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Donald Trump was handed a win in the courts after a proposed fast-track ruling over whether the former president can be prosecuted was rejected. Mr Trump – leading in the race to be the Republican nominee in 2024 – faces criminal charges over allegations he conspired to overturn the 2020 election. He has argued he

A woman with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days. Medical phenomenon Kelsey Hatcher, from Alabama in the US, was born with two functional uteri that each have their own cervix. After falling pregnant in both wombs – described as a one-in-a-million occurence – Mrs Hatcher has now given birth to

Donald Trump urged election officials in Michigan to “fight for our country” and not certify Joe Biden’s presidential election victory in 2020, according to local media. The Detroit News reports a phone call made by the former president to two fellow Republicans on the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, in which he claims his party

The owner of Pornhub has admitted to making more than $864,000 (£679,000) from sex trafficking by posting videos of women on its site without their consent, US prosecutors have said. Aylo Holdings “knowingly enriched itself by turning a blind eye” to victims who told the company they had been lied to and forced into the

Donald Trump’s associate and former lawyer Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy just days after he was ordered to pay $148m (£116m) for defaming two election workers. His spokesperson said the move will give him time to appeal against the punishment and ensure other creditors are treated fairly. It’s not clear how the filing will

Threats have been made against the judges who banned Donald Trump from standing for president in Colorado next year. “Significant violent rhetoric” against the justices and Democrats was uncovered on social media in the 24 hours after Tuesday’s decision by the Colorado Supreme Court. NBC News, Sky News’ US partner, reported on the findings by

A man who spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder has been exonerated by a judge – becoming the longest serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime. Glynn Simmons, 71, was released in July after prosecutors agreed that key evidence in his case was not turned over to his defence lawyers. Oklahoma

President Joe Biden said there was “no question” Donald Trump “supported an insurrection” in light of Colorado’s legal ruling rendering him ineligible for the US presidency. However, Mr Biden did not comment on the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot. Speaking about his likely Republican opponent in next

Donald Trump is ineligible for the US presidency under the US constitution’s insurrection clause, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling comes as the former US leader prepares to run for the presidency in 2024. Trump is accused of inciting riots at the US Capitol Building in an effort to overturn the result after

Five grandchildren of a fire service employee died in a house blaze – which police say took place while their father was out Christmas shopping. The children, a girl and four boys, all died in the fire at a home in Bullhead City, Arizona, on Saturday. Four of the victims, the girl, four, and three

Google will pay out $700m (£550m) and allow more competition on its Play Store after it was accused of using illegal restrictions and overcharging consumers when they buy items in apps. It forms part of an antitrust settlement in the US, ahead of a legal battle with Fortnite maker Epic Games, which accused Google of

A US mother who used to give parenting advice to more than two million subscribers on YouTube has pleaded guilty to child abuse after starving two of her children. Ruby Franke, a mother of six from Utah, has admitted four counts of aggravated child abuse. She was arrested in August after her emaciated 12-year-old knocked

A car crashed into a parked SUV that was guarding President Joe Biden’s motorcade on Sunday night while he was leaving a visit to his campaign headquarters. The president and first lady Jill Biden were unharmed. While Mr Biden was walking from the campaign office to his waiting armoured SUV, a saloon hit a Secret

Donald Trump has said undocumented immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country” during a speech in New Hampshire. The Republican presidential frontrunner repeated language that had previously been criticised as xenophobic and echoing Nazi rhetoric. Mr Trump made the comments during a campaign event where he railed against the record number of migrants attempting

The gulf between the US and the Israeli government visions for “the day after” in Gaza seems to be widening by the day. In his Saturday news conference, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed, again, a two-state solution and insisted Israel will have enduring security control in Gaza. In doing so, he undermined the alliance

A man who left a note to his estranged wife stating “if I can’t have them, neither can you”, has admitted killing their three children. Jason Karels pleaded “guilty but mentally ill” on Friday to three counts of first-degree murder. The 36-year-old will be jailed for life without parole, Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart

Rudy Giuliani must pay more than $148m in damages to two former Georgia election workers after falsely accusing them of helping to rig the 2020 election against Donald Trump. The jury found Giuliani owes the workers, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman, roughly $73m (£57m) to compensate them for the reputational and emotional

A boy who urinated in a US car park has been given three months’ probation and must write an essay on the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant. Quantavious Eason, 10, was arrested in Mississippi after police caught him relieving himself behind his mother’s car while she was at a lawyer’s office. A lawyer for the

An After School Satan Club will go ahead despite opposition from faith and education leaders in Tennessee. Around 40 members of the faith community joined leaders at Memphis-Shelby County Schools to criticise the planned club and to question The Satanic Temple’s intentions in offering it. According to local newspaper the Commercial Appeal, the protesters wanted

Two people have been arrested after seven primary schoolchildren “experienced a reaction to ingesting gummy bears” from a bag that was laced with fentanyl, police in the US have said. Five of the children were taken to hospital after eating the sweets at the Central Elementary School in Amherst County, Virginia, the local sheriff’s office