Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years for US Capitol attack

09/06/2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating his far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to stop the transfer of…

US Open: Zhang makes history in booting out Ruud  

08/31/2023

NEW YORK—Zhang Zhizhen sent fifth seed Casper Ruud crashing out of the US Open on Wednesday, creating tennis history by becoming the first man from China to beat a top-five player. The 26-year-old from Shanghai — ranked 67th in…

FIBA World Cup is set to begin, and the U.S. isn’t worrying about pressure

08/25/2023

MANILA, Philippines— The Naismith Trophy is part of the prize package for winners of the FIBA World Cup. It made a whirlwind tour over the last few weeks, including a stop in Las Vegas, where U.S. guard…

Trump’s mug shot released after being arrested on election charges

08/25/2023

ATLANTA—Donald Trump’s mug shot was released on Thursday evening after he was booked at an Atlanta jail on more than a dozen felony charges as part of a wide-ranging criminal case stemming from the former U.S. president’s…

US approves sending F-16 jets to Ukraine

08/18/2023

WASHINGTON — The United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands to defend against Russian invaders as soon as pilot training is completed, a US official said Thursday. Ukraine has…

Hawaii fire death toll hits 99, may double, warns governor

Agence France Presse 08/15/2023

The death toll in Hawaii’s wildfires rose to 99 and could double over the next 10 days, the state’s governor said Monday, as emergency personnel painstakingly scoured the incinerated landscape for more human remains. Last week’s inferno…

Maui wildfires death toll reaches 53

08/11/2023

KAHULUI, Hawaii—The death toll from Maui’s wildfires rose to 53 on Thursday as the fast-moving conflagration that turned the resort town of Lahaina into smoldering ruins was 80-percent contained, officials said. The island that forms part of…

Maui wildfires kill six as ‘apocalypse’ strikes Hawaiian paradise

08/10/2023

KAHULUI, Hawaii—Wildfires fanned by winds of a distant hurricane killed at least six people and devastated much of the resort city Lahaina on Hawaii’s Maui island on Wednesday, forcing thousands to evacuate as some fled into the ocean to…

Demecillo falters in US boxing debut, loses by decision to American boxer Crowder

Glendale G. Rosal 08/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Kenny “Big Heart” Demecillo faltered in his debut fight in the United States after losing to hometown boxer Dominique Crowder on Saturday, August 5 (Aug. 6 Manila Time), at the Physical Education Complex…

Trump indicted over efforts to overturn 2020 election

Agence France Presse 08/02/2023

Washington, US—Donald Trump was indicted on Tuesday over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election — the most serious legal threat yet to the former president as he campaigns to return to the White House.…

Angus Cloud, ‘Euphoria’ actor,  dies aged 25

08/01/2023

Los Angeles, United States—Angus Cloud, the 25-year-old co-star of hit HBO drama “Euphoria,” died on Monday, his family said. No cause of death was given for the actor, who portrayed laconic drug dealer Fezco “Fez” O’Neill in the multiple…

‘Oppressive’ heat wave scorches US west and south

07/17/2023

Swaths of the United States home to more than 80 million people were under heat warnings or advisories Sunday, as relentless, record-breaking temperatures continued to bake western and southern states. The National Weather Service (NWS) warned of…

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