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A former sheriff’s deputy accused of failing to protect students during a 2018 mass shooting at a US school has been acquitted by a Florida jury.  Gunman Nikolas Cruz killed 17 and wounded another 17 when he opened fire at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on 14 February, 2018. Scot Peterson, the school resource

A Delta flight was forced to do an emergency landing after the nose landing gear failed to come down. The plane – travelling from Atlanta to Charlotte – circled as it tried to fix the problem, but passengers were eventually told to get in the brace position. In audio from air traffic control, the pilot

A former US Marine sergeant accused of killing a homeless man after putting him in a chokehold on a New York subway train has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. Daniel Penny, 24, also denied a charge of criminally negligent homicide following the death of Jordan Neely in May. Video filmed by a freelance journalist and

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 ex-president in May. Jurors found Mr Trump sexually assaulted and defamed Ms Carroll. However, they stopped short of finding that Mr Trump had raped her.

A man has been charged with murdering his three-week-old daughter with a crossbow, US authorities have said. The Broome County Sheriff’s Office said a New York man was arrested and charged on suspicion of shooting the baby with a crossbow bolt – apparently while she was in her mother’s arms. Police and emergency medical workers

A recording of Donald Trump saying he is holding secret documents he didn’t declassify while he was president has emerged. The tape was made at the former president’s Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club in July 2021 and seems to indicate he knew of the proper declassification procedures but did not follow them. First obtained by

The “monster” who opened fire at an LGBT+ nightclub in Colorado last November, killing five people, has been sentenced to life in prison. Anderson Lee Aldrich admitted five counts of murder and 46 counts of attempted murder – and also pleaded no contest to two hate crimes. Aldrich’s guilty pleas mean the victims’ families are

An airport worker in the US has died after being sucked into a plane engine, officials have said. The employee, who has not been named, was “ingested” into an engine at San Antonio International Airport in Texas on Friday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said. The incident happened at 10.25pm local time when a

Donald Trump has widened his lead over his nearest Republican rival in the race to be the party’s US presidential candidate despite his mounting legal troubles, according to a new NBC News poll. Mr Trump is seeking to run for the White House again at next year’s US election but faces competition from the likes

Hikers have found human remains in a California mountain area where British actor Julian Sands went missing five months ago, authorities have said. The remains were discovered on Saturday morning near Mount Baldy in Southern California, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said. They have been taken to the coroner’s office for identification which is expected

A freight train carrying hazardous material has plunged into a river in the US after a bridge collapsed. Carriages transporting asphalt and sulphur – which is used in fertiliser and insecticide – plunged into Montana’s Yellowstone River, causing a yellow liquid to pour out into the water. The cause of the collapse is unknown and

The US Coast Guard will lead the investigation into the implosion of the Titan submersible which killed five people. The US National Transportation Safety Board will assist in the investigation, while Canadian investigators are examining Titan’s Canada-flagged support ship, the Polar Prince. Details about the ongoing investigation come as ships involved in the round-the-clock recovery

A billionaire was offered cut-price tickets to embark on Titan’s ill-fated voyage – but backed out because of scheduling issues. Jay Bloom has shared some of his texts with Stockton Rush, who was on the doomed vessel and founded the company which ran the expedition. Messages from February reveal Mr Bloom’s son was scared to

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 the Call Of Duty, Warcraft, and Diablo franchises for $69bn (£54.2bn). It would be the largest tech acquisition ever. But the UK competitions watchdog blocked

Four people have been killed as a line of severe storms hit west Texas, producing a rare combination of multiple tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and hailstones bigger than tennis balls. The deaths happened in the town of Matador which was struck by an “unprecedented” tornado, authorities said. Ten other people were injured and later treated in

Louis Tomlinson fans were pelted by huge hailstones at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado as they waited for the star to come on stage on Wednesday night. Tomlinson says he was “devastated” and sent concertgoers “love” as around 100 fans were left injured by the freak weather. Seven people were taken to hospital with

China says comments by Joe Biden describing its leader Xi Jinping as a dictator are “extremely absurd and irresponsible”. The latest clash comes right after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded a visit to Beijing that had sought to break the ice in what has become an increasingly strained international relationship. Issues such as

