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Republican Kevin McCarthy has been elected as the new US Speaker after winning the 15th vote as tensions boiled over in Congress. Mr McCarthy’s party had taken control of the House – the US lower chamber – following the midterm elections in the autumn, with a slim 222-212 majority. Usually, election of the Speaker follows

Republican Kevin McCarthy is inching towards securing enough support to become speaker of the US House of Representatives – with 15 more people voting for him in the latest ballot. But the extra backing for Mr McCarthy is still not enough for him yet to succeed outgoing Speaker, Democrat Nancy Pelosi. Therefore, members will be

The US House of Representatives has adjourned after failing to vote for a new speaker for the 11th time. Republican Party leader Kevin McCarthy has failed in every round to secure the 218 votes needed to win, and the House will now carry out a 12th round of voting at noon on Friday. The loss

A woman who lived in the same house where four University of Idaho students were murdered says she saw a masked man in black clothing walking towards her, according to an investigator. The unidentified housemate said she awoke to the sound of crying and opened her second-floor door around 4am and stood in “frozen shock”

Eight people – five of them children – have been found dead from gunshot wounds at a home in southwestern Utah, authorities said. The bodies were discovered when police officers carried out a welfare check at the property in the small town of Enoch. There are no suspects at large or threats to the public,

The health of Damar Hamlin, the American football player who suffered a cardiac arrest during a game, is “moving in a positive direction”, a friend has said. Hamlin, 24, has been in a critical condition in hospital since Monday evening when he collapsed on the field in Cincinnati. Jordon Rooney, his friend and business partner,

The man suspected of stabbing to death four university students in their beds will be taken to Idaho to face murder charges after he voluntarily agreed to be extradited. Bryan Kohberger, 28, appeared in court in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested in a raid on his family home last week. He is alleged to have

Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to stealing billions of dollars of customer money in his first court appearance since he was released on a record $250m pretrial bail. Bankman-Fried, 30, entered his plea before US district judge Lewis Kaplan at a court in Manhattan, after spending the Christmas period under house

American football player Damar Hamlin is in a “critical condition” in hospital after collapsing on the pitch during an NFL game. Medical staff rushed on to the field in Cincinnati on Monday and gave the Buffalo Bills safety CPR for about 10 minutes after he suddenly fell to the floor when a tackle impacted his

An airport worker has died after being “ingested” into a plane engine in the US state of Alabama. The accident happened about 3pm on Saturday at Montgomery Regional Airport after American Airlines Flight 3408 had arrived from Dallas. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the ground crew worker was “ingested into the engine”

Marvel actor Jeremy Renner is in a “critical but stable” condition in hospital following a “weather-related accident”. The 51-year-old was airlifted to hospital on Sunday following the incident, which occurred while he was “ploughing snow”, his spokesperson told US media. Renner is with his family and “receiving excellent care”, the spokesperson added. According to local

Specialist terrorism experts are investigating an attack involving a machete on police in New York that left three officers hurt. A man wielding the weapon attacked officers outside the security cordon for the city’s main Times Square celebrations at about 10pm on New Year’s Eve. Police commissioner Keechant Sewell told reporters: “Unprovoked, a 19-year-old male

Anita Pointer, a member of Grammy-winning group the Pointer Sisters – whose hits included I’m So Excited and Jump (For My Love) – has died of cancer aged 74. Her publicist Roger Neal said she died surrounded by her family at her Beverly Hills home on Saturday. The Pointer Sisters – at different times including

A woman who has previously said she had a relationship with Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler when she was 16, is now suing him for alleged child sexual assault. Julia Misley, who is 65, filed the lawsuit under a 2019 California law that gave adult victims of childhood sexual assault three years – until Saturday –

US criminology student Bryan Christopher Kohberger is in custody after being charged with first degree murder. He is accused of killing Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, who were stabbed to death in Moscow, Idaho in the early hours of 13 November in a case that left the small community where they

A suspect in the mysterious killings of four university students in Idaho has been arrested. The individual was reportedly detained some 2,500 miles away in Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania. He has been named as 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger. Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were stabbed to death in Moscow, Idaho

Almost a week since a ferocious storm choked parts of western New York, killing scores and paralysing normal life, Buffalo, the state’s second-largest city, is starting to churn again. Planes on the runway at Niagara airport are being de-iced and the departure hall is brimming. The roads are busy, too, after a travel ban lasting

Seven people have been injured after a Grand Canyon tour helicopter made a “hard landing” at an airport on the edge of Las Vegas. The pilot and six passengers were taken to hospital after the incident at Boulder City airport at about 4.30pm on Tuesday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) called it a crash while

Storm-weary road crews and residents in the US are still struggling to dig out after a deadly blizzard as flood warnings have been issued. The country has been battling a huge bomb cyclone – the deadliest US storm for at least two generations – since last week. At least 65 people have died as a

Houses encased in thick ice have been revealed in drone video of Lake Erie – as people in North America struggle to dig out after deadly blizzards. The frozen houses in Ontario took the brunt of the storms as they directly face the Canadian side of the lake. An icy white blanket – which from