning the pistol on himself, authorities said Wednesday, in America's second mass shooting in four days.
'Multiple fatalities' in US Walmart shooting
AFP, Published on 23/11/2022
» WASHINGTON - A gunman shot and killed multiple people in a Walmart store late Tuesday in the US state of Virginia, police said, adding that the single shooter suspect is also dead.
'I knew we were next': Barman tells of Colorado club shooting horror
AFP, Published on 21/11/2022
» COLORADO SPRINGS - As barman Michael Anderson cowered on the patio of a nightclub, hiding from the gunman who was killing his friends and colleagues, he was convinced he was going to die too.
Blackhawks fined $2million, execs out over sex assault probe
AFP, Published on 27/10/2021
» NEW YORK - The National Hockey League fined the Chicago Blackhawks $2 million and two senior executives left the franchise on Tuesday after an investigation found the team failed to properly deal with allegations of sexual misconduct made against a former video coach in 2010.
Rocketman (and woman): Elon and Gwynne, the pair who made SpaceX
AFP, Published on 25/05/2020
» WASHINGTON: Space Exploration Technologies Corp. -- commonly known as SpaceX -- is slated to send two astronauts into space on Wednesday. Despite not yet being 20 years old, the company has already developed a creation myth: on Sept 28, 2008, its first rocket Falcon 1 launched for the fourth time.
SpaceX ready to launch astronauts into space for the first time
AFP, Published on 24/05/2020
» WASHINGTON: In the beginning, everyone was skeptical. But Elon Musk's SpaceX defied expectations -- and on Wednesday hopes to make history by ferrying two NASA astronauts into space, the first crewed flight from US soil in nine long years.