The streets of New York's Times Square and the underground station were left flooded after a 127-year-old water main gave way. Videos showed water cascading into the busy subway station, down flights of stairs and through ventilation grates after the water main gave way at 3am local time on Tuesday....
Hurricane Idalia: Rare blue supermoon could worsen life-threatening floods from Florida hurricane
A rare blue supermoon could play a role in exacerbating the flooding effects of Hurricane Idalia which is heading towards Florida's west coast. Residents of Florida's Gulf Coast have been warned of a risk of life-threatening storm surges and dangerous hurricane-force winds over the next two days as Idalia is...
Doctor shares startling reminder guns are leading cause of death for children and teens in US
An emergency room doctor has shared a startling reminder that gunshots are the number one cause of death for children and teenagers in the US. Dr Sam Ghali shared the chest X-ray of "a young boy suffering from a condition that is now the #1 cause of death in children...
Nicholas Rossi: Rape suspect accused of faking his own death can be extradited to the US, court rules
A Scottish court has ruled a suspected rapist who apparently faked his own death can be sent back to the United States to face serious sex charges. Nicholas Rossi, who claims he is an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight, has been at the center of a long-running extradition battle in...
Chinese regulators propose two-hour phone limit per day for under 18s
Chinese regulators have proposed rules that would limit under 18s to a maximum of two hours a day on their smartphones. The country's cyberspace regulator said it wanted providers of smart devices to introduce a so-called 'minor mode' which would bar users under the age of 18 from accessing the...
Brazil police raids: Dozens of people killed amid crackdown on gangs and drug traffickers
Dozens of people have been killed in clashes in Brazil as police carry out raids to crack down on criminal gangs and drug traffickers. At least 44 people have reportedly died in total after violent scenes in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo state and Bahia state. In...
Gunman behind Pittsburgh synagogue shooting will be sentenced to death
A gunman will be sentenced to death after killing 11 worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh in the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history. Jurors found Robert Bowers guilty in June for the October 2018 attack in Pennsylvania, and have been deliberating over whether he should face execution or life...
Yacht that Princess Diana spent last summer on with Dodi Al-Fayed sinks to bottom of Mediterranean
A motor yacht used by Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed on their final summer holiday in the South of France before they died in a Paris car crash has sunk. The 19m (62ft) Cujo went down 21 miles (35 km) off Beaulieu-sur-Mer after sending out a mayday call...
Plane crashes into roof of Texas home
A small plane has crashed into the roof of a home in Texas, US authorities said. All three people who were aboard the plane were hurt and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The two-storey property in the city of Georgetown was empty at the time of the crash, which...
Demand for AI helps Microsoft outperform financial expectations
Microsoft has beaten Wall Street expectations, posting better than expected revenues as its cloud computing and office software business grew amid increasing demand for artificial intelligence (AI). Revenue rose to $56.2bn in the fourth quarter, the three months up to the end of June - up 8% on the same...