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Hundreds of homes have been damaged and nearly 10,000 are without power after a tornado smashed through parts of Omaha, in the US state of Nebraska. A number of tornadoes were reported in the state but the worst hit the suburbs to the northwest of the city, which has a population of 485,000. The homes

Student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza continue to spread across the US, following last week’s arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. There have been nearly 550 protest-related arrests in the past week at major US universities, according to a tally by news agency Reuters. The students want universities to cut ties

Two courts aren’t enough – not for Donald Trump, not on a Thursday. His hush money criminal trial and Supreme Court hearing, legal events one and two, were already under way when he scored the hat-trick. A New York judge announced he was upholding the verdict and the $83m damages award against Trump for defaming

Protests over the Israel-Hamas war have reached boiling point at US universities, leading to the arrests of hundreds of protesters on campuses across the country. Police have been involved in clashes with pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up encampments on dozens of campuses, with over 500 arrests being made. But what are their demands, how

Chaos engulfed campuses across the United States as pro-Palestinian student protests spread to universities across the length and breadth of this country.  A movement which started at Columbia University on the east coast has now spread to the north, south and west. At the University of Southern California in Los Angeles at least 93 people

TikTok has promised a court battle over a new law that threatens to ban it in the US – with the app’s boss saying “we aren’t going anywhere”. President Joe Biden approved the law that states the platform will be blocked if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell it within nine months. US politicians

The Senate has passed $95bn (£76.2bn) in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delays and rows – with Joe Biden set to sign the legislation later. The bill passed the Senate on an overwhelming 79-18 vote late on Tuesday after the House had approved the package on Saturday. Once signed, the

A newspaper chief was Donald Trump’s “eyes and ears” and killed unfavourable stories about him in the run-up to the 2016 election, a court has heard. Trump has made history as the first former US president to face a criminal trial. He stands accused of paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels in an

A celebrity handbag designer whose products have been used by Britney Spears and on Sex And The City has been jailed for smuggling crocodile handbags into the US for fashion shows. Nancy Gonzalez, 71, admitted recruiting couriers to carry as many as four products each on commercial flights from her native Colombia to the US

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested at Yale University, hours after Columbia University cancelled classes due to an ongoing demo there. A spokesperson for New Haven Police Department said officers arrested about 45 protesters at Yale and charged them with misdemeanour trespassing. There were no reports of any violence or injuries. All were released

Opening statements are due to be heard in the trial of Donald Trump over hush money payments to a porn star. A jury has been selected at the New York court which will witness the first criminal trial of a former US president. Opening remarks by the prosecution and defence teams will be followed by

A tram crash at Universal Studios Hollywood has left 15 people injured. The Los Angeles County Fire Department was called to the theme park shortly after 9pm local time on Saturday. It said 15 people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries. The crash occurred when the final car of one of the trams collided

The impact of this American blockage has been profound.  I have had multiple conversations with diplomats and military officials in Washington DC and all have said the same thing: the situation for Ukraine is depressing, Russia has the upper hand and prospects for Kyiv, without more weapons, are bleak. The Ukrainians have been running low

The US House of Representatives has approved sending $60.8bn (£49bn) in foreign aid to Ukraine. Democrats and Republicans joined together after months of deadlock over renewed American support to help Ukraine fend off Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted to say he was “grateful” for the decision, which he said “keeps history on the

A man who set himself on fire outside the New York courthouse where former US President Donald Trump is on trial has died, Sky’s US partner NBC News has said. Maxwell Azzarello was “declared deceased by hospital staff”, police told NBC News in a phone call. No time of death was given. Mr Azzarello, in

A man has set himself on fire outside the courthouse in New York where former US President Donald Trump is on trial. The man was in the designated protest area outside the courthouse. It comes after jury selection for Trump’s hush money trial concluded with 12 people, and six alternatives, chosen to decide whether the

The overnight events do not reflect well on President Biden. He had signalled so emphatically just days ago for Israel not to retaliate. “Take the win,” the American president told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the early hours of Sunday morning. Middle East latest – follow live Image: Benjamin Netanyahu has ignored Biden’s pleas.

Donald Trump described the hush money case against him as a “mess” after all 12 of the jurors who will decide his fate were selected. Leaving the court in New York after proceedings were adjourned for the third day, Trump addressed reporters, saying he was supposed to be in states like Georgia, New Hampshire and

Joe Biden has suggested his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals after his plane was shot down during the Second World War – as he said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chief again. The US president visited a war memorial near his Pennsylvania hometown to honour his late uncle Ambrose

The families of OJ Simpson’s murdered ex-wife and her friend will be paid from his estate, the executor of his will has suggested. The former NFL star and Hollywood actor died aged 76 of cancer on 10 April. He was cleared of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in what was dubbed “trial of the