Superstorm Sandy tops 2012 insurance claims

Last Updated: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 19:27

Natural disasters cost insurers USD 65 billion last year, with the United States accounting for nine-tenths of the bill and Superstorm Sandy prompting payouts of USD 25 billion, a leading insurance company said.

Sandy Hook kids face 1st classes since shooting

Last Updated: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 16:17

With their original school still being treated as a crime scene, the students will begin attending classes at a refurbished school in the neighbouring town of Monroe today.

Billy Crystal screens new film for hometown Sandy victims

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 09:57

Actor Billy Crystal has hosted a special screening of his new family comedy `Parental Guidance` in his New York hometown because he wanted to help get the area back up on its feet in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy.

Two firefighters shot dead in US

Last Updated: Monday, December 24, 2012, 21:23

Firefighters, who were responding to a blaze in a house in western New York Monday, have been shot at by an unidentified person.

British teenager `planned` Sandy Hook-style massacre

Last Updated: Monday, December 24, 2012, 19:11

A 16-year-old British boy who has been arrested on terror charges might have been planning to carry out a Sandy Hook-style massacre in Britain.

US remembers victims of school massacre, debate over guns continue

Last Updated: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 09:49

The nation remembered the victims of the deadly school shooting last week at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 26 people including 20 children.

Massacre triggers modest change in US gun control views

Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 15:19

The US public`s attitude toward gun control has shown only modest change in the wake of a recent shooting rampage at an elementary school in a small town in Connecticut.

Jolted into action, US takes first steps on gun control

Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 11:53

US Vice President Joe Biden held the first meeting of his task force to formulate concrete proposals on gun control.

`Barack Obama approval at three-year high`

Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 07:58

US President Barack Obama`s approval rating post-election has soared to 56 percent, according to the latest Gallup poll.

Kristen Stewart to auction dress for Sandy victims

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 09:22

Kristen Stewart is putting up a designer dress, the one she wore to the Los Angeles premiere of ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’ on auction. The proceeds will aid relief efforts for victims of superstorm Sandy.

Two adults survived US school shooting

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 18:44

Police said Monday that two adults - not one as originally reported - survived the shooting that left 26 people dead at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

US failing to keep children safe: Barack Obama

Last Updated: Monday, December 17, 2012, 08:31

US President Barack Obama was in Newtown to share the grief of the parents who lost their children in a mindless slaughter of 20 young schoolchildren on Friday.