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More than 100 million Americans have been warned to brace for a “bomb cyclone” bringing severe winter weather to the US. Temperatures across central states have plunged, with the mercury dipping to -25F (-31C) in Montana. Places like Des Moines, Iowa, will feel like -37F (-39C) making it possible to suffer frostbite in less than

Into a buttoned-up, power-dressed chamber of US politicians entered the man of war. Wearing khaki and a look of polite exhaustion, Volodymyr Zelenskyy received the adulation of a man fighting their fight as much as his own. That was certainly the message he carried into the well of the House chamber, an appeal from the

The US will continue to back Ukraine in its fight against Russia for “as long as it takes”, President Joe Biden has said while outlining further military support. In a news conference at the White House, and stood at a podium next to Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he paid tribute to Ukrainians’ “steel backbone, love

Elon Musk has said he will resign as CEO of Twitter “as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job”. The Twitter boss said following that he would “just run the software and servers teams”. It comes after Musk launched a poll asking users for their verdict on his tenure, saying he

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to travel to the United States to meet President Joe Biden at the White House tomorrow. The trip would mark the first time the Ukrainian president has left Ukraine since Russia invaded on 24 February. The visit has not yet been confirmed by Washington amid concerns over Mr Zelenskyy’s security and

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape in a trial in California. The 70-year-old predator had been on trial in Los Angeles charged with raping and sexually assaulting two women and committing sexual battery against two others. A jury has found him guilty of raping one woman, but not guilty of

Harvey Weinstein had been charged with raping and sexually assaulting two women and committing sexual battery against two others. After a month of evidence from 44 witnesses in Los Angeles, a jury has found Weinstein guilty of one count of rape. He was found not guilty of sexual battery by restraint of another woman. The

Elon Musk will step down as Twitter boss – if he stands by his pledge to abide by the results of a poll asking users for their verdict on his tenure. The owner of Tesla and SpaceX set his poll in motion just after 11pm UK time, writing: “Should I step down as head of

Steven Spielberg has said “he truly regrets” the “decimation of the shark population” after his hit film Jaws. The story is a movie classic but unfairly demonised the shark in many people’s eyes, leading to a rise in sports fishing in the US. Spielberg was asked on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs how he’d feel

A man has avoided jail after drunkenly attacking a pet tortoise at a nursery in California. The tortoise – a 70-year-old African sulcata named Michelangelo – was found bleeding after being stabbed with six-inch shards from a wooden garden gate post. A rake handle had been shoved between the animal’s head and leg and shattered

​​​​​​​This committee was never building a case against Donald Trump simply to let him off the hook. For months, the story told has been of an insurrection plot with the former president at its heart. In laying out a timeline towards the attack on the Capitol, time and again committee members have pointed to Donald

The US House Select Committee investigating the Capitol riots is preparing to vote on urging the Justice Department to pursue criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, according to US media reports. The charges proposed for Mr Trump include insurrection, Politico reported on Friday, citing two unidentified people familiar with the matter. According to NBC,

US basketball star Brittney Griner has been released from a medical centre in Texas and made her first public comments following her release from a Russian penal colony. Griner, who was released in a prisoner swap for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, stayed at the Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas for eight days

The American basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal has defended his appearance in ads for the collapsed cryptocurrency firm FTX, arguing he was “just a paid spokesperson”. The NBA star turned television analyst was named in a class-action lawsuit against the exchange last month, which alleged stars who promoted the platform brought it credibility. It argues that

A mother and her eight-year-old son are among at least three people who died as a destructive storm system that stirred up tornadoes swept through the US. To the north, it delivered blizzard-like conditions to the Great Plains and was expected to push more snow and ice into Appalachia and New England. The wintery blast

A man accused of attacking the husband of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there was “evil in Washington” and named other targets including actor Tom Hanks, a court has heard. David DePape is accused of breaking into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home on 28 October in a bid to kidnap the speaker – who

The grey house with the Christmas wreath on the front door and twinkling fairy lights overhanging the back patio could be any other student home in the remote town of Moscow, Idaho. A blanket of snow covers the ground, and a rubbish bag overflowing with beer and seltzer cans is propped up near an outdoor

Former cryptocurrency exchange boss Sam Bankman-Fried hugged his parents after being denied bail on charges relating to “one of the biggest financial frauds in American history”. The 30-year-old founder of FTX, has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with fraud and violating campaign finance laws. He is also being sued. Following

US scientists have carried out the first ever nuclear fusion experiment to achieve a net energy gain, paving the way for a “clean energy source that could revolutionise the world”. During a landmark news briefing at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, officials revealed the successful fusion experiment had taken place last week. As

The man accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 has appeared in a US court. Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir al Marimi appeared in person at the Washington DC federal courthouse. Dressed in a green jumpsuit, he walked slowly into court and

Swathes of the US have been hit by a powerful snowstorm, with frigid temperatures, blizzards and freezing rain forecast for days. The huge storm system moved across areas of the northwest, the Great Plains and parts of the southwest on Monday. Snow has fallen as far south as Arizona, New Mexico and parts of California,

Three sentences from the United States Department of Justice confirmed this key development in the story of Lockerbie. “The United States has taken custody of alleged Pan Am flight 103 bombmaker Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi. “He is expected to make his initial appearance in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

The man accused of making the bomb that blew up the Pan Am 103 flight over Lockerbie in 1988 is now in US custody. Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir al Marimi is said to be the “third conspirator” behind the attack. The US Justice Department has confirmed Mas’ud is in custody and said he will

Retired US air force colonel and parachute jump world record holder Joseph Kittinger has died aged 94. In 1960, Kittinger set a world record that would stand for more than 50 years after jumping from almost 20 miles (32km) above the Earth. His death, due to lung cancer, was announced by former US rep John

An American sportswriter has died while covering the World Cup in Qatar. Grant Wahl, 48, a former Sports Illustrated journalist who later moved to podcast publishers, Substack, died while reporting at the match between Argentina and the Netherlands. World football’s governing body FIFA said the journalist had recently been recognised for covering eight consecutive World

The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to hold Donald Trump’s office in contempt of court for failing to fully comply with a subpoena to return all classified documents in his possession, it has been reported. One of the key areas of disagreement centres on the Trump legal team’s repeated refusal to acknowledge that

Nearly seven decades after the battered body of a young boy was found stuffed inside a cardboard box, US police have revealed his identity. Joseph Augustus Zarelli was the victim of one of Philadelphia’s most notorious cold cases. The child’s naked, badly bruised body was found on 25 February 1957, in a wooded area of

A top US diplomat Wendy Sherman has refused to be drawn on exactly what Joe Biden’s vision of a Russian “pullout” of Ukraine would be. The US president said last week, for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine, that he would be willing to speak to Vladimir Putin if he truly wanted to

US basketball star Brittney Griner has arrived back in America after being freed in a prisoner swap with convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the “Merchant of Death”. The 32-year-old WNBA star was flown to San Antonio, Texas. US special presidential envoy, Roger D. Carstens, said: “So happy to have Brittney back on

A lawsuit accusing Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather of misleading investors by promoting a cryptocurrency on social media has been dismissed. Investors who bought EthereumMax tokens said they had lost money after believing what the celebrities said about the digital asset. The lawsuit was filed in January, and it claimed that the defendants had conspired

Elon Musk has questioned the mayor of San Francisco’s “priorities” as he alleged the city is more concerned about Twitter staff sleeping in the office than about children suffering accidental overdoses. The Twitter owner’s outburst followed controversy about bedrooms appearing at the social media site’s office in the northwest California city. “Sad little conference-room sleeping

Democrat Raphael Warnock has been re-elected to the US Senate in a crucial win for President Joe Biden, NBC News has projected. His expected victory gives Democrats an outright majority in the Senate after two years under a 50-50 divide, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting tie-breaking votes. Mr Warnock defeated Republican rival Herschel Walker

Donald Trump’s real estate company has been found guilty of running a criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities for 15 years. The scheme operated by The Trump Organization included avoiding paying personal income taxes on perks such as rent-free apartments and luxury cars. “The smorgasbord of benefits is designed to keep its top executives happy