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There was at least one Englishman with something to celebrate on Sunday night. It will go down in the life story of Sir Richard Branson...

Sir Richard Branson’s private space tourism company will launch its first flight carrying the billionaire, two pilots, and three mission specialists to the fringes...

Richard Branson’s moment of destiny in space will happen 50 miles above a town called Truth or Consequences. In the high desert of New...

People are being evacuated from a community in the US state of Nevada as a wildlife that started in neighbouring California spreads. The inferno,...

Workers have started to remove the last of the high-security fencing erected around the US Capitol in the wake of the deadly attack on...

A 14-year-old girl has made history by becoming the first African American to win the 96-year-old US Scripps National Spelling Bee. Zaila Avant-garde, a...

Police bodycam footage shows officers rescuing a six-year-old girl after she was kidnapped from outside her home in Kentucky. The victim was riding her...

Authorities have called off a search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Florida, saying there is “no chance of...

Ten more bodies have been pulled from the rubble of a Miami building that collapsed two weeks ago, bringing the total death count to...

Recent record-high temperatures in the US and Canada, which caused hundreds of deaths and huge wildfires, would be “virtually impossible” without climate change, analysis...

Eight more people have been confirmed dead in the Florida apartment block collapse – taking total deaths to 36, while 109 residents are still...

A grizzly bear killed a person in a remote campsite in Montana early on Tuesday morning, police have said. The animal is said to...

Many of the 2,312 US military personnel who have been killed on duty in Afghanistan are buried in Arlington Cemetery, Virginia. Row upon row...

Hackers who claim to be behind a mass ransomware attack that has affected hundreds of companies have demanded $70m in Bitcoin to restore the...

A Florida apartment building which partially collapsed last month has been demolished. Champlain Towers South, in the city of Surfside, collapsed 11 days ago...

Joe Biden has said his government is not sure who was behind a major ransomware attack that hit hundreds of US businesses – but...

The remainder of the 12-storey apartment block that collapsed in Miami will be demolished on Sunday, city officials have said. It comes as authorities...

Hundreds of people are thought to have died in a record-breaking heatwave sweeping across parts of the US and western Canada. More than 700...

US forces have left their main military base in Afghanistan – the hub for a 20-year mission against the Taliban and al Qaeda –...