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Toll now at 53 in San Antonio as families wait for answers

The truck had been packed with 67 people, and the dead included 27 from Mexico, 14 from Honduras, seven from Guatemala and two from El Salvador, said Francisco Garduño, said the chief of Mexico’s National Immigration Institute. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/8BUTKmb

Toll now at 53 in San Antonio as families wait for answers

The truck had been packed with 67 people, and the dead included 27 from Mexico, 14 from Honduras, seven from Guatemala and two from El Salvador, said Francisco Garduño, said the chief of Mexico’s National Immigration Institute. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/8BUTKmb

Raja Krishnamoorthi wins Democratic nomination for Congressional seat

Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi won the Democratic nomination for the US House of representatives in Illinois’ eight Congressional district, which includes Chicago’s suburbs, with a landslide victory over Junaid Ahmed, also of the Democratic Party, in the primary election on Tuesday. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/WgLzj5i

Hong Kong on high alert as Xi Jinping visit expected for handover

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R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case

Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were just children, in a systematic scheme that went on for decades. The Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling songwriter was found guilty last year of racketeering and sex trafficking at a trial that gave voice to accusers who had previously wondered if their stories were being ignored because they were Black women. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/vJtduim

WHO chief: US abortion ruling is a setback, will cost lives

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday criticised the US Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, calling the decision to no longer recognise a constitutional right to abortion "a setback" that would ultimately cost lives. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/9vueIyf

Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking

Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for helping the sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/HndgNAc

Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years for helping Jeffrey Epstein

Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, sexually abused children hundreds of times over more than a decade, exploiting vulnerable girls as young as 14. Prosecutors said he couldn’t have done so without the help of Maxwell, his longtime companion. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/K4Y23wk

Donald Trump-endorsed US representative Mary Miller wins Republican primary in Illinois

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Trump tried to grab limo steering wheel, wanted to join Jan 6 Capitol riot, aide testifies

"'I'm the effing president. Take me up to the Capitol now,'" Hutchinson quoted an enraged Trump as saying. She said Trump tried from the back seat to grab the steering wheel of the heavily armored presidential vehicle and lunged in anger at a Secret Service official. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/ZM7Ykel

Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years for helping Jeffrey Epstein

Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, sexually abused children hundreds of times over more than a decade, exploiting vulnerable girls as young as 14. Prosecutors said he couldn’t have done so without the help of Maxwell, his longtime companion. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/K4Y23wk

PIO shot dead in SUV, days after similar attack in US

A 31-year-old Indian-origin man was shot dead in Queens as he sat in a borrowed SUV parked down the street from his home, days after an Indian national was killed after sustaining an apparent gunshot wound to his head in the US state of Maryland. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/q476KVC

Ray-Ban’s billionaire owner Del Vecchio dies at 87

Leonardo Del Vecchio, who founded eyewear empire Luxottica in a trailer and turned an everyday object into a global fashion item, becoming one of Italy's richest men in the process, died on Monday. He was 87. Born May 22, 1935 in Milan to a poor family, he spent part of his youth in an orphanage and began working as a teenager. He founded his own company, Luxottica, in 1961, supplying the optical industry with components. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/W8YtoAZ

At least 46 migrants die in truck in San Antonio, others hospitalized

Authorities found 46 migrants dead inside a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, the city's fire department said, in what appears to be one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the US-Mexico border. The San Antonio Fire Department said 16 other people found inside the trailer were transported to the hospital for heat stroke and exhaustion, including four minors. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/rMOXa47

Russian forces turn sights on Lysychansk in battle for eastern Ukraine

Russian forces were fighting on Monday to achieve one of their strategic objectives in Ukraine as Moscow-backed separatists said they were pushing into Lysychansk, the last major city still held by Ukrainian troops in eastern Luhansk province. Lysychansk's twin city of Sievierodonetsk fell on Saturday in a victory for Moscow's campaign to seize the eastern provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Id9XOKQ

Democratic women call on Biden, Congress to protect federal abortion rights

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6 police officers killed in northern Mexico ambush

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Zelenskyy to press G7 for more help as war rages

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G7 leaders mock Putin in jokes about stripping off

Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, suggested they wait for the official picture before disrobing but then UK PM Boris Johnson quipped "We have to show that we're tougher than Putin" and the joke kept rolling. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/ZoCBfQ3

'Ghislaine Maxwell reported threats, prompting suicide watch'

Maxwell was shifted after reporting threats to her safety by MDC staff to the federal Bureau of Prisons' inspector general. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/XWN3dUI

Pakistan Democratic Movement chief says he is 'responsible for Imran Khan's ouster'

