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California Gurdwara shooting: Police arrest 17 men with machine gun, AK-47 in possession

Washington, Apr 18 (PTI) Police in California have arrested 17 people in connection with a series of shootings in Gurdwaras in Stockton, Sacramento and other locations and seized weapons such as AK-47, handguns, and at least one machine gun in a series of raids carried out over 20 places, the State Attorney General said Monday.

Interview: U.S. ending COVID-19 emergency hits hard poor population, says expert

LOS ANGELES, April 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bill on Monday terminating the country's COVID-19 national emergency, a month earlier than the administration had planned. A leading epidemiologist said the decision adds burdens to the financially-challenged population in the United States.

The new bill immediately ended the U.S. national emergency over COVID-19 enacted during the previous administration and continued through the Biden administration.

Boeing announces first quarter deliveries

SAN FRANCISCO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Boeing Company on Tuesday announced major program deliveries across its commercial and defense operations for the first quarter of 2023.

In commercial airplane programs, Boeing delivered 130 aircraft in the quarter.

In its defense, space and security programs, 39 aircraft and 3 satellites were delivered in the first quarter.

U.S. launches new program to boost coronavirus vaccines, therapies development

LOS ANGELES, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government is launching a program of 5 billion-plus U.S. dollars to accelerate the development of new coronavirus vaccines and treatments, to better guard against current and future COVID variants.

The program, called "Project Next Gen," would allow the government to partner with private-sector companies to expedite the development of vaccines and therapies.

Largest U.S. gateway for maritime trade effectively shut down due to worker shortages

LOS ANGELES, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The largest U.S. maritime trade gateway was effectively shut down on Friday due to a shortage of West Coast port workers as negotiations for a new contract continued between the dockworker union and maritime shippers, sparking concerns about global supply chain disruption.

Taiwan leader, US Speaker McCarthy meet in California despite Chinese warnings

LOS ANGELES, April 5 (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, becoming the most senior U.S. figure to meet a Taiwanese leader on U.S. soil since 1979 despite threats of retaliation from China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own.

McCarthy, a Republican who through his House position is number three in the U.S. leadership hierarchy, welcomed Tsai on Wednesday morning at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, near Los Angeles.

USA: Twitter pulls check mark from main New York Times account

Twitter has removed the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times, one of CEO Elon Musk’s most despised news organizations.

The removal comes as many of Twitter’s high-profile users are bracing for the loss of the blue check marks that helped verify their identity and distinguish them from impostors on the social media platform.

USA: Looming spring storm to spawn blizzards, ice, tornadoes across central U.S.

March 31 (Reuters) - An immense spring storm emerging from the Western U.S. was expected to form a 1,000-mile (1609 km) front of extreme weather from the Great Lakes to Texas on Friday, spawning blizzards, freezing rain, tornadoes and torrential showers, forecasters said.

Widespread, severe thunderstorms were forecast for Friday afternoon into early Saturday across portions of the middle Mississippi Valley and eastward to the lower Ohio and Tennessee valleys, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

The chance of tornadoes posed the most noteworthy threat.

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