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Images of George Floyd being treated in the back of an ambulance, after a police officer knelt on his neck for more than nine...

George Floyd begged police officers not to shoot him after he was stopped for allegedly trying to use a fake $20 note. Footage from...

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is safe and 100% effective in children as young as 12, its manufacturers have said. The two firms have carried...

Police officer Derek Chauvin gave onlookers a “cold” and “heartless” stare as they pleaded with him to take his knee off George Floyd’s neck,...

The videos of the last minutes of George Floyd’s life are haunting and awful, one man’s very public death recorded for the world to...

A former Minneapolis police officer knelt on George Floyd “until the very life was squeezed out of him”, a jury has been told. Prosecutor...

The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin starts today – 10 months after the death of George Floyd – and the stakes...

New York lawmakers have reached an agreement to legalise recreational cannabis use in the state. The proposed law would allow sales to people over...

On the hilly streets around his home in the Anza Vista neighbourhood of San Francisco, everyone knew Vicha Ratanapakdee as “grandpa”. The 84-year-old, who...

A police video in the US has sparked outrage after two officers were seen berating a five-year-old boy at his school, with one officer...

At least five people have died after a series of tornadoes tore through Alabama. Officials believe that as many as eight twisters passed through...

An American university has agreed to an $852m (£620m) settlement with more than 700 women who have accused its former gynaecologist of sexual abuse....

President Joe Biden has challenged the US to administer 200 million COVID vaccination doses by the end of his first 100 days in office....

Once again, the eyes of the world are on Minneapolis – the city is braced for the trial of the former police officer accused...

A senior state official has become the first openly transgender person to be confirmed by the US Senate. Rachel Levine, the former Pennsylvania Health...

The jury has been selected in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former US police officer accused of murdering George Floyd. Opening statements are...

AstraZeneca has defended its use of coronavirus vaccine data after US authorities suggested some results from a large American-led trial may have been based...

President Joe Biden has called for an assault weapon ban and the closure of background check loopholes, after the seventh mass killing this year...

US police carrying out a drug raid have discovered a semi-automatic pistol disguised as a toy Nerf gun. The Glock pistol had a 50-round...