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US President Joe Biden has welcomed the conviction of Derek Chauvin and said it can be a “moment of significant change” after the white...

A jury has unanimously convicted Derek Chauvin of the murder of George Floyd. Former Minneapolis police officer Chauvin had denied charges of second-degree murder,...

Derek Chauvin’s trial has heard the fatal case of George Floyd “wasn’t policing, this was murder”, as both sides made their closing arguments. The...

The fate of Derek Chauvin is now in the hands of 12 jurors. Selected after an exhaustive process, a dozen Minnesotans – six white,...

Vandals have targeted the former home of a witness who testified in Derek Chauvin’s defence in the trial of the killing of George Floyd....

Half of all adults in the US have received at least one COVID-19 jab, according to new figures. Almost 130 million people aged 18...

A teenager who shot dead eight people at a FedEx building in Indianapolis legally bought two assault rifles just months after police confiscated a...

Joe Biden has described mass shootings as a “national embarrassment” that has to end. A day after eight people were killed in an attack...

Elon Musk’s private space company SpaceX has won a $2.9bn (£2.1bn) NASA contract to build a spacecraft to put humans on the moon. The...

Eight people have been killed in a shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis. At least four people are in hospital – one with...

Bodycam footage of a police officer fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy last month appears to show the teenager holding his hands up before he...

Former police officer Derek Chauvin has refused to testify in court over the killing of George Floyd as the defence rested its case and...

A long-time suspect in the disappearance of California student Kristin Smart almost 25 years ago has been charged with her murder, while his father...

A former police officer who fatally shot a black motorist during a traffic stop in Minnesota will be charged with second-degree manslaughter, a prosecutor...

The defence has begun in the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd. One of the first witnesses contradicted...

The withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan is being delayed until 11 September – the 20th anniversary of the al Qaeda terror attacks...

The US Food and Drug Administration has recommended a “pause” to the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine so it can investigate...

The police officer who fatally shot a black man in Minneapolis on Sunday, sparking more unrest in the city, meant to reach for her...

Protests have taken place after police fatally shot a black man during a traffic stop in the Minnesota city of Brooklyn Center, just outside...