A teenager accused of killing 10 people and injuring three others in a mass shooting at a US supermarket in the city of Buffalo is on suicide watch, officials say. Payton Gendron is being detained separately from other individuals in a holding centre following the massacre on Saturday afternoon. Eleven of the 13 people who
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Expect to hear plenty about abortion in America over the next few months. It will be impassioned and heartfelt but angry and polarised. Abortion is such a divisive issue, and in America especially it touches on so many strands of society: politics, equality rights, race and religion. Today, in the shadow of the Washington Monument,
At least eight people have been killed in a mass shooting at a supermarket in the US city of Buffalo, New York state, AP has reported. The gunman is reported to have been taken into custody after the attack on Saturday afternoon. The exact number of people hurt at the Tops Friendly Market in Jefferson
The governor of California has pledged to use the state’s record-breaking $300bn budget to “future proof” it against threatened national changes in abortion access and gun safety laws. With the US Supreme Court poised to possibly overturn the Roe V Wade legislation that gives women a constitutional right to an abortion, Gavin Newsom pledged to
US politicians have written to the bosses of Meta, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube to request that the companies archive content that includes potential evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The letters were sent by four senior Democrats who chair powerful committees in the House of Representatives relating to oversight, foreign affairs and national security.
A manhunt is under way for a convicted murderer who escaped from a prison bus by stabbing an officer after the vehicle crashed off the road, police have said. Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was being held at a prison in Gatesville, Texas, but was being driven to a medical appointment when the incident occurred yesterday afternoon
The United States has surpassed more than one million COVID-related deaths, the White House has said. The country, with a population of 329.5 million people, has recorded more than 80 million cases of coronavirus and has the highest number of reported deaths globally so far. President Joe Biden called it a “tragic milestone” and urged
An attempt to protect abortion rights with a federal law in the US has failed. The bid to preserve the rights – first enshrined in the Roe v Wade bill of 1973 – came following the leak of a Supreme Court document that appeared to suggest justices planned to overturn the almost 50-year-old legislation this
Families and victims of a devastating apartment block collapse are set to receive an almost billion dollar settlement. The class action lawsuit came after the 12-storey block in the Florida town of Surfside suddenly sank towards the ground in the early hours on 24 June last year, almost instantly destroying dozens of individual apartments and
An on-the-run prison officer and a murder suspect who were having a “jailhouse romance” had loaded their getaway truck with cash and weapons ready for a firefight with police. After a car chase on Monday, escaped inmate Casey White surrendered to authorities, but the prison worker was found with a gunshot wound to the head
Mike Tyson will not face criminal charges after he allegedly punched a passenger on a plane in San Francisco. Mobile phone footage showed the former world heavyweight boxing champion, 55, appearing to hit a man in a seat behind him. Representatives for the star said: “Unfortunately, Mr Tyson had an incident on a flight with
A former Las Vegas mob lawyer has said his clients were interested in “climate control” after human remains emerged from a drought-stricken Colorado River reservoir. Recent discoveries of human bodies and remains near Lake Mead have renewed interest in the reservoir, which is a 30-minute drive from the notoriously mob-founded Las Vegas Strip. Oscar Goodman,
Missing prison officer Vicky White and prisoner Casey White have been arrested after being caught following a car chase with fugitive hunters, the US Marshals. Mr White, who was awaiting trial on a capital murder case, disappeared with Ms White after leaving a detention centre in Florence, Alabama. On 29 April, Ms White told colleagues the
More human remains are reported to have been found at drought-hit Lake Mead near Las Vegas – a week after a body in a barrel was discovered, which police believe may be linked to the Mafia. Park rangers received a report that “human skeletal remains” had been found on Saturday at the reservoir, which is
Three tourists have died at a five-star Sandals resort in the Bahamas after falling ill, officials have said. Police are investigating after two men and a woman – who were American nationals – were found unresponsive at Sandals Emerald Bay resort on the island of Great Exuma on Friday. Another woman was airlifted to hospital
Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock have appeared together at a Los Angeles comedy club, talking about being assaulted onstage. The pair appeared at The Comedy Store in west Hollywood on Thursday, just two days after Chappelle, 48, was “tackled” during his show at the Hollywood Bowl, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Chappelle’s appearance at the