A gunman who shot dead three black people in a “racially motivated” attack in Florida has been named. Ryan Palmeter, 21, killed two men and a woman inside a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Sheriff T K Walters told a news conference on Sunday. He said the suspect “targeted black people” before killing himself. “Plainly
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Thousands of people came together at the National Mall to remember the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s March on Washington. But they say that even after all this time, the US is still driven by racial inequality, and King’s dream has not yet come true. Alphonso David, the leader of the Global Black
Two people have been injured in a shooting during a baseball game in Chicago. A 42-year-old woman was wounded in the leg and another woman, 26, received a grazed abdomen at the Guaranteed Rate Field Stadium on Friday evening, police said. Detectives are still in the preliminary stages of their investigation. In a statement, Chicago
Donald Trump’s scowling mugshot will rank among the most famous of all time. The former president joins celebrities like OJ Simpson, Khloe Kardashian, Hugh Grant and other famous faces who have had their picture taken by the authorities after run-ins with the law. While in the UK mugshots are only released when a defendant is
Donald Trump has been formally booked by authorities in Georgia over accusations that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state. The 77-year-old had his mugshot taken – an historic first for a former US president – and was booked in as inmate P01135809 as he was presented with
Donald Trump has questioned whether President Joe Biden will be physically capable of running for re-election in 2024 – as he skipped the first Republican debate of the campaign. The former president made the comments as he took part in a 46-minute interview uploaded to X, formerly known as Twitter, on the same night as
If you were looking for a point at which to sit up, tune in and get your head around the utterly mad state of American politics, well then the next couple of days is perfect. You’ll see a former president (and quite possibly the next one) surrender himself to one of the country’s grimmest jails
A one-year-old girl has died after allegedly being left in a childcare centre’s van, as scorching temperatures affect numerous US states. Ra’Miyah Worthington was found unresponsive in the vehicle in Nebraska, after mistakenly being left inside for between “five to six hours”, Douglas County chief deputy attorney Brenda Beadle said. She later died in hospital.
Donald Trump has said he will surrender himself to authorities in Georgia on Thursday, as he awaits trial on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the US state. “Can you believe it? I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED,” the former US president wrote on his social
Joe Biden has visited the wildfire-hit island of Maui – following days of criticism over his response to the crisis. The president and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, arrived on the Hawaiian island on Monday – 13 days after the wildfires that claimed at least 114 lives and devastated the historic town of Lahaina.
The Californian desert city of Palm Springs has been cut off after Tropical Storm Hilary flooded streets and brought down power lines across southern parts of the Golden State. The storm reached hurricane strength off Mexico and dumped record-breaking downpours when it reached the US. By midday on Monday, blue skies were replacing grey clouds.
One person has died and another is missing as a tropical storm brings “life-threatening” floods and record rainfall to Mexico and California. Storm Hilary was previously classed as a Category 4 hurricane but weakened as it made landfall on the Mexican coast, from where it moved north to California and other states in the southeastern
Southern California is bracing for its first tropical storm in 84 years, bringing potentially “historic” levels of rainfall. The extreme conditions set to batter the state will be the remnants of Hurricane Hilary, which was due to strike Mexico‘s Baja peninsula on Saturday. Forecasters have predicted “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding”, with those in impacted areas
Lolita, an orca held captive for more than half a century at the Miami Seaquarium, has died at the estimated age of 57 from suspected kidney disease. Also known as Tokitae or Toki, she was believed to have been the world’s second-oldest killer whale. Her death on Friday came as her caregivers were making preparations
Britney Spears has broken her silence on her separation from husband Sam Asghari after he filed for divorce, telling fans she “couldn’t take the pain anymore”. The 41-year-old star posted a video on Instagram on Saturday, telling her 42 million followers she was “a little shocked” but had no intention of explaining the split and
Two men who allege Michael Jackson sexually abused them when they were boys should not have had their cases dismissed, judges at a US court have said. Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who claim Jackson abused them for years, will now be allowed to pursue lawsuits against companies owned by the late singer. It’s the
More than a year’s worth of rain, bringing with it “rare and dangerous flooding”, could fall on parts of parched Southern California and the southwest US this weekend, as Hurricane Hilary makes landfall. Up to six inches (15 cm) of rain is expected elsewhere is the region, as the category four hurricane arrives, driven by
Police in Georgia are investigating threats to members of the grand jury which voted to charge Donald Trump over alleged election interference. The names and addresses of members of the jury were posted on a fringe website that reportedly often features violent rhetoric. Two NBC News reporters who wrote about the grand jury incident also
The suspected main conspirator of the 9/11 terror attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty due to plea agreements being considered by the prosecution and defence lawyers. The prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba has been repeatedly disrupted, especially due to legal reasons
Donald Trump’s election interference trial could start a day before a key date in the Republican primaries, according to court documents. The prosecutor in Atlanta, Georgia, leading the election interference case against the former US president and 18 others has requested to start the high-profile trial on 4 March. Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis
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