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Woodrow Wilson high school in Beckley, rural West Virginia, is far removed from the halls of congress and the gathering of global leaders in...

Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo has been charged with a misdemeanour relating to an alleged sex offence. Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the...

The United States has issued its first gender-neutral passport. The official document features an “X” gender designation. Dana Zzyym, of Fort Collins, Colorado, told...

The US has asked the High Court to overturn the decision that blocked Julian Assange’s extradition on spying charges. In January, a judge said...

Prince Andrew’s lawyer has asked a judge to keep sealed a 2009 legal agreement that he says can protect the prince against claims he...

Facebook has revealed a profit of $9bn (£6.5bn) in the three months to September, up from $7.8bn (£5.6bn) last year and higher than expected....

Prince Andrew must be questioned under oath by Virginia Giuffre’s lawyers in her civil sexual assault case by mid-July next year, a US judge...

As authorities continue to investigate the fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal film scene in New Mexico, questions are being raised about...

Three abandoned children have been found near the skeletal remains of their nine-year-old brother at a block of flats in Texas. Authorities said the...

Actor James Michael Tyler, best known for playing Gunther in Friends, has died at the age of 59. Tyler died peacefully at his home...

The recording of a 911 call has revealed the chaos and panic on a film set after a cinematographer was fatally shot by actor...

A director who was injured when Alec Baldwin fatally shot a crew member with a prop gun says he is “gutted” by her death....

The husband of the cinematographer fatally shot by Alec Baldwin on a film set has spoken about his “enormous loss” in an emotional tribute....

Actor Alec Baldwin said his “heart is broken” and he is fully cooperating with police after a prop gun he fired killed a cinematographer...

Tributes have been paid to a cinematographer who died after Alec Baldwin fired a prop firearm on a film set. Halyna Hutchins, 42, died...

Dental records show that the human remains found at a Florida wilderness park are those of Brian Laundrie, Gabby Petito’s fiance. The 23-year-old had...

Donald Trump is launching a new social media platform to “stand up to the tyranny of big tech”. The former US president – who...

Nikolas Cruz has pleaded guilty to the murders of 17 people killed in the 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, Florida. The 23-year-old entered...

A ransom of $1m (£720,000) is being demanded for each of the 17 American and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti. The country’s justice minister,...