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A Capitol Hill rioter who was photographed with his feet on Democrat Nancy Pelosi’s desk has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison. Richard...

A 17-year-old boy fell to his death while climbing a Los Angeles bridge for a social media stunt, according to police.  Officers were called...

As presidential campaign launches go, it was hardly smooth. A live audio conversation with Twitter’s Elon Musk which didn’t quite work, at least not...

Ron DeSantis has launched his 2024 presidential campaign with a Twitter announcement plagued by technical glitches. He filed a declaration of candidacy with the...

The owner of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook has been slapped with a record fine of €1.2bn (£1.04bn) by the Irish data protection regulator. It...

SpaceX’s second private flight has sent passengers, including Saudi Arabia’s first female astronaut, rocketing towards the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon rocket launched...

A woman has been arrested four years after a newborn baby was found abandoned in a plastic bag. Karima Jiwani, 40, faces a number...

Renowned British novelist Martin Amis has died at the age of 73. The author died of oesophageal cancer on Friday at his home in...

The US and its allies plan to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, a White House official has said. The timing for when Ukraine...

The moment a US police officer points a gun at a suspect while kneeling on the bonnet of his moving car – before clinging...

A man has been caught apparently trying to smuggle an eight-and-a-half inch pair of scissors into a jail – by hiding them in his anus....

Harry and Meghan have demanded an agency hand over photos and videos taken by paparazzi during a “chase” in New York earlier this week...

US rapper and actor Ludacris has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  The artist, whose real name is Chris...

The Walt Disney Company has announced it is scrapping plans to build a new campus in central Florida following a year-long dispute with Governor...

Montana has become the first state in the US to ban Chinese-owned popular video-sharing platform TikTok from personal devices. The state’s Republican governor Greg...

“I’m basically a ticking time bomb,” Lori Vallow says with a wide smile and a laugh. She’s speaking at the Mrs Texas beauty pageant...

A suspected drunk driver involved in a crash that killed a bride on her wedding day said she “did nothing wrong” following the incident,...

Elon Musk has announced his new Twitter chief executive – NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino. The billionaire said he was “excited” to announce the hiring...

Title 42 was a law that enabled the US to halt entries into the country to stop the introduction of communicable diseases. It was...