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New bodycam footage has shown tensions between police and Secret Service agents after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life. One clip shows local officers getting angry with the Secret Service for not being on the roof in the first place. “I f***ing told them they needed to post the guys f***ing over here. I
An Olympic skateboarder has criticised the quality of the Paris 2024 medals after his has started to visibly deteriorate. US athlete Nyjah Huston revealed that a week after placing third in the men’s street skateboarding final on 29 July, his bronze medal has appeared to chip and lose its colour. “These Olympic medals look great
Halfway through Donald Trump’s news conference, one of his aides posted on X a montage of TV screens broadcasting it live. “Wall to wall. Kamala Harris can’t do this,” he wrote. Once, it was a boast that Team Trump didn’t have to make, but the visibility contest has changed. As the new Democratic ticket enjoys
A CrossFit Games competitor has died while taking part in a swimming event. Lazar Dukic was competing at Marine Creek Lake in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday morning when he disappeared beneath the water. Emergency services were called at around 8am local time to reports there “was a participant in the water that was down
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her vice presidential candidate choice Tim Walz have made their first public appearance together. The Minnesota governor was confirmed as Ms Harris’ pick on Tuesday and just hours later the pair appeared together at a rally in Philadelphia. Since the announcement, Team Harris-Walz said it has raised more than
Kamala Harris has officially been declared the Democratic candidate for the 2024 US election. No challengers presented themselves ahead of the 27 July deadline, eliminating the possibility of an open Democratic Party convention in Chicago in August. Ms Harris appeared to get the final seal of approval when the Obamas offered her their endorsement last
A five-year-old boy has died after a wind gust blew a bouncy castle into the air while children were inside it at a baseball stadium. Emergency services were called to the Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, in the US state of Maryland, on Friday after the bounce house was lifted “approximately 15 to 20 feet
Fourteen people were arrested and 10 sex trafficking victims rescued in an undercover sting operation at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego. The California Justice Department ran the operation at the annual event – which celebrates superheroes, comic books and pop culture – from 25 to 27 July. Officers from the human trafficking task force