United States

1.214 people have been killed in the first weeks of 2023, including 120 children, and 39 mass shootings occurred; the Gun Violence Archive, a not-for-profit research group, warns the figure will increase to thousands for the ready availability of weapons

Former President Donald Trump will be allowed to return to Facebook and Instagram more than two years after he was banned for inciting violence when his supporters stormed the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021

Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday

The storm that swept across the US over the holiday weekend has killed at least 60 people in eight states: an arctic air blanket covered a number of States in one of the coldest Decembers in decades, paralyzing air and ground circulation and cutting power

U.S. border officials have stopped migrants 2,38 million times in the fiscal year that ended on 30 September, +37% on previuos year; the annual total surpassed 2 million for the first time in August and is more than twice the highest level in 2019

Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, in Hawaii, has erupted for the first time in 38 years and the alert level has been upgraded from an "advisory" to a "warning" - the highest classification

A snowstorm media called ‘historic’ has hit western New York state yesterday leaving more than 2m of snow in some places; roads have been closed and flights cancelled the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday

After Democrats averted worst-case-scenario congressional losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections, President Joe Biden announced that he could run for a second term and that he would make a definite decision early next year

Colette Peters, elected Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, offered a clear, detailed vision to reshape the Justice Department’s largest agency, counting over 30.000 employees, 158.000 inmates and an yearly budget of about $8 billion

Alaska canceled all red king crab and blue king crab seasons for 2022-2023, after trawl surveys registered a fall in abundance up to -90%; in 2021 was unsuccessfully sought an emergency closure to bottom trawl to protect an area rich with female crabs

President Biden declared he will decide upon next term after mid term elections scheduled for Tuesday 8 November 2022

US freight rail companies and unions representing their workers have reached a "tentative agreement" to avert the first national rail strike in 30 years; the deal follows months of back and forth negotiations and 20 hours of talks on working conditions