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Severe storms and tornadoes have killed at least six people in Tennessee. Homes and businesses have suffered extensive damage, with tens of thousands of...

A Japanese baseball player has signed a record-breaking $700m (£557m) deal with the LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani agreed the historic 10-year contract with the...

Tennis legend Chris Evert has announced her ovarian cancer has returned. The 18-time grand slam champion released a statement in which she said she...

Hunter Biden says Republicans are trying to “kill” him and that his critics are engaging in a public campaign to lure him back into...

A United Nations Security Council resolution to demand a ceasefire in Gaza has failed after it was vetoed by the US. Of the 15...

A white leucistic alligator described as “beyond rare” has been born at a reptile park in Florida. The female alligator, which is 49cm in...

A teenager who fatally shot four classmates two years ago at his high school has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Ethan...

A group of students saved a woman and her toddler son after they became trapped under a car – with the dramatic rescue caught...

The head coach of American football team Buffalo Bills has apologised for using the September 11 hijackers as an example of teamwork during a...

Hunter Biden has been criminally charged for tax-related offences in California, as a federal investigation into his financial conduct intensifies.  The president’s son has...

The UK and US governments have imposed sanctions on two Russian hackers after the private conversations of high-profile politicians and civil servants were compromised....

A former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight will not face charges of attempted murder....

A highly caffeinated drink sold by US bakery chain Panera Bread has been blamed for two deaths after a second lawsuit was filed on...

A Texas woman who is 20-weeks pregnant and whose foetus has been diagnosed with a fatal condition has asked a court to allow her...

A house exploded as police were investigating reports of gunshots being fired from the property by a man. Footage of the blast in the...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been named the world’s most powerful woman for the second year in a row. The German...

A YouTuber who posted a video of himself deliberately crashing his small plane has been jailed for six months. Trevor Daniel Jacob, 30, a...

Joe Biden has said he wasn’t sure he’d be running for reelection if Donald Trump wasn’t also in the race for the White House....

A highly caffeinated drink sold by US bakery chain Panera Bread has been blamed for two deaths after a second lawsuit was filed on...