US President Joe Biden has said that the last three of the four aerial objects shot out of the skies were probably balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions; but the fourth was a Chinese spy and "I make no apologies", he added, for bringing it down. ...
Four Indian-American engineers are among 106 new members elected to the Washington-based National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for making outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, and education....
At least three prisoners were killed and another 43 injured in a southern Brazil prison fire, local authorities said. ...
One person was killed and three others wounded in a shooting incident in a shopping mall in El Paso, a major border city in the US state of Texas, authorities said. ...
A military helicopter crashed in Madison County, the southeastern US state of Alabama, killing two people on board....
Indian-American economist Bharat Ramamurti and four others have been named by US President Joe Biden as key members of his economic team to deliver on his "steady and stable growth strategy". ...
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has initiated a multi-site clinical trial evaluating an investigational antiviral for the treatment of Covid-19, the agency has announced. ...
Sikhs and civil rights activists have expressed grave concerns over California correctional agency's updated policy that forces bearded officers to shave or face disciplinary action....
The US administration has announced a policy manual change under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) to protect certain non-citizen children, including Indians, from losing eligibility to obtain lawful permanent resident status....
Indian-American health justice lawyer Priti Krishtel, along with four other US-based experts, has been named to the O'Neill-Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination and Global Health....