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Elon Musk has said Twitter will form a moderation council “with widely diverse viewpoints” and that “no major content decisions or account reinstatements” will...

Donald Trump has said he’s “very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands” after Elon Musk bought the company. Musk’s $44bn deal to...

Rock ‘n’ roll star Jerry Lee Lewis, best known for the 1957 hit Great Balls of Fire, has died at the age of 87....

An intruder who broke into the home of Nancy Pelosi and her husband was searching for the US House Speaker, police say. The attacker...

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband has been violently assaulted after a break-in at their San Francisco home. Paul Pelosi, 82, suffered blunt force...

Elon Musk has completed his $44bn (£38bn) takeover of Twitter after months of toing and froing over the deal. His first move was to...

A murder investigation has been launched after eight bodies were discovered in a burning house in Oklahoma. The fire was reported around 4pm on...

Elon Musk has said he is buying Twitter to “try to help humanity”. The billionaire tweeted a statement explaining his reasons for purchasing the...

A nine-year-old boy has been found by police padlocked in a dog kennel outside a US home. When law enforcement officials arrived at the...

Skechers escorted Kanye West off its premises in Los Angeles after he “showed up unannounced and uninvited” – with Madame Tussauds removing its waxwork...

Facebook’s parent company is under growing pressure to focus less on the metaverse – as investors warn it is an experimental bet causing “supersized...

A man has been found guilty of killing six people by driving his car into a Christmas parade near Milwaukee last year. Darrell Brooks...

Five people had to be hoisted to safety after an elevator at the Grand Canyon Caverns broke down around 210ft (64m) underground. A husband...

A gunman who killed a student and a teacher at a Missouri high school was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and more than 600...

Harvey Weinstein abused his power to corner women in hotel rooms and force himself upon them, according to the prosecution at his trial in...

Donald Trump will not be allowed to testify live on television to the US Capitol riots investigation. The former US president was last week...

Donald Trump has been issued with a subpoena to testify at the inquiry into last year’s riot at the US Capitol. The committee overseeing...

Steve Bannon, the former White House adviser to Donald Trump, has been sentenced to four months in prison. He had been convicted of defying...

An Afghan couple who arrived in the United States as refugees are suing a marine and his wife for allegedly abducting their baby. The...