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A teenager who beat his high school Spanish teacher to death with a baseball bat over a bad grade has been sentenced to life in prison. Willard Miller, 17, pleaded guilty to first degree murder in April for his role in the November 2021 killing of Nohema Graber. He and co-defendant, Jeremy Goodale, 18, attacked

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fully approved a drug that slows the progression of Alzheimer’s disease for the first time. The FDA has granted full regulatory approval to Leqembi – a drug by Japanese manufacturers Eisai and US drugmakers Biogen. Up to now, other approved drugs targeted only the symptoms of the

A cameraman was injured after he was hit in the head by a baseball during a match between the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles. Pete Stendel of YES Network was struck by a hurried throw in the fifth inning. Wednesday’s game in New York was delayed for around 17 minutes as training staff and

A man has been jailed for life for raping a nine-year-old – who then had to travel to another US state for an abortion. Gerson Fuentes admitted attacking the girl in Columbus, Ohio. The 28-year-old, the live-in boyfriend of the child’s mother at the time, impregnated the girl. She then had to travel from Ohio

Millwall owner John Berylson has died in a “tragic accident”, the football club has announced. The Championship team confirmed the news in a statement on Twitter on Tuesday night but did not release any further details about the 70-year-old’s death. The American businessman became involved with the club in 2006 and became a significant shareholder

A suspicious powder discovered in the West Wing of the White House has been confirmed as cocaine in a preliminary test, two law enforcement officials said. The White House was briefly evacuated on Sunday evening while President Joe Biden was at Camp David after Secret Service agents discovered the powder. The agents were doing routine

Four people have been killed and two children injured in a shooting in Philadelphia.  Two boys, aged two and 13, were in a stable condition on Monday, police commissioner Danielle Outlaw said. The victims were all male – three aged from 20 to 59 and the fourth believed to be between 16 and 21. The

Social media influencer Jackie Miller James has woken up from a medically induced coma to be “reunited” with her newborn child. Ms James underwent an emergency C-section to deliver her baby and brain surgery in May, after suffering a brain aneurysm rupture, which led to severe bleeding and injury. One week before her due date,

A missing Texas teenager has been found alive after disappearing more than eight years ago. Rudy Farias was reported missing from Houston, Texas on 6 March, 2015 at the age of 18. He was last seen walking his two dogs, near his home, according to authorities. Both dogs then returned to the house without their

US President Joe Biden will meet King Charles in a visit to the UK later this month, Buckingham Palace has announced. In a statement, the palace confirmed the US president will meet the monarch at Windsor Castle on 10 July. Mr Biden will also meet with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during his five-day overseas trip,

At least two people have been killed and three others have been critically injured after a mass shooting in Baltimore overnight. Police said 30 people were injured during the incident at a house party in the state of Maryland. The Baltimore Police Department received numerous calls for a shooting just after 12.30am on Sunday morning,

A European space telescope has been launched on a million-mile journey to map the dark universe. The Euclid space telescope, named after the ancient Greek mathematician, will spend six years venturing through space, observing billions of galaxies as it does so. It was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida

A rodeo athlete and his horse died last week when the two were struck by lightning. The man was checking on cattle in a rural part of the US state of Nebraska when the incident happened, according to officials. Terrel Vineyard, 27, was on horseback when he was struck on Wednesday 21 June, the Garden

The US Supreme Court has made a landmark ruling in favour of a Christian website designer who refused to work with same-sex couples preparing to tie the knot. Lorie Smith, from Denver, Colorado, has the free speech right not to endorse messages she disagrees with under the US Constitution’s first amendment, the court ruled 6-3.

A man who is wanted over his alleged role in the January 6 riots has been arrested after being caught outside the Washington DC home of former president Barack Obama with explosives, police said. Taylor Taranto, 37, was chased by Secret Service agents after he was spotted a few streets away from Mr Obama’s home

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