Washington, Oct. 14, (dpa/GNA) – US authorities on Sunday said that an armed man was stopped at a police checkpoint near a campaign rally of Republican presidential…
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Man arrested near Trump rally had two guns and fake passports
Oct 14 (BBC/GNA) – A man in illegal possession of a shotgun and a loaded handgun was arrested at an intersection near Donald Trump’s…
SpaceX catches giant Starship booster in fifth flight test
Oct 13 (Reuters/GNA) – SpaceX in its fifth Starship test flight on Sunday returned the rocket’s towering first stage booster back to its Texas…
Hurricane Milton slams Florida; 3 million without power
Oct 10 (VOA/GNA) – Hurricane Milton brought flooding rains and damaging winds to central and northern Florida on Thursday, destroying homes and leaving at…
TikTok sued for ‘wreaking havoc’ on teen mental health
Oct 8 (BBC/GNA) – More than a dozen states in the US have sued TikTok, accusing the social media platform of helping to drive…
More than 1 million still without power in US after Hurricane Helene
Washington, Oct. 10, (dpa/GNA) – More than 1 million people remain without power in the south-eastern United States after Hurricane Helene left a trail of devastation across…
Deadly Helene floods spread to more US states
Sept 29 (BBC/GNA) – Torrential rain from Storm Helene has ravaged parts of North Carolina and Tennessee – the latest south-eastern US states to…
Stop drinking bottled water: Experts warn of health and climate impacts
Sept 26 (Newsweek/GNA) – A widespread reliance on bottled water is posing significant threats to both human health and the environment, with an estimated 1 million…
Federal Trade Commission sues largest drug middlemen for allegedly inflating insulin prices
Sept 21 (CNN/GNA) — The Federal Trade Commission took action Friday against the nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers, accusing the companies of artificially inflating insulin…
Suspect in Trump assassination attempt faces 2 federal gun charges
Washington, Sept. 17 (Xinhua/GNA) – The man who appeared to have attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump, faces two federal gun charges in…
SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew returns home after history-making mission
Sept 15 (CNN/GNA) – SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew is home, capping off a five-day mission to orbit — which included the world’s first commercial spacewalk —…
Four civilians on a daring SpaceX mission complete the first commercial spacewalk
Sept 12 (CNN/GNA) – A four-person crew of civilians on board SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission unlocked the hatch of their capsule and made history as the…
More than 127 dead in Vietnam super typhoon
Vietnam, Sept. 10, (GNA/BBC) – At least 127 people have now died and 54 others are missing in northern Vietnam, according to officials, as…
Billionaire takes off for first ever private spacewalk
London, Sept. 10, (GNA/BBC) – Billionaire Jared Isaacman has taken off in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for what he hopes will be the…
Europe’s top court just delivered multi-billion dollar blows to Apple and Google
London, Sept. 10, (CNN/GNA) – Apple has lost its fight to dodge a €13 billion ($14.4 billion) tax bill following a ruling by Europe’s top court Tuesday,…
James Earl Jones, iconic voice of Darth Vader in ‘Star Wars’ and Mufasa in ‘The Lion King,’ dead at 93
Sept 9 (CNN/GNA) – You can’t think of James Earl Jones without hearing his voice. That booming basso profundo, conveying instant dignity or menace,…
Venezuelan presidential candidate González arrives in Spain
Havana, Sept. 9, (dpa/GNA) – The Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González, whom the US and many Latin American countries consider the true winner of the July 28…
New poll shows tight race as Harris, Trump prepare for key debate
Washington, Sept. 9, (dpa/GNA) – A bit more than 48 hours before Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump battle it out for the first…
Central Kentucky children told to stay home from school as I-75 shooting suspect evades capture for third day
Sept 9 (CNN/GNA) – Schools across a swath of central Kentucky have cancelled classes Monday and residents have been urged to remain on high…
Boeing Starliner returns to Earth, but without astronauts
Sept 7 (BBC/GNA) – Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has completed its journey back to Earth – but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying…