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The first opioid trial in US history to target the entire supply chain of the drug has opened in New York. Suffolk county, Nassau...

When a city known for cool drizzle in “June-uary” is as hot as the Middle East it’s clear something unusual is happening.  The average...

The estranged brother of Robert Durst, the real estate heir on trial for his best friend’s murder, told a court he feared his oldest...

The United States has carried out another round of airstrikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon has said. The strikes, which...

There is little solace to be found in a tragedy like this, but in the temple that British woman Bhavna Patel calls her second...

The number of people who have died in the collapse of a high-rise apartment building in Miami has risen to nine, officials say. Speaking...

Five people have now been confirmed dead after one more body was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed apartment complex in Miami, Florida....

Engineers warned about structural damage to a Miami apartment block three years before its collapse, it has emerged. The Champlain Towers South building in...

Former US police officer Derek Chauvin has been jailed for 22-and-a-half years for murdering George Floyd in Minneapolis last year. Chauvin, 45, was convicted...

A total of 159 people are now unaccounted for – and at least four people have been killed – following the collapse of an...

Authorities are searching for 99 unaccounted people after part of a 12-storey beachfront building collapsed in a town near Miami. At least one person...

A huge emergency operation is under way after a partial building collapse in Miami Beach, with reports of at least one person killed and...

Antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in his prison cell after Spain’s National Court approved his extradition to the US, the...

Kobe Bryant’s widow has agreed to settle a lawsuit over the helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, his daughter and seven others. The...

More than 150 workers at a Houston hospital system have resigned or been fired after refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Houston Methodist told...

A Las Vegas Raiders player has become the first active NFL player to announce he is gay. Some 15 NFL players have come out...

On the second floor of the Aquarius Casino Resort, two of Nevada’s quirkier attractions are on offer. Turn left and you can pledge until...

The release of a report by the Pentagon, detailing what the US government knows about what it calls “unidentified aerial phenomena”, is being seen...

Nine children are among 10 people who have been killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Alabama. The pile-up happened on a road that had...