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The leader of Islamic State has been killed during a raid by US special forces in Syria. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died by exploding...

Rihanna has shared a photo of her baby bump after announcing she and rapper boyfriend A$AP Rocky are expecting their first child together. The...

President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of thousands more US troops to Poland and Germany in the coming days amid fears Russia will...

Native American tribes have reached settlements of $590m (£436m) with a pharmaceutical company and three distribution firms over the toll of opioids. Under the...

US police have offered a $15,000 (£11,000) reward for information that will lead them to find the gunman responsible for a random bullet that...

NASA has published plans for the future of the International Space Station which could see the 444,615kg structure taken out of orbit in January...

A teenager has asked Elon Musk for $50k (£37k) after the billionaire requested that the youngster delete a Twitter bot which tracks his private...

A single flash of lightning stretched across the sky over three US states, setting a new world record. The lightning bolt extended 477.2 miles...

Whoopi Goldberg has apologised for comments about the Holocaust that were described by others as “devastating” and “dangerous”. The actor co-hosts ABC talk show...

A US judge has asked for Prince Andrew’s former assistant, Robert Olney, to give evidence as part of the civil sex assault case brought...

Wordle, an online word game which has seen a surge in popularity recently, has been bought by The New York Times. The deal, which...

People along the East Coast of the US are preparing for a powerful storm that could dump 2ft or more of snow on some...

A two-lane bridge has collapsed in Pittsburgh just hours before US President Joe Biden was expected to visit to discuss his infrastructure bill. Rescuers...

The US has called for the United Nations (UN) Security Council to hold a public meeting to discuss Russia’s “threatening behaviour” against Ukraine. On...

The US grew at its strongest pace since 1984 last year as it bounced back from 2020’s pandemic-driven downturn, official figures show. GDP in...

The US has given Russia its written responses to a set of security demands by Moscow over Ukraine amid fears it could invade its...

A woman has been handed a restraining order after allegedly sending Apple boss, Tim Cook, hundreds of “threatening” messages and turning up at his...

Joe Biden has said he would consider imposing personal sanctions on Vladimir Putin if Russia invades neighbouring Ukraine. The US president also said there...

A six-month-old baby has been killed after getting caught in the crossfire of a gunfight in Atlanta. The shooting happened near a convenience store...