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Six people, including four children, have died in Kentucky after a car being driven the wrong way on a highway hit another vehicle. The...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have said they are “delighted” after the Sussexes announced the birth of their baby daughter – Lilibet “Lili”...

The US Department of Justice has said it will no longer secretly obtain reporters’ records during investigations of leaks of classified information. Last month,...

Donald Trump has again teased supporters about the prospect of another run for the US presidency, just days after some backers pushed a theory...

There is no evidence that aerial phenomena witnessed by military pilots in recent years are alien spacecraft, according to a US intelligence report. But...

Former Nickelodeon TV star Drake Bell has been charged with attempted child endangerment and disseminating matter harmful to children. Bell, whose real first name...

Donald Trump has been suspended from Facebook until at least January 2023 after he “praised people” who took part in violence during the US...

F Lee Bailey, one of the most famous defence lawyers of his generation, has died at the age of 87, his former colleague has...

Two runaway children broke into a Florida house and used an AK-47 in a shootout with sheriff’s deputies. The boy, 12, and girl, 14,...

Prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murdering George Floyd, to 30 years in prison....

Donald Trump has shut down his blog, with no plans for the page to return to his website. The former president launched the “From...

Joe Biden has become the first sitting US president to visit the site of the Tulsa massacre – 100 years since one of America’s...

Hundreds of people gathered outside a church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the deadliest racist massacre in the US –...

Actor Joe Lara – best known for starring in the TV series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures – has been killed in a plane crash...

Gavin MacLeod, known for his roles on classic US sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Love Boat, has died aged 90. He...

President Biden has announced his first annual budget – a $6trn (£4.2trn) package that includes investment in fighting climate change and steep tax hikes...

People in California are being offered the chance to win a $1.5m (£1.06m) lottery prize if they get a coronavirus vaccine. Ten vaccinated residents...

A co-founder of Black Lives Matter is to step down from its foundation but insisted her decision is not linked to what she branded...

A former NASA astronaut has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after killing two young sisters in a car crash nearly five years ago.  James Halsell...