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A gunman who killed at least eight people and injured several others at a Texas shopping centre was a 33-year-old suspected neo-Nazi sympathiser, police have said. Police have named Mauricio Garcia as the gunman who opened fire on shoppers at the Allen Premium Outlets mall, in a suburb north of Dallas, on Saturday. Garcia, who

Seven people have been killed and at least six are injured after they were struck by a vehicle while waiting at a city bus stop, police in Brownsville, Texas, said Sunday.  Brownsville police investigator Martin Sandoval said the crash happened about 8:30am on Sunday at a bus stop near a shelter for migrants in the

The US has experienced more mass shootings than days so far in 2023, with thousands dead as a result. There were at least 191 in the first 127 days of the year, with the latest in a busy Texas shopping mall leaving nine people dead, including the suspected gunman. On average, the US has seen

The main lobby group for US banks has appealed for regulators’ help to close the door on the crisis of confidence ripping through shares in a growing number of the country’s lenders. The American Bankers Association (ABA) used a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to accuse so-called short sellers of bringing otherwise

Donald Trump appeared to mistake the woman who has accused him of raping her for an ex-wife in a video played to jurors in a civil rape suit against him. During the October deposition, Mr Trump was shown a black-and-white photo of himself speaking to people at an event. He said: “It’s Marla,” referring to

Prince will have a major road named after him in his home town of Minneapolis, after a vote by state politicians. The artist, who is known for tracks such as Purple Rain, When Doves Cry and Raspberry Beret, died in 2016 after an accidental fentanyl overdose at age 57. In an almost unanimous vote, the

Former leader of far-right group the Proud Boys Enrique Tarrio has been convicted of orchestrating a plot to attack the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. The attack led to members of the group storming the building after Joe Biden was officially confirmed as the next president. Tarrio, along with three other members of the

Ed Sheeran has won his copyright trial over similarities between his hit single Thinking Out Loud and the Marvin Gaye 1973 classic Let’s Get It On. Sheeran was accused of ripping off part of the famed soul track Gaye created with fellow songwriter Ed Townsend in a lawsuit originally filed by heirs of Townsend in

Former US president Donald Trump has told Sky News that he flew to his golf course in Ireland instead of attending his civil rape trial in New York because “of a long-standing agreement” to visit. He spoke briefly after arriving at his golf course outside the town of Doonbeg in Co Clare, on Ireland’s west

Bodies are strewn on the doorstep of San Francisco’s main government building, contorted by the effects of fentanyl, a painkiller 100 times more potent than morphine. We’re two streets away from the headquarters of Twitter, in a city district with more billionaires than anywhere on Earth, but this has become an open-air drug market. Trevor

All over America, families are being broken by fentanyl. Fifty times more powerful than heroin, this deadly drug is more addictive than anything that’s come before. It’s been in circulation in America for a decade, fuelling an unprecedented addiction crisis. A ruthless criminal network stretching back to Mexico, China and beyond, is pushing it into

Former world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder said he would “rather be safe than sorry” after a gun was allegedly found in his car by police in Los Angeles. Wilder was searched by officers as part of a routine traffic stop in the early hours of Tuesday morning. He was pulled over because of an obscured

Oklahoma authorities searching for two missing teenagers have discovered the bodies of seven people at a property. Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice said the bodies were believed to include those of 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer, along with Jesse McFadden, a registered sex offender authorities had said the teenagers were seen travelling with.

The attorney general of Oklahoma, has filed a motion to stop the execution of death row inmate, Richard Glossip. In an unusual move, Gentner Drummond said that while he does not believe Glossip is innocent, he said the trial he received was “unfair and unreliable”. If the Supreme Court grants a stay of execution –

US bank First Republic’s assets will be taken over by JP Morgan after it became the third American lender to fail in two months. JP Morgan has agreed a deal with regulators to acquire the “substantial majority” of First Republic’s assets, including $173 billion (£138bn) of loans. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Back to the Future star Michael J Fox has said that he does not expect to live to the age of 80, due to his worsening health. Fox was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s as a 29-year-old in 1991, a year after Back to the Future III was released. Now aged 61, he said the disease