
Do black lives matter, asked horrified Americans as a video showing a white cop in South Carolina shooting a black person running away from him eight times, sparked outrage and fears of another Ferguson. ...

Looking back at the untimely death of a promising young man by his father...
The sex drive among Canada's teenagers -- whether owing to excessive smartphone use or other stress-inducing factors -- has taken a substantial dip as they are waiting longer for first sexual experience compared to their peers a decade ago....

US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu member of the US House of Representatives, is scheduled to marry cinematographer Abraham Williams in a Vedic ceremony on Thursday....
Angry people with access to guns could be potentially dangerous, but a study says that every ninth adult in the US has a history of impulsive, angry behaviour and yet has access to guns. ...

Alchemy, an American movie studio, has acquired all North American rights to a new true-life romantic comedy “Meet the Patels†from an Indian-American brother-sister team in the US....

The man who recorded the video of a white police officer shooting black man Walter Scott in the US state of South Carolina said the officer had the situation under control when he opened fire, Efe news agency reported. ...

Angry protests swept the US as a horrifying video showing a white police officer shooting eight times a black person running away from him led to the officer being charged with murder and fired. ...
A federal jury on Wednesday found 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a Kyrgyzstan-born US citizen, guilty of all 30 counts related to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing attacks, which killed three people and maimed 264 others....
Speaking at a news conference that was constantly interrupted by protesters, North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey called the shooting a tragedy for both families, the white officer's and the black man's, Xinhua reported....