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Five US service members have been killed on a routine training mission after the military aircraft carrying them suffered a “mishap” and crashed into the sea. The military personnel were taking part in a routine air refuelling mission in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Friday as part of their training, the US defence department confirmed

A menu for first-class passengers travelling on the Titanic has sold for more than £80,000 at auction. The “remarkable” relic fetched £84,000 at Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, on Saturday. The menu, which shows signs of water damage, boasts a menu of oysters, beef, spring lamb and mallard duck. It was served on

A pond in Hawaii has mysteriously turned bright pink – with experts voicing concerns about the bizarre phenomenon. Curious onlookers have been flocking to the pond after images first appeared on social media. Volunteers at the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge on Maui, some of whom have been around the water for 70 years, say

A man who spent 35 years behind bars after being wrongly convicted of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl has been freed from prison thanks to a DNA breakthrough. Louis Wright, now aged 65, had lived near the child’s home in Albion, Michigan, at the time of the attack in 1988 and an off-duty officer reported

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 promising retina. It has been

Three years ago in Detroit, Robert Williams arrived home from work to find the police waiting at his front door, ready to arrest him for a crime he hadn’t committed. Facial recognition technology used by officers had mistaken Williams for a suspect who had stolen thousands of dollars worth of watches. The system linked a

Bruce Willis’s daughter Tallulah has spoken about her father’s “really aggressive” dementia and why it is so important for her family to be open about it.  The Hollywood actor, 68, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) a year after his family revealed he was suffering from aphasia, a condition affecting speech and language. “What’s going

Donald Trump’s rivals for the Republican presidential nomination have taken to the stage in Florida as they try to dislodge the frontrunner from his commanding lead in opinion polls. Local Governor Ron DeSantis and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley both criticised the former president for skipping a third event. Meanwhile, Mr Trump – who was

In downtown Miami at what is usually a centre for the performing arts, preparations are under way for a piece of political theatre. But the man who should be the lead act is setting up his own show a few miles up the road. Posters for the third Republican debate have been slapped on every

A former CIA officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at least two dozen women during various overseas postings has pleaded guilty to federal sex abuse charges. Brian Jeffrey Raymond kept nearly 500 videos and photographs he took of naked, unconscious women, including many in which he can be seen opening their eyelids, groping or

A Donald Trump supporter who bear-sprayed at least eight police officers during the US Capitol riots has been jailed for three years. Edward Rodriguez was identified by members of the so-called Sedition Hunters – an online community of investigators helping the FBI and police find people who allegedly committed crimes during the riots on 6

At East Forest’s ceremonial concerts, listeners are given the space to lie down on mats to take in the music. You could be looking at a yoga class; a dimly lit room filled with bodies sprawled savasana-style, aromatherapy oils wafting in the air. It certainly doesn’t sound like a typical music gig. The US electro-acoustic

One of the wildlife preserve owners who featured in popular Netflix series Tiger King has pleaded guilty to animal trafficking and money laundering. Bhagavan “Doc” Antle oversaw the sale or purchase of lion cubs, tigers, cheetah cl=ubs and a juvenile chimpanzee, which are all protected as endangered species, according to the US Justice Department. The

Donald Trump is giving evidence at his civil trial in New York. It comes after his sons, Eric and Donald Jr, both gave evidence to the trial last week. The former US president is accused of inflating his net worth. He denies any wrongdoing. Trump briefly appeared in the dock last week and was fined

A mayor in Alabama has died in an apparent suicide – days after a right-wing site published pictures of him wearing women’s clothes and makeup.   F.L. “Bubba” Copeland – who was also a pastor at a nearby church – fatally shot himself on Friday, according to Sky’s US partner NBC News. Mr Copeland had

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he is committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state in an unannounced visit to the West Bank – as Hamas claims Israel struck a refugee camp in Gaza. Continuing his tour of the region, Mr Blinken met the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, in the city

What will decide the election outcome? To explore what might shape the next 12 months, we brought together politicians from both sides of the House of Representatives – Democrat Adam Smith, and Republican Victoria Spartz. Adam Smith: Certainly abortion is a huge issue. The efforts to ban abortion nationwide has certainly motivated a lot of

The family of the ice hockey player who died after his throat was slashed by a skate during a game have said they knew he was “really in trouble” as soon as it happened. The American player Adam Johnson’s aunt, Kari Johnson, was watching him play for the Nottingham Panthers via a livestream with his

Russell Brand has been accused of sexually assaulting an extra on the set of 2011 film Arthur. A lawsuit was filed in New York, and is the first accusation to be made against him in court. British police are still investigating claims against Brand after multiple women made accusations, including rape, against the comedian in

An astronaut who orbited the moon and helped rescue the crew of the Apollo 13 mission has died at the age of 87. Thomas Ken Mattingly, who was known as TK, died on Tuesday, said NASA, which said the US had “lost one of our country’s heroes”. Mattingly was due to fly on the Apollo