text

Missing Chinese scholar trial pushed to April 2019

AUSfederaljudgehassetanApril2019dateforthetrialofBrendtChristensen,theformerstudentaccusedofkidnappingandkillingChinesevisitingscholarZhangYingyingattheUniversi

text

Thousands of Proust letters to be posted online

AtroveofMarcelProust'scorrespondenceistobedigitizedandputonlineforfree,withthefirstbatchofletterstimedtocoincidewiththe100thanniversaryoftheendofWorldWarI,organ

text

Family of missing Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying petitions US President

ThefamilyofmissingChinesescholarZhangYingyinghaspetitionedtheUSPresidentDonaldTrumpseekingfederalassistanceinZhang’ssearch,herfathersaidatapressconferenceheldin

text

Suspect charged for kidnapping Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying

A federal grand jury indicted Brendt Christensen on Wednesday for kidnapping Chinese visiting scholar Zhang Yingying last month, federal prosecutors said.

text

FBI finds car used in abduction of missing Chinese student

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on Tuesday that investigators have located the black Saturn Astra used in the kidnapping of a Chinese student in Illinois who has been missing for over two weeks.

text

FBI finds car used in abduction of missing Chinese student

TheFederalBureauofInvestigation(FBI)announcedonTuesdaythatinvestigatorshavelocatedtheblackSaturnAstrausedinthekidnappingofaChinesestudentinIllinoiswhohasbeenmis

text

Could this be the end of the line for the old-fashioned telephone call?

Imaginethewaypeopleonceusedthetelephone:Youdialedyournumberandyourvoicewascarriedalonglandlinesconnectedtotelephonepolesacrossthecountry.Theno-frillsphoneworked

text

Historical flooding ravages U.S. states, recovery to take long

​Waves of flood waters from the Mississippi River and many of its tributaries have ravaged several U.S. states from Illinois to Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma, with other downstream states such as Tennessee and Louisiana expected to see crests passing through until mid-January.

text

Tornado hits Chicago, causing at least one death

A tornado touched down in Chicago, a city in the U.S. state of Illinois, at midday Sunday, bringing along heavy rains and strong winds, accompanied by thunderbolts and lightning, and turning the sky as pitch dark as night.