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Donald Trump is facing more criminal charges as part of an investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election result and the 6 January storming of the Capitol Building. The former US president has maintained that the result of the election – in which Joe Biden won the keys to the White House – was

Euphoria star Angus Cloud has died at his family’s home in Oakland, California. The 25-year-old was said to have been struggling after burying his father in Ireland last week. Cloud played drug dealer Fezco in 17 episodes of the hit HBO drama, alongside the likes of Zendaya and Hunter Schafer. A family statement said: “It

A six-year-old girl has died after she was accidentally struck by the propeller of a boat her mum was driving in an Arizona lake. A group of 12 people from two families had boarded a boat on Lake Pleasant at about 7am on Friday. Later that morning, one of the families called 911 to report

Cardi B has been filmed hurling a microphone at an audience member in retaliation for having a drink tossed over her while she was on stage. Footage of the incident, which shows the US rapper performing in a flowing orange dress in Las Vegas, has been widely shared on social media. In the clip, Cardi

Donald Trump has told supporters at an influential campaign event in Iowa he is the only Republican candidate who can beat President Joe Biden. The former president took to the stage at the Lincoln Day Dinner with his main rival Ron DeSantis and several other candidates in the race to become the party’s nominee in

Antisemitism in the United States has risen in a “really horrific way”, according to the Jewish Federation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The city was home to the most deadly attack on Jewish people in America – a mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in October 2018. Eleven people were killed and six injured. A

Evil spirits, zombies and the end of the world. Lori Vallow’s murder trial had it all, and ended with her being found guilty of killing two of her children. The so-called “doomsday mom” from Idaho became obsessed with a coming religious apocalypse, prosecutors say, and believed her kids had to be destroyed so they could

Donald Trump has been accused of asking an employee to delete security footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the classified documents case. The updated indictment, which added new charges against the former US president, centres on surveillance footage at Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach –

A five-year-old boy who fatally shot his baby brother in the US was high on cocaine while the toddler had marijuana in his system, according to prosecutors. Sixteen-month-old Isiah Johnson died from a gunshot wound to his head on 28 March in Lafayette about 60 miles north of Indianapolis, after his brother found a handgun

The mother of a missing girl who was found after four years has said “miracles do happen”. Alicia Navarro disappeared aged 14 from her home in Glendale, Arizona in September 2019 after writing a note to her parents saying she was running away but would be back. After a four-year-long search, Ms Navarro, now 18,

“My world exploded,” Kevin Spacey told jurors as he gave evidence during his sexual assault trial. “There was a rush to judgement and before the first question was asked or answered I lost my job, I lost my reputation – I lost everything, in a matter of days.” The Hollywood star fought back tears as

President Biden’s son Hunter has unexpectedly pleaded not guilty to two tax crimes after a plea deal fell apart in court. The 53-year-old appeared in Delaware after being charged with evading $100,000 (£77,000) in taxes from income of over $1.5m in 2017 and 2018. He had previously reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty

The British billionaire owner of Tottenham Hotspur, Joe Lewis has been indicted for orchestrating a “brazen” insider trading scheme, the US attorney in Manhattan has said. In a video posted on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, Damian Williams said: “Today I’m announcing that my office, the southern district of New York has indicted

US presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has been involved in a car crash. The Florida governor, who is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, was involved in an accident in Tennessee on Tuesday but is uninjured, his spokesperson said. “This morning, the governor was in a car accident while traveling to an event in Chattanooga,

A deadly heatwave simmering in the US southwest since spring is expected to spread to several other states, with multiple heat warnings being issued. The heatwave, which has led to extreme temperatures such as 45.5C (114F) which was recorded in Arizona’s capital Phoenix on Sunday, is forecast to expand into central and eastern parts of

A woman has been found dead after a suspected grizzly bear attack in the US.  She was found on Saturday in Montana on a trail west of Yellowstone National Park “following an apparent bear encounter”, officials from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said. Investigators found grizzly bear tracks at the scene but

Elon Musk says he could replace Twitter’s blue bird logo by Monday – as he pushes ahead with plans to rebrand the social network as X. In a series of posts on his account, the billionaire said he planned to “bid adieu” to the Twitter brand and “gradually, all the birds”. The Tesla and SpaceX

A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and killing her toddler has been charged with a string of crimes, including murder. Rashad Trice, 26, is facing 20 charges from the Michigan state attorney general in the US related to the death of two-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith, as well as sexual assault and assault with intent to

Kamala Harris said “extremists” want to “replace history with lies” after Florida’s educational standards changed the way slavery will be taught in schools. The vice president travelled to Jacksonville on Friday to condemn new guidelines, approved by the state’s board of education this week, which she said include instructions for middle school students saying some

A two-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba in Nevada. Woodrow Bundy died from the Naegleria fowleri infection on Wednesday, his mother said. The boy is believed to have been exposed to the deadly amoeba at a natural hot spring. Woodrow fought for seven days, his mother Briana wrote on Facebook. “He is my