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A former babysitter has pleaded guilty to manslaughter 40 years after hitting a five-month-old baby numerous times in her care. Benjamin Dowling died aged...

Barack Obama has warned the sequel is “usually worse” than the first movie as he and Michelle Obama tried to rally their party in...

Singer and actor Jennifer Lopez is divorcing Ben Affleck after two years of marriage. The Hollywood couple tied the knot in Las Vegas in July 2022,...

In Woodstock, Illinois, they know all about the cycle of repetition. The small town, around an hour’s drive from Chicago, where this week’s Democratic...

Hollywood actor Michael Madsen has been arrested in California on a domestic violence charge. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it received a...

A hunter is recovering in hospital in Alaska after being mauled by a bear before being shot in the leg during efforts to fend...

The US government has confirmed Donald Trump’s claim that Iran tried to hack his presidential campaign and said Tehran has also targeted the Biden-Harris...

An emotional Joe Biden wiped away tears as he prepared to deliver a farewell speech to his party’s members. Ahead of what’s been billed...

It was as awkward as it was affectionate – the farewell to a president who didn’t want to go from a party that couldn’t...

Two teenagers have been charged with murder over the shooting of US actor Jonny Wactor. Robert Barceleau and Sergio Estrada, both 18, were charged...

It’s been a mad few months, even by American political standards. After Donald Trump’s criminal conviction in New York came Joe Biden’s blunders at...

Next week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago will be characterised by a mood of relief among delegates. The switch of candidate from the aged...

The tragic last hours before Friends actor Matthew Perry died from a drug overdose have been laid bare in new court documents. Perry was...

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is “closer than we’ve ever been”, according to Joe Biden. However, speaking at the White House, the...

Kim Dotcom, who founded the globally popular file-sharing site Megaupload, will be extradited to the US from New Zealand. German-born Dotcom, who has New...

Neighbours of the so-called “Ketamine Queen” who is facing multiple charges over the death of Matthew Perry have described the loud parties and frequent...

“That’s the ‘Roach’s Inn’,” Richie said, as we drove past a dilapidated motel. The Coaches’ Inn – it was the kind you see in...

American actress Gena Rowlands has died at the age of 94, her son has said. Nick Cassavetes revealed in June that his mother, who...

NASA has said it has still not decided how to bring home two astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) after their spacecraft developed...