A key US inflation measure closely watched by the Federal Reserve posted its biggest year-on-year increase in May since 1992, indicating rising inflation pressures with the reopening of the economy, the Commerce Department reported ....
Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer convicted for murdering George Floyd last year, has been sentenced to 22.5 years in prison....
An Indian origin family was also among the 159 people missing after the collapse of the Champlain Towers condo complex in Surfside, Florida, according to reports. ...
California's Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has agreed on a $5.9 million-settlement for once-through cooling water discharges from its Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant....
A single mutation gives SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, the ability to enter cells through another route, opening up the possibility of evading Covid antibodies or vaccines, finds a study....
With three more bodies found from the debris overnight, the death toll in the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers condo complex in Surfside, near Miami, reached four. Overall 159 people were unaccounted for according to Mayor Daniella Levine Cava of Miami-Dade Count....
Washington and Tehran still have serious differences in restoring the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal after six rounds of talks, a senior US State Department official said....
A US court has suspended former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's license to practice law citing his "false and misleading statements" over former President Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election....
The US economy grew at an annual rate of 6.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, the Commerce Department reported....
US House Democrats will establish a special congressional committee to investigate the deadly January 6 Capitol riot, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday....
