A gunman shot and killed seven people Sunday, including an 11 year-old girl, before he was cornered by police and shot dead, local media in the US state of Ohio report.

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Policymakers from across the world engaged themselves in emergency huddles today to discuss the twin-trouble of an unprecedented downgrade in the US' credit-worthiness and the debt crisis in Eurozone.

President Barack Obama's former economic advisor today warned of a new recession plaguing the American economy, even as he attacked the S&P's track record, which has downgraded country's credit ratin

Nearly 70 Indian students of University of Northern Virginia on Friday met Indian Embassy officials here and sought help in continuing their studies in the United States.

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It’s said that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Now, scientists have confirmed it after finding that people rate their partners more attractive than strangers do.

The US space agency on Friday launched an unmanned spacecraft Juno on a five-year journey toward Jupiter for clues on how the gas giant and other planets in our solar system were formed.

Scientists have found evidence of flowing salt water on steep Martian slopes, which if confirmed would be the first discovery of active liquid water on the red planet, Nasa said Thursday.

In an unprecedented move, Standard & Poor's downgraded the US government’s 'AAA' sovereign credit rating - a development which raises concerns that investors will lose confidence in its economy.

The US has a contingency plan to “snatch-and-grab” Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, if and when the President believes they are threat to either America or its interests, a media report has said, amid strains in bilateral ties.

Believe it or not, one in seven Americans - 15 per cent of the country - now need government-provided food stamps simply to survive, according to latest government figures.

Nearly 46 million America