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The US has shot down an unknown object flying in its airspace, off the coastline of Alaska – just days after it downed a...

A 14-year-old girl who was reported missing in 2021 has been found pregnant in the closet of a Michigan home. A US Marshals fugitive...

The 57th Super Bowl will kick off on Sunday – here’s all you need to know to watch the biggest game of the NFL...

A man repeatedly caught trying to smuggle finches from Guyana into New York for birdsong competitions has been sentenced to a year and a...

Alec Baldwin is facing a new civil lawsuit from relatives of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Ms Hutchins died in October 2021 after a prop gun,...

A US congresswoman fought off an attacker by throwing hot coffee over him when he assaulted her in an elevator. Representative Angie Craig was...

Donald Trump’s Facebook account has been restored after he was banned in the wake of the deadly Capitol riots. Users of the social media...

Burt Bacharach, one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century, has died aged 94. The US musician composed more than 500 songs during his...

The White House has dismissed allegations the US was behind the explosions of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, claiming reports to be “utterly false”....

American football player Damar Hamlin – who collapsed mid-game after suffering from a cardiac arrest – will play professional football again, an NFL doctor...

Reverend Al Sharpton has called for an end to the use of stop and search in the UK, accusing the police of disproportionately targeting...

Chinese “spy” balloons have been spotted in skies above countries across five continents, according to US officials. The US has also been in touch...

Joe Biden has vowed to work with political rivals in his latest State of the Union address. The US president was speaking before Congress...

Alec Baldwin’s lawyers have filed to disqualify the special prosecutor on the Rust case due to, what they call, her “unconstitutional” role as a...

Rail crews in Ohio have been burning off toxic chemicals from a freight train that derailed last week, after ordering nearly 2,000 residents to...

A suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by the US over the weekend was 60m (200ft) tall – comparable to a 20-storey...

An investigation has been launched after an 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a New York nursing home – only to be found breathing...

For beach-walking South Carolinians, it would have been quite the Saturday afternoon spectacle.  Two US fighter jets soaring above them, armed with air-to-air missiles....

In an era of orbital satellites so advanced that they are able to make out objects half the size of cars from space, a...