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Five people – including two children – have been found dead at a house in the US state of Oklahoma, police have said. All five appear to have been murdered, according to police sergeant Gary Knight. “This wasn’t a carbon monoxide situation, or anything like that – these are five people who were killed,” he

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested at Yale University, hours after Columbia University cancelled classes due to an ongoing demo there. A spokesperson for New Haven Police Department said officers arrested about 45 protesters at Yale and charged them with misdemeanour trespassing. There were no reports of any violence or injuries. All were released

Opening statements are due to be heard in the trial of Donald Trump over hush money payments to a porn star. A jury has been selected at the New York court which will witness the first criminal trial of a former US president. Opening remarks by the prosecution and defence teams will be followed by

At least two people are dead, and 14 others injured in a shooting in Memphis, Tennessee, according to US police. The incident occurred at a street party in the city, with clips on social media showing panic after shots appear to ring out. Police said that both the fatalities were males and at least three

The impact of this American blockage has been profound.  I have had multiple conversations with diplomats and military officials in Washington DC and all have said the same thing: the situation for Ukraine is depressing, Russia has the upper hand and prospects for Kyiv, without more weapons, are bleak. The Ukrainians have been running low

The US House of Representatives has approved sending $60.8bn (£49bn) in foreign aid to Ukraine. Democrats and Republicans joined together after months of deadlock over renewed American support to help Ukraine fend off Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted to say he was “grateful” for the decision, which he said “keeps history on the

A man who set himself on fire outside the New York courthouse where former US President Donald Trump is on trial has died, Sky’s US partner NBC News has said. Maxwell Azzarello was “declared deceased by hospital staff”, police told NBC News in a phone call. No time of death was given. Mr Azzarello, in

A man has set himself on fire outside the courthouse in New York where former US President Donald Trump is on trial. The man was in the designated protest area outside the courthouse. It comes after jury selection for Trump’s hush money trial concluded with 12 people, and six alternatives, chosen to decide whether the

Donald Trump described the hush money case against him as a “mess” after all 12 of the jurors who will decide his fate were selected. Leaving the court in New York after proceedings were adjourned for the third day, Trump addressed reporters, saying he was supposed to be in states like Georgia, New Hampshire and

Joe Biden has suggested his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals after his plane was shot down during the Second World War – as he said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chief again. The US president visited a war memorial near his Pennsylvania hometown to honour his late uncle Ambrose

The US Coast Guard has released dramatic footage of the moment a pregnant woman was airlifted from a Disney cruise ship after suffering “health complications”. A MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter was filmed landing on the bow of the Disney Fantasy ship that was sailing 180 miles northwest of Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. The coastguard said in

The families of OJ Simpson’s murdered ex-wife and her friend will be paid from his estate, the executor of his will has suggested. The former NFL star and Hollywood actor died aged 76 of cancer on 10 April. He was cleared of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in what was dubbed “trial of the

More jurors have been dismissed on the second day of Donald Trump’s hush money case – as he claimed outside court that the trial “should never have been brought”. No one has yet been chosen on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates in the historic trial which started on Monday. Several others were

A judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has warned the former president about “intimidating” potential jurors in the case. Justice Juan Merchan warned he would not tolerate Trump speaking while potential jurors were questioned in court on Tuesday. He said the former president was audibly uttering something while his lawyers were questioning prospective jury

The owners of a US funeral home have been accused of spending nearly $900,000 (£723,000) in pandemic relief funds on things such as holidays, cosmetic surgery, jewellery and cryptocurrency. Jon and Carie Hallford, owners of Return To Nature Funeral Home in Colorado, already face more than 200 criminal charges connected to last year’s discovery of

Donald Trump described the hush money case against him as an “assault on America” as he arrived at court in New York ahead of his historic trial. The former US president is accused of criminally altering business records to cover up a $130,000 (£104,200) payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford,