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The trial of Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former chief executive of medical technology company Theranos, has begun in California. She is pleading not guilty...

There was a key section in the president’s speech which, in the chaos of the Afghan withdrawal, might get overlooked.  “As we turn the...

Joe Biden has hailed the “extraordinary success” of the US evacuation in Afghanistan, saying he “was not going to extend this forever war”. The...

In the end, it was the Taliban, with their volleys of gunfire, who announced the Americans had gone – uncomfortably apt really, given they...

The US has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan after the last of its planes took off from Kabul airport. All its service members have...

It was a day many in New Orleans had planned to spend commemorating the terrible cost of Hurricane Katrina exactly 16 years ago. Instead...

Hurricane Ida has made landfall in Louisiana as an “extremely dangerous” category four storm. It hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana...

Hurricane Ida could be one of the worst storms to hit Louisiana in 170 years and is expected to make landfall in the next...

The United States killed two “high profile” ISIS targets and wounded a third in retaliation for Thursday’s suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the Pentagon...

As thousands of people sought a way out of Afghanistan to escape the Taliban, scores of them were killed in a suicide bombing outside...

Robert F. Kennedy’s killer, Sirhan Sirhan, has been granted parole after two of RFK’s sons said they support his release from prison. The New...

Joe Biden has warned those behind the terror attacks at Kabul’s airport: “We will not forgive, we will not forget, we will hunt you...

Unvaccinated airline workers will be charged $200 (£146) extra per month for their health insurance, one American carrier has said. Delta Air Lines says...

An extra 12,000 COVID-related deaths have been added to the New York State total, following the departure of ex-governor Andrew Cuomo. Mr Cuomo stood...

The US will continue to help people to leave Afghanistan after the 31 August deadline, Antony Blinken has said. The secretary of state told...

A flight from New Orleans to Seattle was evacuated after a passenger’s mobile phone caught fire inside the cabin. Fortunately the phone did not...

A grieving father has said he feels like he “failed” his family after his twin babies died in the devastating flooding in Tennessee. At...

Nearly 43,000 Californians are under evacuation orders as a dozen large wildfires continue to rage across the state. The wildfires have already destroyed hundreds...

Twin babies were among at least 22 people killed as record-breaking rainfall caused devastating flooding in Tennessee. Dozens of people are still missing after...