Category: US

A police officer in Ohio has been sacked after he released a dog to attack a surrendering unarmed truck driver. Officer Ryan Speakman was dismissed with immediate effect, after he…

Joe Biden’s dog bit members of the US Secret Service at least 10 times in a four-month period, records show, forcing one to go to hospital for treatment. Records released…

A long-time Twitter user has given up the @X username following Elon Musk’s controversial rebrand. “Alls well that ends well,” said the account, which now goes by @x12345678998765. It has…

Sea surface temperatures of more than 38C (100.4F) have been recorded off the coast of Florida – potentially setting a new world record. The recording was captured by a buoy…

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…

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…

Joe Biden has nominated a female admiral to lead the US navy – and if confirmed, she would be the first woman to head a military service branch of the…

An eight-year-old girl badly burned when a Chicken McNugget fell on her leg has been awarded $800,000 (£623,000) compensation. Warning: Pictures of the burn are below It happened in 2019…

An American soldier who is believed to be in custody in North Korea was facing disciplinary action by the US military when he crossed into the secretive country, US officials…

A US dentist accused of the fatal poisoning of his wife searched the internet for “how to make murder look like a heart attack” weeks before she died, a court…

President Joe Biden has described the US-UK relationship as “rock solid”, despite reported disagreements over Ukraine. Mr Biden told Prime Minister Rishi Sunak he “couldn’t be meeting with a closer…

A Tennessee soccer coach has been detained after videos of him allegedly sexually assaulting children were found on a phone he left behind in a restaurant, police have said. Camilo…

Two-time women’s football World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe has announced her retirement. The 38-year-old said the current National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season will be her last with a statement…

President Biden has agreed to give Ukraine controversial cluster munitions to use against Russian troops. Thousands will be sent as part of a new US aid package worth hundreds of…

A Texas man who allegedly disappeared eight years ago as a teenager was never really missing and had been living with his mother almost the whole time, police have said.…

Donald Trump is suing a woman he was found to have sexually abused – claiming she falsely accused him of rape. E. Jean Carroll won a civil case against the…

MrBeast, the most-followed person on YouTube, says he turned down an invitation to travel on the doomed Titanic submersible. Five people were killed when OceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded during a…

Two New York lawyers have been fined after submitting a legal brief with fake case citations generated by ChatGPT. Steven Schwartz, of law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, admitted using…

Microsoft’s record takeover bid for video games giant Activision Blizzard has gone before a US federal court. The Windows and Xbox maker wants to buy the company best known for…

Billionaire technology rivals Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have agreed to fight each other in a cage match. Twitter owner Musk, 51, said on his social media platform he was…