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F Lee Bailey, one of the most famous defence lawyers of his generation, has died at the age of 87, his former colleague has...

Two runaway children broke into a Florida house and used an AK-47 in a shootout with sheriff’s deputies. The boy, 12, and girl, 14,...

Prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murdering George Floyd, to 30 years in prison....

Donald Trump has shut down his blog, with no plans for the page to return to his website. The former president launched the “From...

Joe Biden has become the first sitting US president to visit the site of the Tulsa massacre – 100 years since one of America’s...

Hundreds of people gathered outside a church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the deadliest racist massacre in the US –...

Actor Joe Lara – best known for starring in the TV series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures – has been killed in a plane crash...

Gavin MacLeod, known for his roles on classic US sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Love Boat, has died aged 90. He...

President Biden has announced his first annual budget – a $6trn (£4.2trn) package that includes investment in fighting climate change and steep tax hikes...

People in California are being offered the chance to win a $1.5m (£1.06m) lottery prize if they get a coronavirus vaccine. Ten vaccinated residents...

A co-founder of Black Lives Matter is to step down from its foundation but insisted her decision is not linked to what she branded...

A former NASA astronaut has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after killing two young sisters in a car crash nearly five years ago.  James Halsell...

Marcus Rashford has had a Zoom call with Barack Obama, describing the experience as “surreal”. The 23-year-old footballer met virtually with the former president...

A mechanic at a San Jose, California rail yard has shot dead eight co-workers before taking his own life as police officers arrived on...

A man has walked free from prison after 32 years after his murder conviction was overturned due to new evidence. Gilbert Poole Jr, 56,...

Prosecutors in New York have convened a special grand jury as part of a two-year investigation into Donald Trump’s business dealings. According to news...

George Floyd’s daughter led a chant of “say his name” outside the White House, a year after the 46-year-old man was murdered by a...

US President Joe Biden will meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for face-to-face talks in Geneva on 16 June. The main focus will be...

Hundreds of people are expected to join members of George Floyd’s family in Minneapolis today to commemorate one year since he was murdered by...