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South Carolina has brought back the firing squad as a method of execution, making it one of the few US states where it is...

Goldman Sachs, the powerful Wall Street investment bank, has stormed into the £3bn auction of Chelsea Football Club as an adviser to one of...

A California-based investment firm has joined one of the frontrunners to buy Chelsea Football Club as a multitude of parties conduct frenzied negotiations to...

A thirteen-year-old child driving a pickup truck was among nine people who died in a crash with a van in Texas. Six members of...

Kanye West has had his Instagram account locked for 24 hours for violating the social media platform’s bullying policies. The rapper – who is...

Jussie Smollett has been released from jail in Chicago pending an appeal against his conviction for lying to police about a racist and homophobic...

The Ukrainian president has asked the US Congress in Washington to “remember” Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 attacks, when “innocent people” were attacked from...

The White House has mocked Russian sanctions imposed on senior US individuals, quipping that nobody was planning a holiday to Moscow and suggesting Vladimir...

A murdered girl known for decades as “Little Miss Nobody” has finally been identified. Her burned remains were found nearly 62 years ago in...

Police in the US have arrested a man suspected of killing two homeless men and wounding three others over the last fortnight. The suspect...

Police have warned a gunman who’s stalked and killed at least two homeless people and wounded three others: “We’re coming for you”. It comes...

A three-year-old boy has shot his mother dead in a supermarket car park south of Chicago. The pair were in a vehicle outside a...

A man is being sought by officials in New York and Washington DC, in connection with the murders of two homeless people. The man...

An award-winning American photographer and film-maker has been killed in Ukraine, the New York Times has said. Brent Renaud was shot dead in Irpin,...

Gabby Petito’s parents are suing Brian Laundrie’s parents, claiming he told them he had killed their daughter. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in...

Sesame Street has paid tribute to “beloved” actor Emilio Delgado, known by the show’s fans as Fix-it Shop owner Luis Rodriguez, following his death...

Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he had staged...

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was detained after being mistaken for a bank robber while trying to withdraw money from his own account, US...

Russia could be laying the groundwork for the use of chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, the White House has warned. Press secretary Jen...