"We have received reports of 'white stuff' on vehicles. The ash is more than likely from the Volcano Shiveluch," Washington state's Walla Walla County Emergency officials said in a statement, CNN reported....
The White House released its first National Security Strategy since 2010 with President Barack Obama saying as part of its rebalance to Asia and the Pacific, the US was "primed to unlock the potential of its relationship with India." ...
Washington, Feb 7 : Russian aggression in Eastern Ukraine, terrorists and hackers are among threats cited in the new national security strategy document released by the White House....
Canada's Supreme Court Friday struck down a ban on doctor-assisted suicide for mentally competent patients suffering from an incurable disease, Xinhua news agency reported....

Maddi Petersen, a 16 year old junior in High School in Cartersville near Carbondale, never met Pravin Varughese. But the mystery surrounding his death attracted her and she decided to do a research on the subject for her English class, which resulted in a detailed report. ...

Forget the five-million plus commuters and untold number of rats, the New York City subway system is harbouring drug-resistant bacteria, a team of high school students here has discovered....
The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA), one of the oldest and the largest organisations of the Indian Diaspora celebrated India's 66th Republic Day in grandeur with its annual show "Dance Pe Chance."...

Aditya Tomar, 41, of Danbury, Connecticut, was one of the six people killed in the Metro North train accident in Valhalla on February 3. He was a vice president at JP Morgan Chase & Co in New York....

Veteran journalist Brian Williams, the popular host of NBC's nightly prime time newscast, has apologised after admitting that he made up the story he told about travelling in a helicopter that was attacked during the 2003 Iraq invasion....
An Indian-origin former financial planner has been charged with 32 counts of Securities Act violations in Canada for advising clients to invest in a $110-million fraudulent scheme operated by a former Vancouver notary, a media report said Thursday. ...