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Acting great James Earl Jones, who voiced Star Wars villain Darth Vader and Mufasa in The Lion King, has died at the age of 93. He appeared in Conan the Barbarian, played Eddie Murphy’s dad in Coming to America and starred in The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games. Mark Hamill, who played Luke

Schools have been closed and people urged to “lock doors” in the southern US as the search for a gunman who opened fire at a busy highway entered a third day. Five people were injured and bullets hit 12 vehicles after shots were fired at traffic on Interstate 75 (I-75) in southeast Kentucky at around

Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2027, according to a new global wealth report. Musk, 53, is currently the richest person in the world, with a net worth of $251bn (£191bn), according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. However, according to Informa Connect Academy’s findings, his wealth has been growing at

A manhunt is under way after at least seven people were injured when a gunman opened fire on cars on a highway in Kentucky, causing scenes described as “a madhouse”. Police said the suspect, who remains at large, should be considered “armed and dangerous” and people have been urged to stay in their homes. The

Nicole Kidman was unable to receive her award for best actress at the Venice Film Festival after finding out her mother died. Kidman, 57, won the prize for her performance in Babygirl. But she was unable to pick up the accolade in person on Saturday, with the film’s director Halina Rejin reading out a message

Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Washington this coming week for a bilateral meeting with President Biden. The trip to the White House, on Friday, will be the prime minister’s second visit since he was elected in July. In a statement, the White House said the leaders would focus on “global issues of mutual interest”.

A judge has postponed the sentencing of Donald Trump in his hush money case until after the 5 November presidential election. Trump, the Republican nominee for president, had been due to be sentenced in the criminal case on 18 September. However, Manhattan Judge Juan M Merchan has now postponed that date to 26 November, writing

Police have released a picture of a teenager suspected of shooting dead four people in the US state of Georgia. Two teachers and two students were killed in the attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, northeast of Atlanta, on Wednesday. Colt Gray, 14, surrendered when engaged by School Resource Officers inside the school, Barrow

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly shooting dead two students and two teachers at a high school in the US. A gunman opened fire at Apalachee High School in Georgia on Wednesday morning, leading dozens of police officers to swarm the campus as students and teachers rushed to an American football field for

A US school shooting suspect had been previously investigated by police over threats to carry out a similar attack, last year. A 14-year-old boy, has been arrested after allegedly shooting dead two students and two teachers at a high school in Georgia. The gunman, named by police Colt Gray, was a student at Apalachee High

At least four people have been killed and at least nine have been injured in a school shooting in the US, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has said. The shooting took place at Apalachee High School, situated in Winder in Barrow County – around 50 miles from the city of Atlanta. One suspect is in

A doctor and a woman – known as the “Ketamine Queen” – will stand trial over Matthew Perry’s death next year, a judge has ruled. On Monday, California district judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett ruled Salvador Plasencia and Jasveen Sangha will face a joint trial on 4 March next year. A pre-trial hearing is also set

An eight-year-old boy has died after accidentally shooting himself with a loaded gun left in a car, as his mother was shopping. The boy was alone in the car in Lehi, Utah, on Monday, when he was said to have found the loaded gun underneath a seat. He accidentally shot himself in the head, Lehi

Four people have been shot dead on an early morning commuter train near Chicago. Police said they were seated apart in two carriages and appeared to have been attacked while asleep in their seats as the train was moving. Officers were called to Monday’s incident just before 5.30am and pronounced three of the victims dead

Venezuela’s equivalent to Air Force One has been seized by US officials, who claim the luxury presidential jet was bought illegally and smuggled out of the country to get around US export control laws. The white Dassault Falcon 900EX, used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores during state visits, was seized

An NFL player who was in line to make his professional debut next week has been shot in the chest during an attempted robbery. Ricky Pearsall, 23, is in a stable condition after a struggle with the alleged robber led to both being shot in San Francisco. Aaron Peskin, president of the San Francisco Board