A police officer in the US state of Georgia was ordered to be placed on leave after footage emerged of him pinning an African-American man to the ground and punching him as the latter reportedly refused to show his ID, media reports said....
Facebook on Sunday said it has started to pull down fake posts and misinformation claiming that wildfires in the Oregon state in the US were caused by arson from militia organisations like Antifa and far-left activists....
The health of democracy in the United States has reached its lowest point amid racial justice protests and Covid-19 pandemic, a new survey has found....
Researchers have developed a new antibody test for the virus that causes Covid-19 that can handle a much larger number of donor samples at lower overall cost than standard antibody tests currently in use....
Washington Governor Jay Inslee has announced updated guidance for indoor fitness and training facilities as part of the state's 'Safe Start' reopening plan amid the Covid-19 pandemic....
Anthony Fauci, the US' top infectious disease expert, said he disagreed with President Donald Trump's latest remark on the Covid-19 pandemic, where the latter claimed that the country has rounded "the final turn" on the health crisis, it was reported....
Massive wildfires in Oregon have scorched over 1 million acres of land, while first responders were trying to locate dozens of missing people in Jackson, Lane and Marion counties, state Governor Kate Brown said. ...
The August Complex Fire, which became California's largest ever wildfire this week, has merged with several other blazes and grew to 746,607 acres, up from 471,185 a day earlier, authorities said....
An unidentified photographer breached Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's Secret Service as the former Vice President was boarding a charter plane in the state of Pennsylvania, the media reported. ...
A new ensemble forecast published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects up to 217,000 Covid-19 deaths in America by October 3....