He is a troubled soul and troubling son. Hunter Biden has never made a secret of the personal struggles that afflicted him following the death of his older brother, Beau, in 2015. Nor could he, realistically, when images of his drug addiction and self-made pornography were splashed across US media. It’s no secret, either, that

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has been charged with federal tax and weapons offences. Hunter Biden has reached an agreement with the Justice Department in which he will plead guilty to misdemeanour tax offences and is expected to reach an agreement with prosecutors on the felony charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a drug

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are to face trial in Romania over allegations of human trafficking and forming an organised crime group. The Tate brothers and two Romanian female suspects are under house arrest as part of an investigation into accusations made by seven women. They have denied the allegations. Romanian prosecutors

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked classified documents around the Vietnam War known as the Pentagon Papers, has died at 92. Mr Ellsberg, who had been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer in February, died at his home in California, his family said. Long before WikiLeaks or Edward Snowden, the Pentagon Papers were one of the most famous

The NBA has suspended Memphis Grizzlies player Ja Morant for 25 games next season for brandishing a gun in a social media video. In a statement, the NBA said the 23-year-old was suspended without pay “for conduct detrimental to the league”. It said Morant “posed with a firearm in a car during a live-streamed video”

A truck driver has been convicted of fatally shooting 11 worshippers at a synagogue in the deadliest attack on Jewish people in the US. Seven other victims were wounded, including five police officers, after 50-year-old Robert Bowers opened fire with an assault rifle and other weapons in Pittsburgh. Bowers was charged with 63 counts, including

Meghan Markle’s podcast will not be renewed for a second series by Spotify. The Duchess of Sussex’s Archetypes podcast is being dropped by the streaming service, and reportedly did not produce enough content to warrant a full payout of the $20 million (£15 million) deal she and Prince Harry signed with Spotify in 2020. In

Decayed remains found 45 years ago stuffed in a bag in Nevada have finally been identified thanks to advancements in DNA testing. The remains were found in October 1978 in the small Nevada town of Imlay, about two hours north of Reno. Officers also found some articles of women’s clothing inside the garment bag. On

Nine women have filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Bill Cosby in Nevada, just weeks after the state abolished the statute of limitations for civil cases. The lawsuit accuses Cosby of using his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to isolate and sexually assault each of the women named in the lawsuit. Janice Dickinson, Lise-Lotte Lublin,

A former US Marine has been indicted on a charge of second degree manslaughter over the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely. A New York grand jury voted on Wednesday to indict Daniel Penny, an ex-sergeant, over the killing of Mr Neely in Manhattan, according to local media reports. Bystanders recorded Penny, 24, putting Mr

Donald Trump lashed out at his political opponents in an angry speech at a New Jersey fundraiser just hours after he pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges.  In a speech that lasted just over half an hour on Tuesday night, he attacked a range of prominent public figures including Bill and Hillary Clinton, President

Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges that he unlawfully kept national security documents when he left office and lied to officials trying to recover them. Trump appeared before a judge in Miami’s federal court just days after he became the first former US president charged with federal crimes. Trump latest: Ex-president pleads not

Donald Trump has spent the night at his golf club in Doral just outside Miami ahead of his historic federal court appearance. The former president will appear at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Court House at 3pm (8pm UK time) on charges he stole classified documents and lied to block efforts to get them back. Trump

Donald Trump has arrived in Miami for an historic federal court appearance on charges he stole classified information and lied to block efforts to get it back. He touched down in his private plane on Monday afternoon, one day before his initial appearance in front of a judge. Supporters gathered outside one of his golf

Part of a crucial highway in the US has collapsed after a tanker carrying gasoline caught fire underneath an overpass. The stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia is used by 160,000 vehicles a day – and officials have warned it will take several months to rebuild. No injuries or deaths have been reported so far,

Donald Trump popped into a waffle restaurant in Columbus, Georgia, on Saturday afternoon. The idea, presumably, was to create an impromptu moment – to present a man not rattled by the days ahead. The pre-positioned supporters suggest it was rather more pre-arranged. But there is no question that the former president looked relaxed, confident, and