New York : Peace group protestors and members of Occupy Wall Street stage. The ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests are gaining momentum and have spread to more than a dozen cities across the US. The protesters have come under attack by politicians, with NY mayor Michael Bloomberg claiming they are trying to destroy people’s jobs. Helicopters and heavy police presence have been brought to keep the... 

State Senators argue that Free Speech is a privilege, not a right. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution clearly states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. However,... 

'Occupy Wall Street' (OWS) demonstrations Many major US unions express support for the countrywide protests at the dire economic situation, which have been raging on under the banner ‘Occupy Wall Street’ (OWS). The Transit Workers Union (TWU) said that all its 38,000 members had voted unanimously to support and join the OWS demonstrators, British newspaper The Guardian reported... 

Protests against Wall Street spread beyond America on Monday as demonstrators marched on Federal Reserve banks and camped out in parks from Los Angeles to Portland, Maine and planned protests around the world in a show of anger over the wobbly economy and what they see as corporate greed. In Manhattan, hundreds of protesters dressed as corporate zombies in white face paint lurched past the New York... 

Zuccotti Park is a block away from the New York Stock Exchange a usually quiet location, however for the past week it has transformed into the headquarters of “Occupy Wall Street”, the site of demonstrations calling on the US government to break its close ties with big banks and corporations. The Protests have turned into what can be best described as anti-capitalist demonstrations attracting... 

Ivar Giaever The global warming theory left him out in the cold. Dr. Ivar Giaever, a former professor with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the 1973 winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday, Sept. 13, from the premier physics society in disgust over its officially stated policy that “global warming is occurring.” The official position of the American... 

As terrorists struck New York on September 11th, the United States vowed to fight back and protect their country, their people and their freedom. But 10 years on, it seems that freedom is just an illusion, and the US is becoming an Orwellian state. When George W Bush spoke about the necessity of “protecting the homeland of our country”, he probably thought that the homeland was literally just... 

Eight of the largest metropolitan regions in America have seen a decline in the percentage of white inhabitants over the last decade, signaling a majority of minorities in some of the USA’s biggest hubs, including New York and DC. New census data analyzed by the Washington Post reveal that non-Hispanic whites are now a minority in 22 of the 100 biggest urban areas in America. While metropolises... 

A car is seen in a sink hole after rains from Hurricane Irene washed out a section of a road in New Jersey. Hurricane Irene has caused more than USD 10 billion in damages to the United States after it swept the east coast with heavy winds and flooding, a leading risk-assessment firm says. Eqecat, a risk assessment company, has estimated that over 40 million people living on US east coast were hit with... 

While many Anabaptist groups struggle to grow, the Amish continue their steady rise in numbers, bolstered by new settlements beyond traditional population centers. From 2009 to 2011, the Amish population increased by about 10 percent, to 261,150, according to a new study. For years, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana have been home to almost two-thirds of the Amish. But the number of Amish in other states... 

Newly hired workers, wearing yellow jerseys, were trained at Spellman High Voltage's second manufacturing plant, which makes X-ray components in Matamoros, Mexico. When the latest bloody headlines from the drug war in Mexico reach headquarters in New York, Ken Chandler, the manager of an American electronics manufacturing plant here, jumps on the phone. He is not begging to come home. He is begging... 

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is set to receive a $250,000 ‘golden parachute’ severance payment and American taxpayers will help fund it. The former International Monetary Fund chief, who quit after being charged with sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid, is also due to be handed a pension. U.S. Congressmen reacted angrily to the deal but conceded they are almost powerless to stop it from... 

The former world finance chief accused of rape believed he was the target of a plot organised by Russian PM Vladimir Putin, it was claimed yesterday. A colleague said Dominique Strauss-Kahn told him the Russians wanted him fired as boss of the International Monetary Fund. And the 62-year-old Frenchman, facing charges of trying to rape a hotel maid in New York, accused France and Russia of hatching... 

Two defectors from Iran’s intelligence service have testified that Iranian officials knew in advance about the attacks of September 11, 2001, says a US court filing that seeks damages for Iran’s ”direct support for, and sponsorship of, the most deadly act of terrorism in American history”. One of the defectors also claimed that Iran was involved in designing the attacks, the... 

Dominique Strauss-Kahn was pulled off an Air France flight by the NYPD. The head of the IMF has been charged with a criminal sexual act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment, following allegations made by a hotel maid in New York. Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken into custody at JFK airport after being pulled from the first-class cabin of a flight to Paris just minutes before take-off. The 62-year-old...