Jussie Smollett jailed for 150 days after lying to police about racist attack he staged on himself
Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack...
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Black Panther director mistaken for bank robber while trying to withdraw cash
Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was detained after being mistaken for a bank robber while trying to withdraw money from...
Russia could use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, White House warns
Russia could be laying the groundwork for the use of chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, the White House has...
Man who received pig heart in ground-breaking transplant dies two months after surgery
A terminally ill man who received a genetically-modified pig's heart in a groundbreaking transplant has died two months after the...
Elon Musk asks judge to free him from agreement meaning lawyers check his tweets
Elon Musk has gone to court to ask a judge to free him from the constraints of a deal he...
Man arrested after trying to slither past border officials with 52 live lizards and snakes hidden in clothing
A 30-year-old man has been caught with 52 lizards and snakes in his clothes trying to get past US border...
Woman who ran ‘I love Russia’ campaign in US charged with acting as unregistered Russian agent
A woman who ran an "I love Russia" campaign in the US has been charged with acting as an unregistered...
US dismisses Polish offer to provide fighter jets to Ukraine
The Pentagon has said Poland's offer to give all of its MIG-29 fighter jets to the US so they can...
Supreme Court rejects appeal against Bill Cosby’s overturned sexual assault conviction
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an attempt by prosecutors to undo last year's ruling that overturned Bill...
Seven killed including two children as US state hit with 206mph tornado
Seven people, including two children, have been killed by a tornado that struck a state in the US. The tornado...
US ambassador given dressing down by Kremlin over senator’s ‘assassinate Putin’ call
The Russian Foreign Ministry has protested to the US after a veteran senator called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to...
Russia blocks Facebook and Twitter amid tensions over war in Ukraine
Facebook has been blocked in Russia by the country's communications regulator.Roskomnadzor said the move was in response to what it...
‘Is there a Brutus in Russia?’: US senator calls on Russians to assassinate Putin
A US senator has sparked outrage after he called on Russian people to assassinate President Vladimir Putin.Lindsey Graham, a Republican...
‘I am a proud Ukrainian’: Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher launch refugee fund and pledge $3m
Mila Kunis and husband Ashton Kutcher have set up a fund to support Ukrainian refugees, saying they will match donations...
Trump tried ‘to defraud US’ over 2020 results, Capitol riot investigators say
Donald Trump and his team tried "to defraud the US" by manipulating the results of the 2020 presidential election, the...
Juror who threw Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction into doubt will not answer judge’s questions
The juror who threw Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking conviction into doubt will not answer a judge's questions on the matter,...
Biden pits democracy against Putin’s ‘menacing’ evil – but insists US will not fight in Ukraine
They had gathered in the house chamber on Capitol Hill for the key annual moment in America's political diary.With the...
Biden’s State Of The Union address: Putin must ‘pay a price’ for invading Ukraine
Joe Biden has said that the Russian president must "pay a price" for his invasion of Ukraine.Mr Biden was speaking...
‘We need to act’: Benedict Cumberbatch urges support for Ukraine as he’s honoured with Hollywood star
Benedict Cumberbatch has urged people to help the children and families of Ukraine "struggling to survive as rockets rain down...
Father shoots dead his three daughters and then himself at US church
A man has shot dead his three daughters, their chaperone and himself at a church in California.The girls were aged...