WASHINGTON (AA) – At least 202 people are confirmed dead from Hurricane Helene, according to a report on Thursday. NBC News said fatalities include at least 98 deaths in the state of North Carolina, 19 in Florida, 33 in Georgia, 39 in South Carolina, 11 in Tennessee and two in Virginia. Hundreds are still missing […]
HOUSTON, US (AA) – The death toll stood at 93 Sunday night in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which tore a path of destruction through the southeastern US, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Coast. That number could climb higher in the coming days, as hundreds of missing persons reports have been filed […]
In Georgia, Ruwa Romman, the first Muslim woman elected to the state legislature, is highlighting a surge of transformative political “firsts” in the US. As discontent grows over the government’s stance on Israel’s war in Gaza, Muslim Americans, through movements like National Undecideds and AbandonBiden, are mobilizing to make the...
Washington, United States AFP A 14-year-old boy has been charged with shooting four people dead at a US high school, authorities said Thursday, adding that their investigation into the country’s latest outburst of gun violence is ongoing. The teen faces four felony murder counts after allegedly killing two fellow pupils, also aged 14, as...
Washington, United States- AFP Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday the perpetrator of a high school shooting in Georgia that killed at least four people was a “sick and deranged monster.” “Our hearts are with the victims and loved ones of those affected by the tragic event in Winder, GA,” th...
Winder, United States – AFP A 14-year-old boy killed four people, including two students, and wounded nine more when he opened fire at a high school in the US state of Georgia on Wednesday, law enforcement said. The suspected shooter — also a student at the school — had been brought to the FBI’s attention […]
With the US presidential election just around the corner, all eyes are on seven pivotal swing states: Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia. These battlegrounds, each with a mix of electoral votes, are expected to play a crucial role in determining whether Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Tr...
Vice President Kamala Harris has overtaken Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in seven crucial battleground states. This is just a week after her becoming the likely Democratic nominee. According to a recent Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll, Harris and Trump are in a tight race nationwide. Harris is at 48% and Trump at 47%, wi...
The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has condemned the alleged harassment of two Muslim women in downtown Alpharetta. The women, wearing hijabs, were peacefully protesting with a Palestinian flag when a middle-aged man began verbally abusing them with Islamophobic and racist remarks. A video shows the man mak...
