Sources: AP via Salon
The wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, United States, are ranked as the fifth deadliest wildfire in American history. 2023-08-14
At least 14 people are injured in a mass shooting in Austin, Texas, United States. A suspect has been arrested while police are still looking for another. 2021-06-12
The U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana, in a 2-1 decision, upholds a lower court’s injunction that blocks implementation of an Executive order to shield from deportation millions of undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as children. The White House is considering an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. 2015-11-9
A heat wave settles over the United States with at least one death reported. 2013-07-17
Chuck Hagel is sworn in as United States Secretary of Defense, replacing Leon Panetta. 2013-02-27
Values in the United States housing market decline by 1.1% for March and 3% in the March quarter, the heaviest fall since late 2008, with values falling for 57 months in a row since the United States housing bubble burst in 2007. 2011-05-9
Argentina lodges an official complaint against the United States after America's landing of a military plane loaded with undeclared "sensitive material", including guns, drugs and satellite phones, leading the Argentinian government to express concerns that the U.S. was attempting to sneak its cargo into the country. 2011-02-15
Officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan are to meet in Washington, D.C., to discuss North Korea. 2010-11-30
Syrian President Bashar Assad hosts Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah and Iranian leader Ahmadinajad in Damascus where they condemn the United States and Israel 2010-02-26
The Chinese government denies state involvement in the cyber attacks on Google, while the state-run "China Daily" newspaper accuses the United States of hypocrisy. 2010-01-24