One dead, several injured after US shooting, fire at Mormon church
- 29-Sep-2025
Michigan: One person was killed and several others injured Sunday after a shooter targeted a Mormon church in the US state of Michigan, where the building was also set on fire, authorities said. The suspect, a 40-year-old man from a nearby town, was shot dead by law enforcement after the attack, police said, without specifying […]
Montana to become first US state to ban TikTok
- 18-May-2023
WASHINGTON: Montana Governor Greg Gianforte on Wednesday signed legislation to ban Chinese-owned TikTok from operating in the state to protect residents from alleged intelligence gathering by China, making it the first US state to ban the popular short video app. Montana will make it unlawful for Google and Apple’s app stores to offer TikTok within […]
Tornado kills at least 23 in US state of Alabama: officials
- 04-Mar-2019
A tornado tore through the southern US state of Alabama on Sunday, killing 23 people, uprooting trees and causing "catastrophic" damage
US state says it will use nitrogen gas for executions
- 15-Mar-2018
WASHINGTON: The US state of Oklahoma plans to become the first in the country to use nitrogen gas to execute condemned prisoners, law enforcement officials announced Wednesday. The state intends to adopt the new execution method as prison officials are unable to acquire the necessary drugs for lethal injections — the method currently employed by […]
US state launches probe of Google’s business practices
- 14-Nov-2017
CALIFORNIA: Google was facing a broad investigation into its business practices Monday, with American officials planning to examine how the internet giant handles user data and offers up search results. Attorney General Josh Hawley of the state of Missouri issued an investigative subpoena to determine whether the company’s actions violated state antitrust and consumer protection […]
US state police arrest joker dressed as ‘Batman villain’
- 28-Mar-2017
VIRGINIA: Police in the US State Virginia have arrested a man dressed as Batman villain ‘The Joker’, scaring people in the neighborhood. Police received several calls about him walking around with a sword. The Winchester Police Department said its Emergency Communications Center received several calls about a “suspicious male” dressed as The Joker — specifically, the incarnation […]