The name of the man who was shot dead on Tuesday by a Parkersburg Police officer has been identified as Steven Lewis Pfalzgraf. He was 24 years old and belonged to Parkersburg. The confirmation came from West Virginia State Police Sgt. Michael Baylous.

Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade has finally reached India on Friday night. America asked India to waive Devyani's diplomatic immunity, so that she can face trial.

But India refused to do so and she was sent to Delhi. It was on December 12 that she was hand-cuffed by police and was strip-searched. Since then things have got rough between India and the US.

It was in June that the Supreme Court has dropped the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that denies provision of any sort of benefits to same-sex couples.

According to a latest report by the authorities, a chemical explosion has recently taken place in the central Japan on Thursday,

It has been revealed by sources that five workers have died in the accident and 17 have got injured at the same spot.

It has been ruled by a federal judge that it is unconstitutional to ban all sales and transfers of firearms in Chicago. U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang said that it is known that thousands of victims are shot and hundreds of murders are committed with a gun every year. But there is also other side to the issue, there are certain fundamental rights being protected by the Constitution.

As per recent reports, Seth Eichenthal son of Chattanooga's former Chief Financial Officer David Eichenthal and Bea Lurie, got killed after being struck by a car in Austria.

Not much details of the incident are known, which has taken place on New Year's Eve. The body of Seth Eichenthal, 23, a structural civil engineer, has been shipped back to the United States.

You will think several times before going for a swim on bitter cold weather on New Year's Day, but this is not the case with the members of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club. As per the quintessential New York tradition, cold

weather did not affect brave souls from swimming in the Atlantic Ocean.

As per reports, it has been unveiled that a decline has been witnessed in homicides by 18% and crime by 16% in Chicago in 2013. In comparison to 2011, the decline in homicide is said to be 5%.