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# us - Saturday 20 April, 2013
LIVE: Local TV covers the manhunt for the Boston Marathon suspect
Watch live coverage from the local ABC affiliate, WCVB, as it covers the manhunt for the ‘white hat’ bombing suspect.
# us - Friday 19 April, 2013
UPDATED: Massive manhunt underway for ‘dangerous’ second Boston bomber
‘Suspect one’ who has been identified as 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was shot dead by police during a shootout on Thursday night.
Authorities confirm 12 dead in Texas fertiliser plant blast
Police would not say how many people are still missing although one estimate says it may be as many as 60.
# us - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Obama tells Boston bombers: ‘We will find you’
No claim of responsibility and no arrests have been made in connection with the twin bombings, though investigators are focused on two suspects.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Thursday.
# us - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
US Senate says ‘No’ to expanded gun checks
The vote is a major blow to the Obama administration.
# us - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Rat-sized snails are taking over South Florida
The state authorities have warned that the giant snails are the most damaging in the world and can pose a serious risk to human health.
# us - Monday 15 April, 2013
Obama won’t take position on Kermit Gosnell trial while it’s ongoing
White House press secretary Jay Carney said that some of the details emerging from the trial of former Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell were “unsettling.”
# us - Sunday 14 April, 2013
US doubted non-political role of Irish president after Hillery election
The American embassy here also believed the politician was “not enthusiastic” about the job.
# us - Saturday 13 April, 2013
The US and China to set up joint cybersecurity working group
The announcement was made today by US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Kerry tells China’s Xi that Korea situation is at ‘critical time’
The US Secretary of State is meeting with Chinese President XI Jinping today in an effort to seek Beijing’s intervention in the Korean peninsula crisis.
# us - Friday 12 April, 2013
US doctor charged with killing seven babies
Kermit Gosnell, 72, is accused of killing seven babies and a 41-year-old woman in an unsanitary clinic called the Women’s Medical Society.
# us - Thursday 11 April, 2013
US Senate agrees to debate landmark gun law
The law contains an expansion of background checks for gun purchases at firearm shows and on the internet but not between relatives and friends.
Column: Will a policy of deterrence quell tensions on the Korean peninsula?
The problem with deterrence theory is that, at its root, it is based on threats which can lead states to the brink of war. North Korea’s behaviour should instead be viewed as an opportunity for engagement, writes Jason Douglas.
# us - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
Obama unveils $3.8 trillion budget, Republicans call it a ‘left wing wish list’
The budget blueprint will never become reality but marks White House’s entry into what is likely to be another intense showdown over spending cuts and taxes with Republicans in Washington.
# us - Monday 8 April, 2013
Nine killed after bomb hits Afghan bus
The bomb blast in which 22 people were also injured follows a NATO air strike on Saturday which killed 11 children.
# us - Sunday 7 April, 2013
US delays missile test to cool North Korea tensions
The United States has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test to avoid stoking tensions with North Korea as tensions increase in the region.
# us - Thursday 4 April, 2013
President Obama to give back $20,000 of his salary
Five per cent of his salary will be given to Treasury to act in solidarity with federal workers by sharing in the budget cuts pain.
North Korea deploys missiles, says ‘moment of explosion is approaching fast’
North Korea has moved missiles to its east coast that are capable of hitting targets in Guam, South Korea and Japan.
# us - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Question marks over conviction as man is released after 42 years in jail
Louis Taylor was convicted of lighting a fire in a US hotel in 1970 which killed 29 people. After 42 years of maintaining his innocence, he has been released.
Dow, S&P push to new record highs
The rise is returning the stock markets to levels not seen since before the global financial crisis.
# us - Saturday 30 March, 2013
New study finds no link between vaccines and autism
A US study tries to dispel parents’ fears about ‘too many vaccines’.
# us - Friday 29 March, 2013
North Korea readies rockets for strike on US and South Korea
Kim Jong-un says rocket forces are ready “to settle accounts with the US”, in retaliation for more joint military drills.
# us - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
US Supreme Court tackles law on benefits for same-sex marriage couples
83-year-old Edith Windsor was ordered to pay federal inheritance taxes of $363,000 following the 2009 death of Thea Spyer, her partner of more than 40 years.
# us - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
Obama names first female Secret Service chief
The White House announced the appointment of Julia Pierson, who has worked for the agency for 30 year, this afternoon.
‘Combat-ready’ North Korea threatens Hawaii, US mainland
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has launched a fresh threat to strike targets on the US mainland, Hawaii and Guam, as well as South Korea.
Brave nine-year-old girl climbs canyon to find help after crash
The young girl’s father died when the SUV he was driving overturned.
# us - Thursday 21 March, 2013
Six in 10 Americans support citizenship path for illegals
Almost two-thirds of Americans favour a path to citizenship, with conditions, for undocumented immigrants.
Column: Despite the Newtown massacre, America’s sickening gun culture lives on
After Newtown, Larry Donnelly was optimistic that the US might work towards stricter gun laws – but news that a ban on assault weapons has been removed from the legislation currently being considered has caused him to lose hope.
US Vice President Joe Biden to visit Ireland
The news follows talks in Washington yesterday between the US Vice President and Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
# us - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
# us - Sunday 17 March, 2013
Column: 10 ways my American English is fighting Hiberno English for survival
‘Craic’, ‘hoover’, ‘press’ – just some unique words Irish people have made their own. But if you are not a native to Ireland do these words make any sense and would you use them? Larry Donnelly compares his American English to Hiberno English in a word-off.
US navy is working on a drone ship
Drones will no longer operate only in the skies – this one will be used to track submarines.
# us - Monday 11 March, 2013
Hungary: Constitutional changes limit powers of top court and president
The fourth change to the country’s constitution since Viktor Orban took power three years ago will also define family as ‘marriage between man and woman’.
# us - Sunday 10 March, 2013
Meet the saint who is becoming patron of US underworld
The origins of the skeletal La Santa Muerte are unclear but she is being invoked by everyone from an actor who landed a role in Breaking Bad to drug runners to spouses seeking help with cheating partners.
# us - Friday 8 March, 2013
Bin Laden son in law pleads not guilty to terror
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, allegedly a senior propagandist in the Al-Qaeda network, is accused of conspiring “to kill nationals of the United States.”
# us - Friday 1 March, 2013
United States braced for swingeing sequester of €85bn budget cuts
Analysts say that the cuts, due to come into force overnight, will take a number of months to take effect and will see growth fall by as much as 0.7 per cent.
# us - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
NYC marks 20th anniversary of first World Trade bombing
A ceremony was held to honour the six people who died 20 years ago in the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
US teen pleads guilty to killing three at school
TJ Lane, 18, had previously pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but changed his plea a day before the one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting.
# us - Saturday 23 February, 2013
VIDEO: Michelle Obama struts her stuff on US TV
America’s First Lady educated us all as to the evolution of ‘Mom Dancing’. We’re glad she did.
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