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Tissue from the brain of a man who shot dead 18 people is being analysed for signs of injury related to his army service....

More than 600 members of staff at Harvard University have backed its president following criticism over her appearance at a congressional hearing on campus...

A suspect has been arrested after a 16-year-old cheerleader was found dead in her bathtub by her mother in Texas. Rafael Romero was located...

A US Air Force pilot safely ejected before his F-16 fighter jet crashed into the sea off South Korea’s coast, US and South Korean...

Donald Trump has said he will no longer give evidence at his New York civil fraud trial. The former US president had been expected...

The murder conviction of a Chicago man who has spent 12 years behind bars has been overturned – because a key eyewitness was legally...

A shop assistant has died after a customer beat him and impaled him with a golf club. The 66-year-old was attacked on Friday at...

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....