US Fed To Meet Amid Weak Inflation
The US Federal Reserve was due to open a two-day monetary policy meeting on Tuesday but is widely expected to leave the key interest rate untouched after raising it twice so far this year. Markets...
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No-Show Inflation Poses Conundrum For US Fed
After tightening monetary policy last month for the second time this year, the US central bank is expected to pause for the next few months to monitor developments. The Federal Reserve will leave the...
Solar Eclipse Offers Millions A Chance At Citizen Science
Millions of people, from students to rocket scientists, are poised to contribute to a massive scientific effort to study the total solar eclipse that will sweep across the United States August 21....
‘High Demand’ As Nevada Becomes Latest US State To Legalize Marijuana
Long lines snaked out of marijuana dispensaries in Nevada on Saturday, as the western US state became the latest to legalize recreational pot. Nevada joins Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Alaska as...
War Vets, Inner City Youth Join To Trap Florida Pythons
US war veteran Chad Brown suffers from PTSD after serving in Iraq and Somalia, has been homeless and classified as mentally disabled, sold his blood for $20 a pop and tried to kill himself. Now he...
American Muslims Decry Trump Travel Ban
American Muslim leaders Friday decried Donald Trump's rhetoric towards their community and predicted the president's travel ban would eventually be proven unlawful, a day after a weakened version of...
Indian Teen Pirouettes From Mumbai Slum To US Ballet School
A teenager from a Mumbai slum is closer to fulfilling his dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer after being accepted into a prestigious school in New York. Amiruddin Shah, the 16-year-old...
Top US Court To Tackle Religion, Gay Rights In Wedding Cake Case
The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to review whether a Colorado baker discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to make their wedding cake on religious grounds. The high court took up the case...
Coleman, Gatlin Ease Into Final At US Athletics Trials
Rising star Christian Coleman eased into the final of the 100m at the US World Championship trials on Friday as hurdler Keni Harrison laid down a marker to her rivals with the fastest time of the...
Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-To-Coast
For the first time in almost a century the United States is preparing for a coast-to-coast solar eclipse, a rare celestial event millions of Americans, with caution, will be able to observe. During...
Man Held For Stealing Portland Attack Victim’s Wedding Ring
A homeless man was arrested on Friday on suspicion of stealing the wedding ring and backpack of one of two men fatally stabbed on a commuter train in Oregon last week. George Tschaggeny, 51, was...
US States, Cities and Firms Unite Behind Paris Accord
Democratic state governors, city mayors and powerful companies united Friday in defiance of President Donald Trump's pledge to take the United States out of the Paris climate accord, drawing up plans...
Portland Stabbing Suspect Yells Slogans At Court Hearing
A murder suspect accused of killing two men during an anti-Muslim rant against two girls on board a train in Oregon appeared in court, shouting slogans and defending his act as "patriotism." Jeremy...
Slayings of Men Defending Muslim, Black Teens ‘unacceptable’
President Donald Trump on Monday condemned as "unacceptable" the stabbing deaths of two men who defended two young women being targeted by a suspected white supremacist on a train in Oregon. "The...
Man Who Died Defending Muslim ‘a Hero’
The mother of a US man who died protecting two young women from anti-Muslim harassment has called him "a hero" who "will remain a hero" after his death. Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche was one of two...
Two Killed On Portland Train After ‘defending Muslims’
Two men have been stabbed to death after they tried to intervene when a man yelled racial slurs at two Muslim women on a light-rail train in Portland, Oregon, US police said. A third train passenger,...
Farah Romps Home At Prefontaine
Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah romped to victory in the 5,000m at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting here Saturday with the fastest time of the year. The British long distance king,...
‘Hate Speech’ Attack In US Leaves 2 Good Samaritans Dead
Police were searching for witnesses Saturday after two men were fatally stabbed on a train in Portland, Oregon when they tried to help two young women who were being harassed because they appeared to...
Centrowitz Dominates Farah In 1,500m At USATF Distance Classic
American Matthew Centrowitz, the 1,500 meter Olympic champion at the Rio Games, dominated Britain's Mo Farah, the undisputed king of the 5,000 and 10,000 metres, at the USATF Distance Classic meet in...
New York Luxury Loos Are A Hit After $254,000 Makeover
Classical music, framed watercolors and vases overflowing with fresh flowers -- welcome to New York's poshest public toilets refitted with a $254,000 upgrade, where tips are banned and the facilities...