A new Barack and Michelle Obama-produced biopic about Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist who mentored Martin Luther King Jr, will explore how his sexuality has affected his legacy. Rustin, who died aged 75 in 1987, was one of the key organizers of the 1963 March on Washington - where...
Child driving stolen forklift truck hits 10 cars during police chase in Michigan
A 12-year-old boy driving a stolen forklift truck led police in the US on an hour-long chase - and hit about 10 parked cars during the pursuit. The truck, equipped with a forklift and weighing up to 35,000 pounds, was stolen from outside a middle school in Ann Arbor, Michigan,...
Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon begins hunger strike demanding Joe Biden calls for permanent Israel-Hamas ceasefire
Sex And The City actress Cynthia Nixon is among activists who have begun a hunger strike to demand US President Joe Biden calls for a permanent ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Politicians from five US states are also taking part in the action that began on Monday. Nixon, who formerly...
Two journalists killed by Israeli strike in Lebanon, broadcaster says
Two journalists have been killed by an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, the broadcaster they worked for has said. Correspondent Farah Omar and cameraman Rabih Maamari worked for the TV station Al Mayadeen, which is based in Beirut and politically allied with the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. The strike also...
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao steps down – and pleads guilty to criminal charges
The founder of the world's largest crypto exchange has stepped down - and pleaded guilty to breaking anti-money laundering laws. Changpeng Zhao's shock departure from Binance comes as part of a $4bn settlement that has been reached with US regulators. It is the culmination of a multi-year investigation into the...
Ross McDonnell: New York Police find dismembered body on beach believed to be Irish filmmaker
The dismembered body of an Emmy-winning filmmaker who disappeared this month was found at a New York beach. While it has not been officially identified, law enforcement sources told NBC News that the remains appear to be Ross McDonnell's. The 44-year-old Irish filmmaker was last seen on 4 November leaving...
Mysterious respiratory virus spreading among dogs in US
A mystery illness is spreading among dogs in some parts of the US, baffling vets who can't work out what is causing it. Cases of the disease - which can be fatal - started appearing in Oregon, in the Pacific northwest, in August. The state has now recorded more than...
Three dead and three missing after landslide smashes into Alaska homes
Three people have been killed and three are missing after a deadly landslide barrelled down a rain-soaked mountainside and smashed into homes in Alaska. The slide - estimated to be 450 ft wide - happened at around 9pm on Monday during a storm near Wrangell, an island community of 2,000...
Frank Borman: NASA astronaut dies aged 95
Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded NASA's first Apollo mission to the moon, has died aged 95. Borman commanded Apollo 8's historic Christmas 1968 flight, which saw the spacecraft circle the moon 10 times - paving the way for the following year's lunar landing. He died on Tuesday 7 November in...
World’s first whole-eye transplant hailed as breakthrough – but sight not yet restored
Surgeons have performed the world's first ever whole-eye transplant, a feat hailed as a breakthrough despite the patient not yet regaining his sight. Doctors "never expected it to work at all", patient Aaron James said, but the eye has shown signs of health, such as functioning blood vessels and a...