The US Supreme Court is looking to sentence the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing perpetrator, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, to the death penalty. However, one court judge questioned during a hearing on Wednesday what the consequences would be for Tsarnaev after President Joe Biden had announced that he would no longer carry […]
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Texas Governor Bans Vaccination in His State
The conservative governor of the US state of Texas has issued an order stating that no agency can demand vaccination from its customers or staff. Governor Greg Abbott is responding to what he calls “the bullying” by the US government of Democrat Joe Biden. Biden last month called on […]
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Media: The US has Discreetly Trained Soldiers in Taiwan
The United States has discreetly sent military personnel to Taiwan to train local ground forces. The island must thus be better prepared for possible aggression by China, reports the newspaper The Wall Street Journal, which relies on anonymous sources from the US. Insiders have also confirmed the report to […]
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Texas Strict Anti-Abortion Laws
A judge in the US state of Texas has temporarily blocked the strict anti-abortion laws introduced there earlier this month. Judge Robert Pitman ruled on Wednesday that the law cannot be enforced, and women can continue to have abortions while lawsuits over the legislation continue legally. The US Supreme […]
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Olympic Champion Pleads Guilty to Capitol Storming
Klete Keller, an American swimmer who won two golds and a total of five medals for his country at the Olympics, has confessed to taking part in the storming of the Capitol earlier this year. As a result, he has been charged with a so-called federal crime and faces […]
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China and US Presidents Call Each Other for the First Time in 7 Months
For the first time in nearly seven months, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden have called each other. Biden said he wanted to ensure that the “competition” between the two superpowers does not become a “conflict”. During the conversation, Biden’s message was that the United […]
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Subways Stuck in New York City Due to Flooding in Ida
The aftermath of Ida, the hurricane that caused enormous damage in the US state of Louisiana on Sunday, is now also affecting other parts of America. In New York City, authorities have issued a flash flood warning and subways are stuck between stations, and subways are no longer running. […]
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Restoring the Louisiana Power Grid Will Take Days, Possibly Weeks
People in the southern United States hit by Hurricane Ida may be without power for weeks. According to energy company Entergy, just mapping the damage to the network will take days. Blocked roads, flooding and persistent bad weather make it particularly difficult to reach rural areas. In the state […]
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US Aviation Authority is Investigating Safety at Boeing
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will investigate how Boeing handles safety issues. An FAA survey earlier this year found that many of the aircraft manufacturer’s mechanical engineers found it difficult to report problems. Bloomberg reported this based on a letter from the FAA department head responsible for overseeing Boeing. […]
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Florida Residents Were Told the Building was Safe
Residents of the disaster flat near Miami were told in November 2018 that their building was safe. According to American media, this happened more than a month after an engineer had warned that there was ‘major structural damage’ to the residential tower, which partly collapsed a few days ago. […]