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Indian-American Boy, 16, Jumps Off Golden Gate Bridge In US, Dies

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Indian-American Boy, 16, Jumps Off Golden Gate Bridge In US, Dies

[ad_1] The 16-year-old boy's bicycle, phone and bag were found on the bridge. (Representational)San Francisco, US: An Indian American teenager is believed to have jumped off the famous Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and died, according to his parents and officials of the US Coastal Guards.The 16-year-old boy's bicycle, phone and bag were found on the bridge. The twelfth grader is believed to have jumped off the bridge at around 4.58 pm, they said.The coastal guards said they immediately carried out a two-hour search and rescue operation after they confirmed they saw "a human" jumping from the bridge.They said there is little reason to believe that the boy is alive.Community leader Ajay Jain Bhutoria said this is fourth incident involving an Indian American jumping off the Golden Bri...

US Military Successfully Tests Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

[ad_1] US missile test: An unarmed Minuteman III ICBM missile being launched in California.Washington: The US military tested an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, the second in less than a month after a previous launch was delayed twice.Washington announced the test in advance, an unusual move apparently aimed at heading off an escalation of tensions with Russia that are already heightened due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine."Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with three test re-entry vehicles" early on September 7 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the US Air Force said in a statement.In a conflict, the re-entry vehicles would be armed with nuclear warheads."This tes...

Joe Biden To Give Prime-Time Warning On US Democracy

[ad_1] Joe Biden heads first to the city of Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday. (File)Washington: President Joe Biden will sound the alarm on threats to US democracy in a rare prime-time address to the nation in the key swing state of Pennsylvania Thursday as his party fights to hold on to Congress in the midterm elections.The Keystone State -- which will host Biden three times in the coming days, including on Tuesday -- is one of the most hotly contested battlegrounds on the midterm map.But Republican strategists worry that controversial candidates backed by former president Donald Trump are muddying their path to victory.The Democratic leader will echo his 2020 campaign theme about the battle for the "soul of nation" in historic Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence and US Constitut...