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Officials confirm 25 dead in Mississippi tornadoes, dozens injured

ROLLING FORK, Mississippi: A powerful tornado has struck Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, flattening entire blocks and ...


Hundreds of workers to be fired at Walmart's US fulfillment centers

BENTON, Arkansas: Reuters reported that due to a reduction or elimination in evening and weekend shifts, Walmart will lay off ...


Tottering Virgin space business receives $200 million from investor

LONDON, England: Reuters has reported that struggling Virgin Orbit, owned by billionaire Richard Branson, is nearing a $200-million investment deal ...


Grizzlies pursue eighth straight win as Clippers visit

The Memphis Grizzlies continue to show they can succeed with or without star guard Ja Morant. Their winning streak is ...


Jacob deGrom debuts for Rangers vs. Aaron Nola, Phillies

A top-tier pitching matchup headlines the season opener between the visiting Philadelphia Phillies and the Texas Rangers on Thursday in ...


Heat cap back-to-back with key matchup vs. Knicks

Tom Thibodeau, the eternally straitlaced coach of the Knicks, offered a smile with his usual bottom-line analysis following New York's ...


Defense helps North Texas stun Wisconsin, reach NIT final

Rubin Jones scored all 12 of his points in the second half and North Texas held Wisconsin scoreless in the ...


New-look Red Sox, upstart Orioles face off to open 2022

A pair of veteran pitchers will debut for new teams Thursday when the Boston Red Sox host the Baltimore Orioles ...


Report: Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki elected to Hall of Fame

Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki are among the six people who will make up the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of ...


With Aaron Judge still on their side, Yankees host Giants

For a few weeks during the offseason, an awkward possibility existed of Aaron Judge wearing the uniform of the San ...


Defense helps North Texas stun Wisconsin, reach NIT finals

Rubin Jones scored all 12 of his points in the second half and North Texas held Wisconsin scoreless in the ...


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New Jersey bank said to be first choice to buy Silicon Valley Bank

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Bloomberg News has reported that New Jersey-based Valley National Bancorp is bidding to purchase Silicon ...

Higher bond yields dent U.S. stock markets

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks lipped on Tuesday as bond yields rose in the aftermath of the easing ...

Eli Lilly announces new plant in Ireland; Limerick site to employ 300

DUBLIN, Ireland: US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has said it will build a $1bn medicine manufacturing site in Limerick. Lily ...

Violent pitching on business jet kills passenger over New England

WASHINGTON D.C.: The US National Transportation Safety Board has said that after an automated cockpit warning that switched off a ...

China economy remains slow as industrial profits down 4% in 2023

BEIJING, California: As the world's second-largest economy is still struggling to fully recover from the long-term effects of COVID-19, most ...

U.S. industrial stocks advance Monday, techs lag

NEW YORK, New York - Bank shares were being bought up on Monday as U.S. industrial stocks kicked the week ...

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Chirata, a successful agri venture for villagers in Bhutan's Samdrup Jongkhar

Thimphu [Bhutan], March 29 (ANI): Chirata, a medicinal herb considered critically endangered has become one of the main sources of ...

Update: Chinese shares close mixed Wednesday

© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed mixed on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite ...

Pirates Boarded Danish Ship in Gulf of Guinea

Copenhagen - Pirates boarded a Danish-owned Liberian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Guinea over the weekend, the owner said ...

Uttarakhand: CM Dhami pays tribute to Major Somnath Sharma in Haldwani

Haldwani (Dehradun) [India], March 29 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday paid tribute to the first recipient ...

US replaces Russia as EU's top oil supplier Eurostat

Crude exports to the bloc from Europe's largest country have plummeted due to Western sanctions, data showsThe US has become ...

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Security concerns behind proposed US ban of TikTok

WASHINGTON D.C.: US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said that lawmakers will move forward on legislation aimed at ...


In first, US tribal university to offer PhD degree

CROWNPOINT, New Mexico: Navajo Technical University, located on the largest Native American reservation in the US, has become the first ...


Seven dead, ten injured after chocolate factory explodes

WEST READING, Pennsylvania: An explosion occurred at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania, killing seven people and seeing ten staff members ...


US, Canada looks to close border roads to migrants

OTTAWA, Canada: US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have announced a plan to close a loophole ...


Migrants found in hot Texas freight train; two die, 10 hospitalized

UVLADE, Texas: Texas police stopped a Florida-bound freight train this week and discovered two migrants had died in a freight ...


Officials confirm 25 dead in Mississippi tornadoes, dozens injured

ROLLING FORK, Mississippi: A powerful tornado has struck Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, flattening entire blocks and ...


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Hyatt Regency New Orleans

Expectations were high for this top of the line Hyatt product in "The Big Easy". The taxi rolled up to the rear of the ...

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