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President Biden has said Donald Trump is “willing to sacrifice our democracy” to put himself in power again – as he spoke three years on from the Capitol riots. Mr Trump is currently favourite to be his rival once again in November’s presidential election. And Mr Biden launched an extended attack on his ambitions and

David Soul, who was best known for his role in the 1970s cop show Starsky & Hutch, has died. His wife announced the US-born actor died aged 80 on Thursday, surrounded by his family. Soul played Detective Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson alongside Paul Michael Glaser’s Detective David Starsky in the hit crime-solving series, which ran on

Bill Clinton “threatened” a prominent magazine and told staff not to publish articles about Jeffrey Epstein, newly unsealed court documents suggest. The claim is made in an email that was written by Virginia Giuffre – Epstein’s first public accuser – in 2011. In the message to a journalist, Giuffre alleges that the former US president

Some 40 of 250 previously sealed documents relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released by a US court. After Judge Loretta Preska ruled they could be unsealed in December and no objections were made, the first set of court papers were published on 3 January. They largely consist of legal arguments

Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Stephen Hawking are among those named in court documents relating to Ghislaine Maxwell, her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and alleged victims of sexual abuse. A US judge, Loretta Preska, ruled in December that documents that were part of a 2015 defamation case by Virginia Giuffre against Ghislaine Maxwell

A 10-year-old boy was shot dead by another boy of the same age after losing a bicycle race, the victim’s mother has claimed. Keith “KJ” Frierson was found bleeding from the head and neck at about 4.30pm in a Californian suburb on Saturday, with police arresting a boy, 10, and his father. The boy suspect

A couple from New Jersey rang in the new year in a special way as they welcomed twins – but the babies won’t share the same birth date nor the same birth year. Ezra was born first at 11.48pm on New Year’s Eve then his brother Ezekial was delivered 40 minutes later at 12.28am on

Two New York City police officers sprang into action to help save a man who had fallen on to subway tracks – marking their second heroic rescue in recent months. The NYPD officers were inspecting Carroll Street station last week when they witnessed a man fall on to the tracks. In bodycam footage released by

A US woman accused of killing two of her children before disappearing has been arrested in the UK, according to police. Kimberlee Singler was taken into custody without incident, Colorado Springs police said on Sunday. In a statement, reported by Sky News’ sister organisation NBC News, police said: “Detectives with the Colorado Springs Police Department’s

The prospect of at least one conviction of Donald Trump in 2024 is “extremely high”, a former federal prosecutor has told Sky News. Glenn Kirschner, a US attorney with 30 years of trial experience, spoke as he assessed the former president’s year ahead in court. Mr Kirschner, a legal analyst for NBC/MSNBC News, said he

Paula Abdul has accused former American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her when she was a judge on the show. The singer’s lawsuit also accuses him of another assault, years later, when she worked on So You Think You Can Dance. Lythgoe denied the accusations and said he is “shocked and saddened”. Abdul

A woman has sued Michael Jackson’s older brother Jermaine, accusing him of sexually assaulting her in 1988.  The suit against The Jackson 5 singer was filed in California under the state’s Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act, which allows civil suits in sexual assault cases after the statute of limitations has expired if one

Police in the US are searching for a 35-year-old woman accused of killing two of her children before disappearing. Officers in the state of Colorado have issued an arrest warrant for Kimberlee Singler, who is wanted on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, child abuse and assault. Police responded to a 911 call about a burglary

Maybe my perspective is skewed, overconsumption of global events perhaps, but it feels to me unnervingly like we’re nearing a perfect storm right now.  Out of a chaotic global pandemic, humanity seems to have lurched into deeply uncertain times. We tend to struggle to focus on more than one crisis at a time, but we

Chocolate giant Hershey is being sued by a disgruntled customer who said its Halloween-themed peanut butter treats didn’t match the packaging. Cynthia Kelly, from Florida, argues she bought them because she liked the “artistic designs” of the holiday sweeties. She was especially fond of the “cute looking” eyes and mouth shown on the packets of

A secretive US government spaceplane has embarked on a classified mission aboard one of the world’s most powerful rockets. The X-37B craft was launched from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. It has been on six previous missions since 2010, most recently in 2020, but the rocket used on Thursday

