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President Joe Biden has called on states and local authorities in the US to offer residents $100 (£71) to get vaccinated against COVID-19. State...

A tsunami warning has been issued for Hawaii after an 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Alaska Peninsula. Alerts have been issued for the...

America’s central bank is monitoring the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus amid concern that it could hold back parts of the...

A man has been jailed for life after killing a 21-year-old student who mistook his car for her Uber ride. It took just over...

Simone Biles says mental health concerns were behind her shock withdrawal from the team gymnastics final at the Tokyo Olympics as she admitted: “I...

Olympic champion Simone Biles has pulled out of the gymnastics team finals due to an apparent injury. The record-breaking American athlete had a rocky...

President Joe Biden is to end the US military’s combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year after coming to an agreement...

The US is “going in the wrong direction” on coronavirus as cases soar due to the Delta variant and a large proportion of unvaccinated...

Two weeks after the largest anti-government demonstrations in decades in Cuba, activist groups say more than 500 protestors are still missing. Thousands of people...

R Kelly is facing additional accusations in his sex trafficking case, including one that he had sexual contact with an underage boy that he...

The US government has requested to keep Anne Sacoolas’s job a secret in the Harry Dunn damages case due to “national security” concerns. The...

The search for victims in a collapsed Miami apartment block has officially finished, the city’s fire and rescue department says. Champlain Towers South, in...

A bear attack victim has been rescued after a helicopter crew spotted his pleas for help from the air. During a flight from Kotzebue...

The US has imposed new sanctions against a Cuban security minister and an interior ministry special forces unit over alleged human rights abuses during...

Two Olympics. Three gold medals and one silver. A protest for equality and human rights at the 1968 Olympics before the iconic gesture by...

A South Carolina man has gone on trial accused of killing a woman who got into his car thinking it was her Uber ride....

Harvey Weinstein has been extradited to California to face more sex assault charges, New York prison officials said. The former Hollywood producer was convicted...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has described the first ever launch of his private spaceflight company Blue Origin as the “best day ever”. The billionaire,...

More than 360,000 acres (531 square miles) have been destroyed by a wildfire in the US state of Oregon, where more than 2,000 people...