Blackstone buys Chicago`s Willis Tower

Last Updated: Monday, March 16, 2015, 20:28

US real estate investor Blackstone Group said Monday it is buying the iconic 110-story Willis Tower in Chicago, the second-tallest building in the United States.

Chicago plans app so taxis can compete with Uber, ridesharing services

Last Updated: Thursday, December 11, 2014, 09:21

Chicago opened a new front in the war on ridesharing services like Uber on Wednesday, approving a plan to sponsor an app for riders to hail local cabs.

Defence in terror case can see secret docs: US Judge

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 03:29

A federal judge in a Chicago terrorism case will let the defence view government applications submitted to a foreign intelligence court seeking permission to conduct secret surveillance, in what the judge says is a first.

Vedic Pandits go `missing` in US

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 16:50

In a shocking revelation, as many as 163 Indians, most of them brought to the US as teenagers from villages in northern India to be trained into Vedic Pandits by two institutions set up by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi of transcendental meditation fame, appear to have gone missing over the last 12 months.

People run on Monk`s birth anniversary

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 19:17

With Swami Vivekananda`s immortal words - "All the power is within you," - hundreds today sprinted in the "Run for Jharkhand" to mark the birth anniversary of the seer.

Brutal deep freeze batters US, some parts colder than Mars

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 10:02

A deadly chill had much of the United States and Canada in its wintry grip, as a record-breaking cold snap brought temperatures lower than on the surface of Mars.

Record freeze extends to eastern United States, at least nine dead

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 02:30

A deadly blast of arctic air shattered decades-old temperature records as it enveloped the eastern United States on Tuesday, snarling air, road and rail travel, driving energy prices higher and overwhelming shelters for homeless people.

`Life-threatening` cold bites US Midwest, heads east

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 10:22

As the Midwestern United States shivered through the region`s lowest temperatures in two decades and forecasters warned that life-threatening cold was heading eastward, officials in Chicago and other districts said schools would be closed on Monday.

Ice storm leaves 370,000 without power in US

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 22:33

More than 370,000 homes and businesses were still without power on Tuesday morning in parts of central and north-eastern US after a weekend ice and snow storm rolled across region.

Apollo 8 astronaut marks 1968 broadcast to earth

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 01:43

A US astronaut who was aboard the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon is marking the mission`s 45th anniversary in front of a piece of the actual spacecraft.

Swirls in remnants of Big Bang could reveal secrets about universe`s infancy

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 13:10

Researchers have detected a subtle distortion in the oldest light in the universe, which may they believe might help unravel secrets about the early moments in the universe`s formation.