George Floyd died because of how police restrained him, a medical expert at the trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis has said. Forensic pathologist Dr Lindsey Thomas said “the activities of the law […]
Arkansas has become the first US state to outlaw gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender people under the age of 18. The bill also in effect bans doctors from providing puberty blockers, or from […]
Lawyers for disgraced US film producer Harvey Weinstein have launched an appeal against his conviction for rape and sexual assault. Weinstein, 69, was convicted in New York City in February 2020 and later sentenced to […]
An attack at the US Capitol complex in Washington DC has left one police officer dead and another in hospital with injuries. A car crashed into a security barrier before the driver lunged towards the […]
A pair of YouTubers have pleaded guilty to faking a bank robbery that led to an unsuspecting Uber driver being held at gunpoint by police. Alan and Alex Stokes, 24, who have six million followers […]
At least four people, including a child, have been killed in a shooting at an office building in southern California, US media report. Police said they were called to the two-storey building on Lincoln Avenue […]
Two new US federal charges of sex trafficking conspiracy and sex trafficking of a minor have been filed against British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell. The new charges introduce a fourth alleged victim to the case against […]
Dominion Voting Systems has filed a $1.6bn (£1.2bn) defamation lawsuit against Fox News, arguing it promoted baseless claims of vote-rigging. Conservatives and Trump campaigners had claimed last year that the US company had altered its […]
The University of Southern California (USC) has agreed to pay more than $1bn (£730m) to patients treated by a former campus gynaecologist accused of sexual abuse. It is the biggest sex abuse-linked pay-out in higher […]
Virginia has become the first Southern US state to abolish the death penalty after its governor signed into law a bill that ends capital punishment. Governor Ralph Northam said the repeal would stop a “machinery […]
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