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R Kelly offered $1m for the return of a videotape allegedly featuring an underage girl, a former merchandising agent has claimed at the singer’s latest trial. Kelly, who is serving a 30-year prison sentence after being convicted in New York in 2021 on charges of using his fame to sexually abuse fans, is now appearing

A former US police officer has pleaded guilty to helping falsify the search warrant used in the killing of Breonna Taylor. Ms Taylor, 26, was killed on 13 March 2020 when officers in Louisville, Kentucky, carried out a “no-knock” warrant and broke down her flat door. Her boyfriend thought it was someone breaking in and

The launch of the mission that aims to put humans back on the moon is on course for lift-off as planned, NASA bosses say. Artemis 1 was given the green light last week during a flight readiness review at Kennedy Space Center. It will blast off from Florida today – drawing hundreds of thousands of

Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, Sylvester Stallone and Kevin Hart are among hundreds of residents of an exclusive area of Los Angeles issued with warnings about water usage during a “severe” drought emergency period, according to the Los Angeles Times. The celebrities are among more than 2,000 customers in the San Fernando Valley enclaves of Calabasas

Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked a federal judge to prevent the FBI from continuing to review documents recovered from his Florida estate until a neutral special master can be appointed to inspect the records. The request was included in a court filing, the first by the former US president’s legal team in the two

Three Arkansas police officers have been suspended following social media outrage over a video that seemingly shows them assaulting a suspect under arrest. Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante said two county deputies and a Mulberry officer have been suspended. A statement from Crawford County Sheriff’s Office said: “In reference to the video circulating social media

Dennis Rodman is planning a trip to Russia in a bid to secure the release of fellow basketball star Brittney Griner. The former NBA player told NBC News he “got permission” to travel and hopes to fly out within days. “I’m trying to go this week,” he said. Rodman’s plan comes despite the US State

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have tied the knot for a second time with a big white wedding surrounded by family and friends. The ceremony comes a month after the celebrity couple, known as “Bennifer”, got married in a Las Vegas drive through-chapel. Their second nuptials took place on Saturday on the grounds of actor

Hollywood actor Gary Busey has been charged with sex offences related to incidents at a popular horror film convention in Philadelphia. Busey, 78, was charged with two counts of fourth degree criminal sexual assault, one count of attempted criminal sexual contact and one count of harassment, Cherry Hill Police said. Fourth degree sexual assault carries

Vanessa Bryant has told a court that she felt “blindsided” when she learned photos of the crash that killed her husband and daughter had been shared by emergency services. Basketball star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were killed in January 2020 when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed near Los Angeles. Ms

A member of the so-called IS “Beatles” has been jailed for life after being convicted over his role in the murder of four American hostages in Syria. Former British citizen El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, who grew up in London, was found guilty in the US in April of four counts of hostage-taking and four counts

At least two people were killed when two planes collided while trying to land at an airport in California. The planes, a twin-engine Cessna 340 and a single-engine Cessna 152, crashed into one another shortly before 3pm on Thursday above Watsonville Municipal Airport. Two people were aboard the Cessna 340 and only the pilot was

Some of the legal documents supporting the FBI’s controversial search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate might be released. A judge has said he is willing to release at least some of the affidavit – a sworn statement setting out the evidence for why there was probable cause to search the former president’s Florida resort. But

TikTok has said it will work to prevent content creators from posting paid political messages on the app, in preparation for the US midterms in November. While the company has banned paid political ads since 2019, campaign strategists have skirted the ban by paying influencers to promote political issues. TikTok’s head of safety, Eric Han

Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social has surged in popularity following the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate. The app rose 66 places in the Apple App store from number 76 to 15 on 9 August, the day after agents searched his home. They were looking for boxes of classified information taken there after

Republican Liz Cheney has lost her Wyoming seat in Congress to a Trump-backed candidate from her own party. She conceded defeat to Harriet Hageman, whose candidacy has been endorsed by the former president in the Republican primary. Ms Cheney, 56, has been one of the most outspoken Trump critics in the Republican party and was

She is from one of the most famous Republican families in America. Her voting record on abortion and guns has been exemplary. And none of that has stopped Liz Cheney from becoming Donald Trump’s latest and most high profile Republican victim. She has lost her Wyoming congressional seat to a rival supported by Mr Trump, an

US First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID, the White House has said. The 71-year-old had tested negative on Monday during a regular testing session, but developed cold-like symptoms that evening. She tested negative on a rapid antigen test before a PCR test came back positive. Spokesperson Elizabeth Alexander said that, like husband

Donald Trump has accused the FBI of seizing his passports during a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate. Describing it as an “assault on a political opponent”, the former US president claimed agents “stole” three of his passports. The FBI searched his home last week after officials discovered boxes containing classified information were taken to his

Sir Salman Rushdie brought a stabbing attack that left him with “life-changing” injuries on himself, Iran has said. The foreign ministry said on Monday that “Salman Rushdie and his supporters are to blame for what happened to him”. Its spokesperson, Nasser Kanaani, said: “Freedom of speech does not justify Salman Rushdie’s insults upon religion and