Police in Illinois arrested a teenager from Palatine over an alleged plot to attack an Aurora Hindu temple, the temple that Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi attends. A co-worker told police the suspect spoke of wanting to kill Indian people. The arrest came amid a tracked rise in incidents at US Hindu sites.
Read more →A 16-year-old forced entry at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon on Oct 15 and killed three children and a teacher before an armed bystander shot him. Two others were critically injured. Bend schools closed the next day.
Read more →Two Indian American members of Congress will not seek reelection in 2026, trimming the informal Samosa Caucus. Coverage tied the departures to debate over the members' positions. Indian American candidates are running in several midterm races.
Read more →Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Jamnagar in Gujarat, home to Reliance's refinery complex. The State Department has not given a reason.
Read more →A federal commercial license crackdown is affecting thousands of Indian-origin truck drivers, community groups told Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, India West reported on Oct 12.
Read more →President Trump said on Oct 15 the government will not livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, reversing the plan after bipartisan pushback.
Read more →White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia did not pass the California bar exam, despite being described as an attorney. A watchdog group asked the state bar to investigate.
Read more →Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary after five days in the job. CNN, citing advisers, reported that Trump fired her; the White House described her as transitioning out. Earlier on Oct 16 Trump had said she should reconsider the role, after reports that she never passed the California bar.
Read more →The Wall Street Journal reported that a federal investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar is aimed at building a case to revoke her citizenship. Agents seized items including her passport from her Washington home on Oct 12.
Read more →Los Angeles Councilmember Nithya Raman called for the removal of the LAPD chief, putting her at odds with Mayor Karen Bass.
Read more →Vivek Ramaswamy criticized Democratic opponent Amy Acton for declining to debate him in the Ohio governor's race.
Read more →Tesla showed a second-generation Roadster prototype at a SpaceX site in Texas on Oct 15 using cold-gas thrusters for jumps and flips. Tesla claimed 0 to 60 mph in under one second; the figures are demonstration claims, and production is targeted for 2028.
Read more →Ukraine said it would resume strikes on Russian oil refineries unless Russia stopped hitting its energy grid, after a short pause tied to a US-announced energy ceasefire that neither side confirmed. Zelensky set the condition publicly.
Read more →World Bank President Ajay Banga will center the annual meetings plenary on youth employment and private investment.
Read more →Ukrainian officials said the US ordered temporary speed limits on the military Starshield satellite service in mid-October, disrupting some drone operations before partial restoration. Elon Musk said the systems are under US government control.
Read more →Meta published open weights for Muse Spark Open on Oct 16: 816B total and 42B active parameters, a 1M token context window, built for coding. Meta calls it the most capable US open-weight model to date; some coverage says it trails leading Chinese models at coding.
Read more →A container ship sank near the Strait of Hormuz on Oct 14 after being hit by a projectile, and its crew was evacuated, Reuters reported. The UN is urging the US and Iran to agree on safe passage for fertilizer shipments.
Read more →The World Food Programme said fighting between Houthi and Saudi-backed forces has cut about 800,000 people off from aid, with Taiz encircled.
Read more →A former Ukrainian special forces captain went on trial in Germany on Oct 14, accused of leading the 2022 plot to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines.
Read more →PM Modi inaugurated five infrastructure projects in Ladakh worth about 3,350 crore rupees on Oct 15, covering connectivity and local infrastructure.
Read more →The Supreme Court on Oct 15 issued notice to Rahul Gandhi and the Congress over the INDIA bloc's march to the court in the voter-roll revision dispute, and sought responses from the Election Commission.
Read more →Prime Minister Modi met Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and Foreign Minister Anita Anand this week, with both sides pressing for concrete outcomes as trade talks restart.
Read more →Elon Musk renewed his public dispute with Mukesh Ambani, citing reports on Reliance funding of the BJP.
Read more →Violinist and vocalist Rini Raghavan, trained in Chennai and at Berklee, blends Carnatic and Western lines on her new work. She carries a diaspora audience across both traditions.
Read more →The trailer for Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana introduced Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama and Yash as Ravana.
Read more →Violinist and vocalist Rini Raghavan, trained in Chennai and at Berklee, blends Carnatic and Western lines on her new work. She carries a diaspora audience across both traditions.
Read more →Songs from the film Dhurandhar have been submitted in several Grammy categories.
Read more →California's wine industry is targeting India for growth as domestic sales decline.
Read more →Hema Malini staged a Durga dance ballet for Navratri.
Read more →Euphoria frontman Palash Sen said Bryan Adams made the band's US festival appearance memorable.
Read more →Author Priya Mani released a cookbook built around spices from around the world.
Read more →Rep. Suhas Subramanyam described his own experience of bias at the CoHNA Hindu Youth Conference.
Read more →Researchers reported a roughly 75,000-year-old Neanderthal from Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan with a shoulder-blade wound consistent with a wooden spear. The same individual had an older healed injury.
Read more →Vijay Patil was elected chairman of the Peace Center in Los Angeles.
Read more →International timekeepers voted to abolish the leap second, used 27 times since 1972, with coverage citing a target around 2027.
Read more →The trailer for Doosra links Sourav Ganguly's 2002 NatWest final moment to a young girl's cricket journey.
Read more →Porsche revealed the Mission S, a combustion supercar concept that previews its next design direction, on Oct 15, the same day Tesla showed its thruster-equipped Roadster.
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