Serena Williams’ relentless drive towards an eighth Australian Open title cranked up another gear Saturday with a third round drubbing, as Naomi Osaka and Elina Svitolina survived big scares to stay in the hunt. On day six at Melbourne Park, the 23-time Grand Slam winner crushed Ukrainian teenager […]
BOSTON — The Sackler name is emblazoned on the walls at some of the world’s great museums and universities, including the Smithsonian, the Guggenheim and Harvard. But now the family’s ties to OxyContin and the painkiller’s role in the deadly opioid crisis are bringing the Sacklers a new […]
NEW YORK — Lucero Guadalupe Sanchez Lopez was already trapped in an impossible extramarital relationship with Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman when she found herself in an even crazier bind — fleeing with Guzman and others from authorities through an underground tunnel, her outlaw love interest in the […]
LOS ANGELES — Thoroughly saturated and muddied California was drying out and cleaning up Friday in the aftermath of Pacific storms that dumped heavy rain and snow throughout the state. For the first time in days sunlight poked through clouds trailing the latest weather system, which was impacting […]
LOS ANGELES — Striking teachers and the nation’s second-largest school district are set to continue renewed negotiations Saturday following a fifth day of passionate protests in Los Angeles. Mayor Eric Garcetti tweeted that talks ended without a deal between a teachers’ union and the Los Angeles Unified School […]
PHOENIX — Police in a Phoenix suburb say a burglary suspect shot to death by an officer was a 14-year-old boy carrying a replica gun. Authorities say officers in the city of Tempe reported a suspect burglarizing a car Tuesday and that he ran away holding what appeared […]
New Delhi :Â Â In an alleged case of celebratory firing, a bride was injured after she was hit by a bullet at her wedding ceremony in east Delhi’s Shakarpur area, the police said Friday. The incident took place on Thursday when the bride and the groom were getting off […]
Jammu :Â Â The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to give away cattle received from the military farms to the families living below the poverty line, officials said Friday. The decision was taken here at a meeting of defence representatives and officers of animal husbandry department, chaired by advisor […]
Washington :Â Â US President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in late February on Pyongyang dismantling its nuclear and missile programmes, the White House has announced The two leaders had met on June 12 last year in Singapore for the first summit. […]
Kolkata :Â The stage is all set for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s mega Opposition rally against the Narendra Modi government here on Saturday. Leaders of all the opposition parties except the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the CPI(M)-led Left Front will be taking part in the rally, […]
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