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Texas police arrest man with guns in hotel set to fete New Year's

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Police in Houston, Texas said Sunday they had arrested a belligerent man in possession of a number of guns at a high-rise hotel where a major New Year's celebration is planned. The arrest, coming as cities across the country and around the world were preparing New Year's Eve celebrations, sparked fears of a repeat of the Oct. 31 mass shootingRead more

58 killed at Las Vegas concert in deadliest US shooting

Las Vegas - Muslimchronicle

At least 58 people were killed and 500 injured when a heavily armed "lone wolf" gunman opened fire from a 32-floor hotel room on an open-air concert on the Las Vegas Strip in the deadliest mass shooting in US history. The Islamic State group claimed the 64-year-old Nevada man behind the Sunday night massacre, Stephen Craig Paddock, was one ofRead more

58 dead, 500 hurt in Las Vegas shooting as ISIS claims attack

Nevada - Muslimchronicle

A gunman has killed at least 58 people and wounded more than 500 at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, shooting down from the 32nd floor of a hotel, where he was shot dead by police. ISIS claimed the Las Vegas attack and said the shooter converted to Islam months ago, but provided no evidenceRead more

O.J. Simpson freed from jail on parole

Los Angeles - Muslimchronicle

Disgraced American football star O.J. Simpson, whose racially charged 1995 murder trial riveted the nation, was released from jail on parole early Sunday after nine years behind bars for armed robbery. Simpson, 70, left the Lovelock Correctional Center in the western state of Nevada just after midnight local time, prison spokesperson Brooke Keast said. "I don't know where he wasRead more

Woman dies of infection resistant to all 26 available antibiotics

MIAMI - ArabToday

A US woman has died from an infection that was resistant to all 26 available antibiotics, health officials said this week, raising new concerns about the rise of dangerous superbugs. The woman, who was in her 70s, died in Nevada in September, and had recently been hospitalised in India with fractured leg bones, the US Centers for Disease Control andRead more

Snow, rain pummel parts of California, Nevada and Oregon

California - Arab Today

Heavy rain and snowfall hit parts of California, Nevada and Oregon early on Wednesday, causing roads to be closed, schools to cancel classes and widespread flooding along already swollen waterways. A National Weather Service blizzard warning remained in effect until late on Wednesday morning for ski resort towns in the greater Lake Tahoe area, including Truckee and South Lake Tahoe,Read more

Winter storm causes massive flooding in California, Nevada

LOS ANGELES - Xinhua

A massive winter storm front swooping down on the western part of the United States has killed two people in California and caused severe flooding in northern Nevada, where more than 1,000 residents were evacuated. The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) Monday evening called the storm "once-in-a-decade," noting it had issued flash-flood warnings for northern and central California, western NevadaRead more

Triple quakes hit western US on the Richter scale early Wednesday

San Francisco - XINHUA

Three earthquakes measuring 5.7, 5.7 and 5.5 on the Richter scale early Wednesday morning hit an area close to the state border between Nevada and California in the western United States. The United States Geological Survey said the first two tremors took place four minutes apart at 12:18 a.m. and 12:22 a.m. local time (0818 and 0822 UTC) about 28Read more

Trump storms to victory in Nevada Republican caucuses

Las Vegas - Arab Today

Donald Trump won the Nevada Republican caucuses by a huge margin, chalking up his third straight triumph in the party's presidential nominating process and building momentum ahead of a critical multi-state vote next week. With about 90 percent of the votes counted, US media gave Trump about 46 percent, with senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of TexasRead more