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Moscow tightens economic grip on southern Ukraine

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Abortion pills to become next battleground in US reproductive fight

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Fairytale venue with dark past for G7 summit in Germany

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WHO says monkeypox is not yet a health emergency

Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the world health organization (WHO) ruled on Saturday, although WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak. There have been more than 3,200 confirmed cases of monkeypox and one death reported in the last six weeks from 48 countries where it does not usually spread, according to WHO. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/SkPeYTR

Access to abortion in US plummets: Nine states trigger ban after SC Ruling; clinics cancel appointments

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Tech giants, other top companies offer support for abortion

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Pakistan quietly jails 26/11 handler Sajid Mir for 15 years in terror financing case

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China's Xi to visit Hong Kong for handover anniversary

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Democrats vow to help women who must travel for abortions

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2 people have been killed, more than dozen injured in a mass shooting in Oslo: Norway police

The shooting happened outside a bar in the downtown area of the Norwegian capital, police said. A suspect was arrested and police don't believe any other people were involved, police spokesman Tore Barstad said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/W7znhHc

US abortion ruling sparks global debate, polarizes activists

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Explainer: After US Supreme Court gun decision, what’s next?

The Supreme Court said that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. That's important because about half a dozen states have conditioned getting a license to carry a gun in public on the person demonstrating an actual need — sometimes called “good cause” or “proper cause” — to carry the weapon. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/f9zh1Mm

Boris Johnson's party loses previously safe parliamentary seat

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party lost a previously safe parliamentary seat in southern England on Friday, a sign of the depth of voter discontent after months of scandals and a growing cost of living crisis. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/FbSsdO3

US Senate advances breakthrough gun control bill

US senators advanced a bipartisan bill late Thursday addressing the epidemic of gun violence convulsing the country, approving a narrow package of new firearms restrictions and billions of dollars in mental health and school security funding. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/sMNzd6m

North Korea approves new front-line army duties amid tensions

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US eyes making H-1B more flexible for startups, pacing up green card process

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Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall are getting a divorce

Murdoch got married to Hall in a low-key ceremony in central London in March 2016. The Fox Corp chairman and his former supermodel wife were frequent fodder for the tabloids, which chronicled their marriage at Spencer House and the festivities surrounding the elder Murdoch's 90th birthday celebration last year at Tavern on the Green in New York City. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/j1Vl5OQ

Compromise to win support: Oppn to Macron

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US jury finds Bill Cosby sexually assaulted teen in 1970s

Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a teenager at the Playboy Mansion almost 50 years ago, a jury in California found Tuesday, in the first civil ruling against the veteran entertainer following dozens of allegations. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/DYvgJxP

'Heightened alert': Abortion providers brace for ruling

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President Biden nominates Indian-American scientist to key White House role

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Hong Kong's famed floating restaurant sinks, laden with memories

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US values bilateral ties with India; it is 'key strategic' partner in Indo-Pacific: White House

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Pakistan's Punjab imposes 'emergency' due to rise in rape cases

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Russian Nobel laureate sells medal for $103.5m to benefit Ukraine kids

Dmitry Muratov, the Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, on Monday auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize gold medal for a whopping $103.5 million to benefit children displaced by the war in Ukraine. The medal was sold to an as yet unidentified phone bidder at the sale in New York organized by Heritage Auctions. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/xVafN6I

Honduran hydroelectric executive jailed for environmentalist murder

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Hong Kong's iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant sinks in South China Sea

Jumbo floating restaurant, a once famed but financially struggling Hong Kong tourist attraction, sank in the South China Sea after being towed away from the city. It capsized on Sunday near the Paracel Islands after it "encountered adverse conditions" and began to take on water. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/E5vBCry

South Korea prepares for second space rocket attempt

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Elon Musk's child seeks name change to sever ties with father

The former Xavier Alexander Musk, who recently turned 18, the age of consent in California, has asked the court to change her gender recognition from male to female and to register her new name, according to court documents available online through PlainSite.org. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/fC9uRtT

Chinese staff can access TikTok's US data: Report

While TikTok claims the data of its American users is safe as it is stored within the US, not China, leaked conversations of over 80 internal meetings of TikTok employeesindicate ByteDance employees in China have "repeatedly accessed non-public data about US TikTok users". from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/2cazkYC

Multiple people shot at including police officer in Washington DC

"MPD (Metropolitan Police Department) is responding to the situation in the area of 14th and U Street, NW, for a shooting incident in which multiple people have been shot, including an MPD officer. Media staging at 15th and U Street, NW. Chief Contee to provide a media briefing," said the DC Police Department in a tweet. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/bQfEsTI