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Joe Biden won’t face criminal charges over the handling of classified documents, after he portrayed himself as an “elderly man with a poor memory”, said the special counsel. Robert Hur said President Biden had “wilfully retained and disclosed classified materials” after he was vice president and when he was a “private citizen”, and his actions

Five US marines have been killed in a helicopter crash in California.  The aircraft, a CH-53E Super Stallion, went down on Tuesday night during stormy weather in mountains outside San Diego. The helicopter was discovered on Wednesday morning near the mountain community of Pine Valley, about 45 miles from the city. Image: A still image

Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has suffered an embarrassing loss to “none of these candidates” in Nevada’s primary vote. Tuesday’s result has been interpreted as a protest staged by Donald Trump-supporting members of the Republican Party. Mrs Haley is Donald Trump’s last rival in the race to go up against President Biden in November’s US election.

Los Angeles has recorded at least 475 mudslides after one of the wettest storms in the history of southern California. Officials are warning of further mudslides and flooding after a large amount of the city’s average annual rainfall fell in just three days – while seven deaths have been reported across the state. LA mayor

The mother of a school shooter who killed four students at a school in Michigan has been convicted in a landmark case. Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter and faces 15 years in prison for each charge. Her son Ethan was 15 when he opened fire at Oxford High School,

Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity and can be prosecuted in an election interference case, a US appeals court has ruled. The court ruled that there was no basis for Trump to assert that former presidents have blanket immunity from prosecution for any acts committed as president. The ruling means he can be prosecuted

An American porn star has sparked anger after visiting Iran – despite the risks of being detained and sentenced to the death penalty. Whitney Wright, 32, filmed herself in Tehran and visited the abandoned US embassy which has been turned into an anti-American museum. In remarks made on social media, Wright, whose real name is

A former Trump administration official has died after he was shot during an attempted carjacking. Mike Gill, who worked as chief of staff at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the former president, was shot in Washington DC last Monday as a man tried to get into a car before fleeing the scene, police said.

Women are dominating the 66th annual Grammys, with the star-studded ceremony set to reveal the successful stars. Even Barbie – the movie that spiced up the summer and set the box office alight – is getting a look in at the awards show which celebrates the best songs of the last year with 11 nominations.

British director Matthew Vaughn has dispelled online rumours that Taylor Swift was behind the pseudonym Elly Conway – the author of the novel connected to his new film Argylle. The film sees its protagonist Elly Conway, played by Bryce Dallas Howard, thrown into the world of espionage when she meets real spy Aiden, played by

A rocket designed to carry a nuclear warhead was found in the garage of a home in the US. Police in Bellevue, a city across Lake Washington from Seattle, were called to a report of a military-grade rocket by the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday evening. A Bellevue resident had phoned the

The US has hit 85 targets in Iraq and Syria with airstrikes in a retaliatory attack after three American soldiers were killed at a base in Jordan. More than 125 “precision munitions” were fired from long-range bombers flown from the US at three facilities in Iraq and four in Syria. Middle East latest: US begins

In 2023, the names of two women were on everyone’s lips: Barbie, and Taylor Swift. Both are represented at the Grammy Awards tonight. Swift‘s music needs no introduction of course, while Barbie makes the cut thanks to the contributions to the film’s soundtrack by Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa (Ryan Gosling’s I’m Just Ken sadly

Footage has emerged of a cruise ship being flooded during a storm in the Gulf of Mexico – causing water to flow into people’s cabins. Travis Hair, a passenger on the Royal Caribbean vessel, filmed as the balcony of his room on the Voyager Of The Seas was swamped. Mr Hair said he captured the

There was a time when he’d have jumped at the chance – not today, not with this president. Alabas Farhat, Democratic representative for the state of Michigan, declined the invitation for a “meet and greet” with Joe Biden and he wasn’t alone. Arab Muslim community leaders in the greater Detroit area snubbed the campaign visit

Donald Trump’s legal claim over allegations he took part in “perverted” sex acts and gave bribes to Russian officials has been dismissed by a High Court judge. The former US president, 77, had brought the data protection case in the UK after claims were published about him in the so-called Steele dossier before the 2016

Alec Baldwin has plead not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter over the on-set shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Ms Hutchins was shot and killed during filming of the western movie Rust in New Mexico after a gun the actor was holding went off. Baldwin made the plea as he waived his right

Alec Baldwin will be arraigned on Thursday after he was again charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of a cinematographer. Halyna Hutchins died in October 2021 when the star shot her during an on-set rehearsal for Western movie Rust. The movie’s director, Joel Souza, was wounded in the shoulder by the same bullet. The

Joe Biden has promised the US will “respond” to the attack on Tower 22, which left three US military personnel dead and dozens wounded. The problem is that the US has already been responding to attack after attack on its bases in the Middle East – and has nevertheless failed to deter them. There have

Lily Gladstone says Native American history has essentially been “banned” from the US school curriculum, with teachers who want to include it “intimidated” and “left in fear of losing their licence”. The Oscar-nominated star says she hopes her latest film, Killers Of The Flower Moon, will help raise awareness of a neglected part of history,