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Electric carmaker Tesla is to move its headquarters from California to Texas, chief executive Elon Musk has said. The announcement comes after the billionaire...

A US nuclear-powered submarine hit an unknown object in the South China Sea with 11 sailors suffering mainly minor injuries, according to officials. The...

A California doctor has been arrested following a hit-and-run collision that killed a nurse who had stopped to help a crash victim. James Leonard...

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the enforcement of a near total ban on abortion in the state, calling the law “flagrantly...

A woman in Colorado has been refused a kidney transplant because she has not had a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a document shared online....

Facebook’s chief executive has denied claims that the company prioritises profit over the safety of its users. Mark Zuckerberg was responding to Frances Haugen’s...

Facebook’s products “harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy”, a whistleblower has claimed. Frances Haugen – who used to work as a product...

Even on a Monday morning, the beaches would usually be bustling in the place that calls itself “Surf City USA”. But the sands in...

A high performance electric car has gone into production in the US with a certified range of 520 miles – the longest currently on...

An emergency clean-up effort is under way in Huntington Beach, California, after a massive oil spill described by the city’s mayor as an “environmental...

The body of a missing student has been found just days after the prime suspect in her death killed himself. Miya Marcano, 19, was...

Donald Trump has asked a federal judge in the US to force Twitter to restore his account, which was shut down after his supporters...

Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old blogger whose body was found in a US national park, told police about a domestic dispute with her boyfriend the...

In the skies over Hollywood a small plane pulls a banner reading “vote yes”. On a monitor on a movie set, the same words...

America’s special envoy on climate change John Kerry has told Sky News that strained relations between the US and China have made it harder...

US President Joe Biden has narrowly avoided a government shutdown, signing new legislation on spending just hours before the deadline.  Republicans blocked the bill...

A 13-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot at a school in Memphis, Tennessee. The suspected shooter, whose age...

Britney Spears’ father Jamie Spears has been suspended as conservator of her estate after 13 years, during the latest court hearing in the long-running...

The family of a missing woman found dead in a US national park have urged the media and public to give the same attention...