The CEO of TikTok has said that a US ban on the platform "would take billions of dollars out of the pockets of creators and small businesses". Shou Zi Chew, who a source said is visiting Washington DC this week, added the company will exercise its legal rights to prevent...
Death row execution abandoned after multiple lethal injection attempts fail
The execution of one of the longest-serving death row inmates has been called off after prison officials were unable to deliver his lethal injection. Thomas Eugene Creech, who has been convicted of five murders and is suspected of several more, was due to be executed at 10am local time in...
US Supreme Court will decide if former president Donald Trump can be prosecuted over Capitol riot
The US Supreme Court has said it will decide on whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted for alleged interference with the 2020 election. Under the court's schedule, issued on Wednesday, it will start to hear the case in late April, with a decision likely no later than the end of...
Michigan: Man charged under new gun storage laws after daughter, 2, shoots herself in the head
A Michigan man has become the first person charged under a new gun storage law after his two-year-old daughter shot herself in the head. Michael Tolbert, 44, was arraigned on Monday on nine felony charges including single counts of first-degree child abuse and violation of Michigan's gun storage law, said...
Boeing ousts 737 MAX chief – weeks after midair blowout
Boeing has ousted the executive responsible for rolling out its troubled 737 MAX planes - weeks after a panel on a new aircraft blew out in midair. Ed Clark, who had been with the company for 18 years, is leaving effective immediately as the manufacturer battles to save its reputation...
Joe Biden calls Vladimir Putin a ‘crazy SOB’ – and the Kremlin reacts
Joe Biden has sparked a war of words with the Kremlin after he called Vladimir Putin a "crazy SOB" at a fundraiser. Speaking at an event in San Francisco, the president fired a barb at his Russian counterpart while discussing the effects of climate change. "This is the last existential...
California weather: Los Angeles hit by 475 mudslides as atmospheric river storm brings more rain
Los Angeles has recorded at least 475 mudslides after one of the wettest storms in the history of southern California. Officials are warning of further mudslides and flooding after a large amount of the city's average annual rainfall fell in just three days - while seven deaths have been reported...
Adam Montgomery: Man disposed of daughter Harmony’s body in tote bag ‘like it was trash’, court hears
A man disposed of his five-year-old daughter's body "like it was trash" after brutally beating her to death, a US court has heard. Harmony Montgomery was last seen in 2019 but New Hampshire Police did not learn she was missing until December 2021. Lawyers for Adam Montgomery, 34, say he...
Five US marines killed in helicopter crash as Biden ‘heartbroken’
Five US marines have been killed in a helicopter crash in California. The aircraft, a CH-53E Super Stallion, went down on Tuesday night during stormy weather in mountains outside San Diego. The helicopter was discovered on Wednesday morning near the mountain community of Pine Valley, about 45 miles from the...
Supreme Court justices skeptical of Trump’s Colorado ban on running for presidency
The Supreme Court has expressed skepticism of Colorado's decision to disqualify Donald Trump from running for presidency. A landmark case that could decide whether the former president can run in November's election heard arguments from both sides of the case as Trump appeals the decision. The Supreme Court has a...