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Thousands of flights have been delayed and baseball games postponed across the US east coast as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to drift south,...

Jodie Comer was forced to halt a matinee performance during a Broadway show after experiencing breathing difficulties due to polluted air caused by wildfires...

One of the most active volcanoes in the world has begun erupting after a three-month pause. A glow was detected in webcam images from...

The US House of Representatives is postponing all votes until next week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said. His announcement comes after a revolt...

Shannen Doherty has revealed her cancer has spread to her brain. Doherty was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and in 2017 she...

People in New York are being warned to limit outdoor activity as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts across many areas of the northeastern US....

A man armed with four handguns killed two people and wounded five others by firing into a crowd outside a high school graduation ceremony...

Prince Harry’s past drug use detailed in his explosive memoir should lead to the release of his immigration paperwork, an American conservative think tank...

Arnold Schwarzenegger has apologised for groping women, 20 years after dismissing the allegations as “made-up”. Six women accused the Hollywood star of groping and...

One of the most notorious American double agents has died in prison. Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent, was sentenced in 2002 to life...

A man labelled the “con queen of Hollywood” after allegedly impersonating movie bosses during a seven-year fraud scheme can be extradited to the US,...

As the second day of court proceedings in London’s High Court were concluding, a judge 3,000 miles away in a US Federal Court was...

Former vice-president Mike Pence has declared himself a candidate in the 2024 Republican race for the White House – pitting himself against Donald Trump....

A loud boom in the Washington DC area which residents of the US capital said shook houses and sounded like an explosion was caused...

Multiple people were shot, including a woman who died later in hospital, at an event being held in Chicago to remember a man who...

Joe Biden has signed a “critical” budget deal to raise the debt ceiling for the US, saving the country from falling into an unprecedented...

A woman is facing criminal charges, accused of leaving her two children in a car that caught fire while she was allegedly shoplifting. Alicia...

A man who was repeatedly tasered by police in Los Angeles died from an enlarged heart and cocaine use, a coroner has said. Keenan...

A parent angered by a spate of book bans across the US has taken revenge, of sorts – by getting the Bible banned from...