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A five-year-old boy who fatally shot his baby brother in the US was high on cocaine while the toddler had marijuana in his system, according to prosecutors. Sixteen-month-old Isiah Johnson died from a gunshot wound to his head on 28 March in Lafayette about 60 miles north of Indianapolis, after his brother found a handgun

The mother of a missing girl who was found after four years has said “miracles do happen”. Alicia Navarro disappeared aged 14 from her home in Glendale, Arizona in September 2019 after writing a note to her parents saying she was running away but would be back. After a four-year-long search, Ms Navarro, now 18,

“My world exploded,” Kevin Spacey told jurors as he gave evidence during his sexual assault trial. “There was a rush to judgement and before the first question was asked or answered I lost my job, I lost my reputation – I lost everything, in a matter of days.” The Hollywood star fought back tears as

President Biden’s son Hunter has unexpectedly pleaded not guilty to two tax crimes after a plea deal fell apart in court. The 53-year-old appeared in Delaware after being charged with evading $100,000 (£77,000) in taxes from income of over $1.5m in 2017 and 2018. He had previously reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty

A gynaecologist who sexually abused more than 200 patients has been jailed for 20 years. Robert Hadden, 64, cried and said he was “sorry for all the pain” he had caused before he was handed his sentence by a judge in New York on Tuesday. At least 245 women claimed they had been abused by

US presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has been involved in a car crash. The Florida governor, who is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, was involved in an accident in Tennessee on Tuesday but is uninjured, his spokesperson said. “This morning, the governor was in a car accident while traveling to an event in Chattanooga,

A deadly heatwave simmering in the US southwest since spring is expected to spread to several other states, with multiple heat warnings being issued. The heatwave, which has led to extreme temperatures such as 45.5C (114F) which was recorded in Arizona’s capital Phoenix on Sunday, is forecast to expand into central and eastern parts of

A woman has been found dead after a suspected grizzly bear attack in the US.  She was found on Saturday in Montana on a trail west of Yellowstone National Park “following an apparent bear encounter”, officials from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said. Investigators found grizzly bear tracks at the scene but

“Planet-friendly” foods may also help reduce a person’s risk of death from cancer, heart disease and other chronic illnesses by 25%, researchers have said. Scientists in the US found those who followed a sustainable diet of more plant-based foods – such as whole grains, fruit, vegetables and nuts – were less likely to die over

Elon Musk says he could replace Twitter’s blue bird logo by Monday – as he pushes ahead with plans to rebrand the social network as X. In a series of posts on his account, the billionaire said he planned to “bid adieu” to the Twitter brand and “gradually, all the birds”. The Tesla and SpaceX

A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and killing her toddler has been charged with a string of crimes, including murder. Rashad Trice, 26, is facing 20 charges from the Michigan state attorney general in the US related to the death of two-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith, as well as sexual assault and assault with intent to

Kamala Harris said “extremists” want to “replace history with lies” after Florida’s educational standards changed the way slavery will be taught in schools. The vice president travelled to Jacksonville on Friday to condemn new guidelines, approved by the state’s board of education this week, which she said include instructions for middle school students saying some

A kidnapped 13-year-old girl has been rescued in California after holding up a handwritten note in her captor’s parked car saying “Help Me!”. A Good Samaritan saw the young girl waving the crumpled piece of paper in the city of Long Beach on 9 July and immediately called 911. Police then arrested a 61-year-old suspect,

A federal judge has set a trial date for former president Donald Trump in the classified US documents case in Florida. It comes after he was charged with illegally retaining hundreds of secret papers. The date has been set for 20 May next year by US District Judge Aileen Cannon. It is being seen as

Each time Vladimir Putin raises the spectre of nuclear confrontation, the trail ultimately leads back to one man. Eighty years before the Russian president invaded Ukraine, and brought the potential of such weapons back to mainstream attention, J Robert Oppenheimer was recruited to lead a team that would construct the world’s first atomic bombs. Ukraine

The pastor lights his cigar as he sits down on the sofa, casting the lit match aside. The floral upholstery starts to burn, the flames get bigger. “It’s not the job of the preacher to be a firefighter,” Doug Wilson says, as the fire spreads. “We’re supposed to be arsonists in the world.” Wilson leads

US officials have attempted to contact North Korean counterparts over an American soldier who bolted across the border from South Korea – but say they are yet to hear back from Pyongyang. Private Second Class Travis T King was on a tour of the Joint Security Area (JSA), on the border of the village of

Sixteen Republicans who allegedly signed paperwork to falsely claim Donald Trump had won the 2020 presidential election have been criminally charged. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said there was a “coordinated effort to award the state’s electoral votes to the candidate of their choosing”. It is the first time anyone has been charged for trying

A kayaker inadvertently filmed his own death on a GoPro camera – but police are yet to find his body. The man, named by police as 43-year-old Paul Jose Rodriguez Jr, was on a glacial lake in Alaska when his kayak capsized in strong currents. At the time, he was wearing a GoPro camera mount

There are few crimes quite like the overthrow of a democracy. It’s why this was always the most serious court action facing Donald Trump. Assuming a third criminal indictment is in the post, we’ll find out its content soon enough, there’s a range of possibilities that relate to attempts to overturn the 2020 election result.