Maine’s top election official has disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year’s US presidential primary election – becoming the second state to bar the former president over the Capitol riots. Maine secretary of state Shenna Bellows concluded that Mr Trump incited an insurrection when he spread false claims about voter fraud in

The father of an American driver who fled the UK after a crash left a British nurse unable to walk has set up a GoFundMe page to raise funds for his son’s legal costs. Issac Calderon, 22, has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a collision on the A4103 near Shucknall

Thousands of migrants have been moving slowly north through Mexico towards the US, ahead of talks between the two countries over the illegal migration crisis at the border. Pictures on Christmas Day showed a long line of people, some carrying placards and banners, children amongst them, setting out from Tapachula, in the far southeast of

A 23-year-old woman was shot dead on Christmas Eve after an argument with her brothers about presents, police in Florida have said.  Two teenage brothers have been arrested, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Abrielle Baldwin was shot in the chest by her 14-year-old brother while she was holding her baby in a carrier,

Kanye West has issued an apology in Hebrew to the Jewish community on social media for previous antisemitic comments – saying he “regrets any pain” he may have caused. The 46-year-old rapper, who changed his name to Ye in 2021, made a series of antisemitic remarks last year which led to his Twitter (now X)

Beyonce’s childhood home was saved from burning down after a fire broke out early on Christmas Day. Located in the Third Ward neighbourhood of Houston, Texas, the Formation singer lived at the two-story house until she was five years old. At around 2am on Monday a fire broke out at the home, with the Houston

John and Melody Hennessee plan to spend the rest of their lives cruising around the world – and they reckon it could be as much as half as expensive as their life on land. The couple, originally from Florida, sold almost everything they owned three years ago, including their main business and their home, and

A dead body was found in a freezer by a family in San Diego, police have said, with details around how it ended up there still a mystery. The San Diego Police Department said “out-of-town” family members immediately called police when they found the body in a home in Zion Avenue at around 11.45am (7.45pm

Donald Trump was handed a win in the courts after a proposed fast-track ruling over whether the former president can be prosecuted was rejected. Mr Trump – leading in the race to be the Republican nominee in 2024 – faces criminal charges over allegations he conspired to overturn the 2020 election. He has argued he

A woman with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days. Medical phenomenon Kelsey Hatcher, from Alabama in the US, was born with two functional uteri that each have their own cervix. After falling pregnant in both wombs – described as a one-in-a-million occurence – Mrs Hatcher has now given birth to

Former Two And A Half Men star Charlie Sheen was assaulted by a neighbour in Los Angeles, according to police. A woman was arrested following the incident, which reportedly took place in Sheen’s home on Wednesday at about 1pm. “Upon contacting the parties involved, deputies identified Charlie Sheen as a victim of assault,” police confirmed.

Donald Trump urged election officials in Michigan to “fight for our country” and not certify Joe Biden’s presidential election victory in 2020, according to local media. The Detroit News reports a phone call made by the former president to two fellow Republicans on the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, in which he claims his party

The owner of Pornhub has admitted to making more than $864,000 (£679,000) from sex trafficking by posting videos of women on its site without their consent, US prosecutors have said. Aylo Holdings “knowingly enriched itself by turning a blind eye” to victims who told the company they had been lied to and forced into the

A woman whose parents bought $10,000 worth (£8,700) of Disney+ streaming vouchers by mistake turned to TikTok to fix their error. Andie Coston, from Illinois, said her parents were planning a big Christmas holiday for all 16 of their family members to a Disney theme park and tried to save money by buying gift cards

Donald Trump’s associate and former lawyer Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy just days after he was ordered to pay $148m (£116m) for defaming two election workers. His spokesperson said the move will give him time to appeal against the punishment and ensure other creditors are treated fairly. It’s not clear how the filing will

Threats have been made against the judges who banned Donald Trump from standing for president in Colorado next year. “Significant violent rhetoric” against the justices and Democrats was uncovered on social media in the 24 hours after Tuesday’s decision by the Colorado Supreme Court. NBC News, Sky News’ US partner, reported on the findings by

President Joe Biden said there was “no question” Donald Trump “supported an insurrection” in light of Colorado’s legal ruling rendering him ineligible for the US presidency. However, Mr Biden did not comment on the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot. Speaking about his likely Republican opponent in next