The leaders from 11 tribes walked out of a meeting in Rapid City on May 16, and called on US President Barack Obama to engage in direct negotiations with them over the Keystone XL pipeline. “I will only meet with President Obama,” Bryan Brewer, the president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, said. He added that talking directly with the US president was the only true way to conduct nation-to-nation talks. The 1,897-kilometer … [Read more...]

Reports say more than ten people were seriously injured, and were taken to hospital after the crash, which took place during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in the town of Damascus in northern Virginia at 14:30 local time (1830 GMT) on Saturday. Over a dozen other people were also taken to hospital by ambulance. The status of the driver, who was described by witnesses as an elderly man, was not released by the … [Read more...]

“We're losing the confidence of the women [soldiers] who serve that we can solve this problem,” Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey said on Thursday, adding, “That's a crisis.” The warning came hours before US President Barack Obama met with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Dempsey and other military leaders at the White House in an attempt to discuss sexual assaults that the Army had apparently failed to … [Read more...]

On Friday, prosecutors said that the 19-year-old alleged suspect would not be indicted within the 30-day period prescribed under the US Federal Speedy Trial Act. Sunday will be the 30th day since Tsarnaev was captured following the April 15 Boston bomb attacks. Dzhokhar and his older brother Tamerlan are accused of carrying out the bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured more than 260 … [Read more...]

The US Department of Labor issued a statement on Thursday saying that applications for state unemployment benefits last week increased by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000 claims-- the highest since late March. The four-week average for new claims also rose by 1,250, the department added. Nearly six million Americans are currently receiving jobless benefits. However, the actual figure would have been much higher if state … [Read more...]

The US Department of Labor issued a statement on Thursday saying that applications for state unemployment benefits last week increased by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000 claims-- the highest since late March. The four-week average for new claims also rose by 1,250, the department added. Nearly six million Americans are currently receiving jobless benefits. However, the actual figure would have been much higher if state … [Read more...]

The US Department of Labor issued a statement on Thursday saying that applications for state unemployment benefits last week increased by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000 claims-- the highest since late March. The four-week average for new claims also rose by 1,250, the department added. Nearly six million Americans are currently receiving jobless benefits. However, the actual figure would have been much higher if state … [Read more...]

The US Department of Labor issued a statement on Thursday saying that applications for state unemployment benefits last week increased by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000 claims-- the highest since late March. The four-week average for new claims also rose by 1,250, the department added. Nearly six million Americans are currently receiving jobless benefits. However, the actual figure would have been much higher if state … [Read more...]

The US Department of Labor issued a statement on Thursday saying that applications for state unemployment benefits last week increased by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000 claims-- the highest since late March. The four-week average for new claims also rose by 1,250, the department added. Nearly six million Americans are currently receiving jobless benefits. However, the actual figure would have been much higher if state … [Read more...]

The US Department of Labor issued a statement on Thursday saying that applications for state unemployment benefits last week increased by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000 claims-- the highest since late March. The four-week average for new claims also rose by 1,250, the department added. Nearly six million Americans are currently receiving jobless benefits. However, the actual figure would have been much higher if state … [Read more...]