A major US-Mexico border crossing in San Diego was closed for hours after a group of migrants on the Mexican side rushed the border area, leading American Border Patrol agents to fire tear gas at the group....
The Camp Fire -- the deadliest blaze in the history of California that has claimed at least 85 lives and destroyed 14,000 residences -- has been fully contained, authorities announced on Sunday....
US President Donald Trump has said migrants seeking asylum in the US via the southern border will wait in Mexico while their claims are moving through legal procedures. ...
A record number of unaccompanied immigrant children, about 14,000, were currently...
US President Donald Trump's administration has asked the Supreme Court to hear...
A new US government report has delivered a dire warning about climate change and its devastating impacts, saying that the economy could lose hundreds of bil...
In a remarkable interfaith gesture; area Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish...
Bernard Friedman, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, has declared the female genital mutilation law unconstitutional, thereby dismissing the key charges against Indian American Doctor, Jumana Nagarwala and six others, the Detroit Free Press reported. The judge said it is a state subject and Congress la...
Acclaimed poet poet, essayist, Prof. Meena Alexander dies at 67. Alexander was considered one of the foremost poets of her time. Her collections of poetry include Atmospheric Embroidery, Birthplace with Buried Stones, Quickly Changing River, Raw Silk, and Illiterate Heart, which won the 2002 PEN Open Book Award. Her poems have appeared...
While Type-2 diabetes is expected to rise by more than a fifth, from 406 million in 2018 to 511 million in 2030 globally, India along with China and the US will share over half of these high blood sugar cases, say researchers led by one of an Indian-origin, while asserting the need to improve access for the life saving insulin....
