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An abortion pill approved in the US more than 20 years ago could now be pulled. US district judge Matthew J Kacsmaryk has signed an injunction directing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to halt the approval of mifepristone while a lawsuit by a conservative Christian group challenging its safety continues. The outcome could halt

Several spectators had a lucky escape on Friday as strong winds brought three trees crashing down during the second round of the 87th Masters. Officials confirmed that no injuries had been reported following the terrifying incident near the 17th tee at Augusta National. “The safety and well-being of everyone attending the Masters tournament will always

Marvel star Jeremy Renner said he has “no regrets” about his snowplough accident that left him in a serious condition, and that he’d “do it again” to save his nephew. The 52-year-old actor added he was “so grateful and forever in debt” to those who helped him after his accident, where he was crushed by

Tennessee’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives has expelled two Democrats over their participation in a gun control demonstration at the state legislature last week. The protest came in the wake of the school shooting in Nashville on 27 March where six people, including three children, were killed. The Republicans, who control the house 75-23, voted to

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the nephew of the assassinated former president John F Kennedy, has announced he will challenge Joe Biden to be the Democratic nominee for the White House next year. He has filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission, becoming the second person to announce themselves as a challenger to

Taiwan’s peace and democracy are facing “unprecedented challenges”, its president has said, on a visit to the US which will anger China. Tsai Ing-wen has held talks with both Democrat and Republican congressional leaders at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, against a backdrop of rising tensions with Beijing, which claims the island nation

A tornado has caused “multiple injuries and multiple deaths” in Missouri, US officials have said. The tornado moved through Bollinger County, about 50 miles south of St Louis, on Wednesday morning, said Sergeant Clark Parrott of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Officials said a search and rescue operation had been launched and it was currently

Donald Trump has claimed he is the victim of election interference, as he condemned New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg for bringing criminal charges against him – speaking just hours after his arraignment. The former US president delivered an address to a crowd of some 500 people in his Mar-a-Lago estate ballroom in Florida after

Donald Trump has left his Florida home to travel to New York ahead of his unprecedented court appearance tomorrow. The former US president is expected to stay at Trump Tower in Manhattan before turning himself in to authorities on Tuesday. He is expected to be booked and arraigned on charges stemming from hush money payments

Donald Trump is set to appear at a court in Manhattan for his arraignment over alleged hush money paid to a porn actress before the 2016 election. Trump, the first former US president to face criminal charges, is due to be arraigned, fingerprinted and photographed this morning. The arraignment, which refers to the formal reading

The Chinese spy balloon that flew over the US was able to gather intelligence from several sensitive American military sites, officials have said. China was able to steer the surveillance balloon so it could make multiple passes over some of the sites and transmit the information it collected back to Beijing in real time, NBC has

Donald Trump is set to speak in Florida on Tuesday night after his scheduled arraignment in New York on charges related to hush money payments to a porn star before the 2016 election. His campaign said he will deliver “remarks” at his Mar-a-Lago estate after returning from Manhattan, where he is expected to voluntarily turn

A group of news organisations has launched a bid to allow cameras into court when Donald Trump makes an unprecedented appearance on Tuesday. The group, which includes NBC News, The Associated Press and The New York Times, have also asked judge Juan Merchan to immediately unseal the indictment against the former US president. On Friday,

A missing two-year-old has been found dead after his body was spotted in the mouth of an alligator. Taylen Mosley was reported missing on Thursday after his mother, 20-year-old Pashun Jeffery, was found dead in her apartment in St Petersburg, Florida. She had been stabbed multiple times, police said on Friday. The child’s father, Thomas

One person has died and 28 were injured after the roof at a heavy metal concert in Illinois collapsed during a storm. Police in Belvidere, about 50 miles west of Chicago, believe a tornado was to blame and described the scene as “absolute chaos”. It happened as a violent storm system hit the US south

The adult actress at the centre of Donald Trump’s indictment says the legal process will spark violence but that it shows that the former president is no longer untouchable. Stormy Daniels also says she has received death threats since the facts of the charges were made public. Speaking to The Times, she said: “Whatever the

Donald Trump’s lawyer has said the former president’s “knees don’t buckle” and there is “zero” chance he will take a plea deal in the face of criminal charges. In an interview with Sky News’ US partner NBC News, Joe Tacopina said his client is “ready to fight” and was not going to “hole up” in

Donald Trump has been indicted on criminal charges arising from an alleged hush money payment to an adult film actress. A grand jury in New York voted to indict Trump over possible offences related to a $130,000 (£105,000) payment to Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign. It was allegedly made in exchange for

Several people have reportedly died after two military helicopters crashed in Kentucky. Crew members were flying two HH60 Blackhawk helicopters during a routine training mission before the crash at Fort Campbell at around 10pm local time on Wednesday (3am on Thursday UK time), the military base has said in a statement. The statement adds that

Weight loss jabs such as Ozempic and Wegovy have been hailed as the future of obesity treatment – but some users are debilitated by nausea and regain the lost pounds as soon as they stop injections.  Both those problems could be solved by a new weight loss treatment that has shown promising results in a