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Sinkholes have swallowed cars as powerful storms batter California – with floodwaters engulfing towns and killing at least 17 people. Two motorists had to...

The entire community of Montecito and surrounding canyons have been ordered to evacuate after California was hits by severe storms. The evacuation order, affecting...

American football player Damar Hamlin is “doing well” and has been moved back to Buffalo, doctors have said – a week after he collapsed...

Teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot by a six-year-old pupil in the US, is “showing signs of improvement”. Ms Zwerner, in her 30s, was...

A former American defence intelligence analyst, who became a Cold War-era double agent and spied for Cuba, has been freed from jail. The Federal...

“Have I seen this somewhere before?” It’s a question teachers have had to ask themselves while marking assignments since time immemorial. But never mind...

The US president Joe Biden has declared in emergency in California after the state was hit by severe winter weather. There were thunderstorms, snow...

A teacher who was critically injured when she was shot by a six-year-old pupil in the US is showing signs of improvement, authorities say....

Republican Kevin McCarthy has been elected as the new US Speaker after winning the 15th vote as tensions boiled over in Congress. Mr McCarthy’s...

What an extraordinary night. A Republican politician restraining another. The would-be speaker confronting the man who’d just blocked him.  And a former president calling into the...

A six-year-old boy has left a teacher with life-threatening injuries after shooting her inside a classroom, US police have said. No students or other...

American footballer Damar Hamlin is breathing on his own and now able to talk following a dramatic on-field collapse. In a statement on Friday,...

Actor Jeremy Renner has posted a picture of himself surrounded by medical staff as he recovers from being crushed by his own snow plough....

Republican Kevin McCarthy has been elected as the new US Speaker after winning the 15th vote following chaotic scenes in Congress. Mr McCarthy’s party...

A six-year-old boy has left a teacher with life-threatening injuries after shooting her inside a classroom, US police have said. No students or other...

Republican Kevin McCarthy is inching towards securing enough support to become speaker of the US House of Representatives – with 15 more people voting...

American footballer Damar Hamlin is breathing on his own and now able to talk following a dramatic on-field collapse. In a statement on Friday,...

The US House of Representatives has adjourned after failing to vote for a new speaker for the 11th time. Republican Party leader Kevin McCarthy...

A woman who lived in the same house where four University of Idaho students were murdered says she saw a masked man in black...