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A woman has been charged with attempted murder after she was accused of trying to drown a three-year-old girl in an alleged racist attack. Witness described Elizabeth Wolf as “very intoxicated” when she allegedly tried to drown the child in a swimming pool following a row with her Palestinian mother, police said. The 42-year-old was

A man has been found after spending 10 days lost in a California wood. Lukas McClish, 34, was last seen on the morning of 11 June near Big Basin Redwood State Park, around 14 miles north of Santa Cruz. He was reported missing on 16 June, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. Image:

Justin Timberlake has performed his first gig since his arrest for alleged drink-driving, telling the crowd it had been a “tough week”.  The US star is currently on his The Forget Tomorrow World Tour and performed in Chicago on Friday night after being arrested earlier this week. He told the screaming crowd: “We’ve been together through

A convicted film set armourer has been denied immunity to testify at actor Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial over the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of Rust, a judge has ruled. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March for her role in the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign raised substantially more money than Joe Biden’s last month, new figures show. The Republican candidate received £111m in contributions during May – with tens of millions sent after he was convicted of falsifying business records. A New York jury found Trump guilty of covering up a “hush money” payment to adult

Donald Sutherland, who appeared in films such as The Hunger Games and Kelly’s Heroes, has died. The Canadian actor, who was 88, also starred in MASH and won an Emmy for Citizen X. His son, fellow actor Kiefer Sutherland, posted on X: “With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has

The moment two cyclists were rear-ended by a drunk driver has been caught on camera by one of their colleagues. Filmed on Monday, the video shows cyclists riding on the right-hand side of the road near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport when a white SUV rams them from behind. Both riders are knocked to the ground

Boeing should be fined almost $25bn and face criminal proceedings over two fatal 737 MAX 8 crashes, according to relatives of some of the 346 victims who argue the company is guilty of the “deadliest corporate crime in US history”. The plea was revealed in a letter to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), a

A police officer who pulled Justin Timberlake over before his arrest for alleged drink-driving did not recognise the star, according to a US media report. Timberlake had been in Long Island, in New York state, reportedly having dinner with friends before his arrest in the early hours of Tuesday. Sag Harbor police chief Robert Drake

Justin Timberlake’s mugshot has been released after he was charged with drink-driving. The SexyBack singer had been in Long Island, New York state, reportedly having dinner with friends, before he left a restaurant and was pulled over by police, who arrested him. Sag Harbor Police chief Robert Drake said in a statement Timberlake had failed

A baby, so recently born it was “still with umbilical cord attached” has been saved by a couple out walking with their own child, after it was abandoned by a man on a bridge in Texas. According to Sergeant Juan Garcia of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department, the premature girl “still had fresh placenta …

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Southwest Airlines flight came within 400ft of the ocean following an aborted landing attempt.  The Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged at a maximum descent rate of about 4,400ft per minute off the coast of Hawaii before climbing back up to safety on 11 April. The plane had

The body of a missing American man has been found on the small Greek island of Mathraki. He was discovered on a rocky and remote beach on Sunday – three days after being reported missing by the friend he was staying with. The tourist had last been seen on Tuesday at a cafe with two

Donald Trump has challenged President Joe Biden to take a cognitive test – only to confuse the name of his own doctor. The Republican presidential nominee has regularly lambasted his rival over his various gaffes, despite his own tendency to ramble or get facts wrong. Speaking in Detroit, Mr Trump questioned the president’s mental acuity.

A woman who was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 Missouri murder has had her conviction overturned after spending 43 years behind bars. Sandra Hemme’s lawyers say a disgraced police officer was responsible for the killing of 31-year-old library worker Patricia Jeschke and this is the longest time a woman has

Gordon Ramsay has said he is “lucky to be alive” after a “really bad accident” riding his bike in the US. The TV chef, 57, warned his 7.6 million followers on X and 17 million on Instagram to “wear a helmet” after the incident in Connecticut this week. He thanked the “incredible trauma surgeons, doctors,

Jake Gyllenhaal says the unexpected opportunity to become roommates with his brother-in-law and co-star Peter Sarsgaard, is a moment he will always cherish. Fresh from dominating the UFC octagon in Road House, the Oscar-nominated actor has swapped his mouthguard for the courtroom in the Apple TV+ series Presumed Innocent. Image: Peter Sarsgaard with wife Maggie

Tesla shareholders have approved Elon Musk’s $56bn (£44bn) pay package. The proposal passed despite opposition from some large institutional investors and proxy firms. Onstage at the annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas, the billionaire described himself as “pathologically optimistic”. “If I wasn’t optimistic this wouldn’t exist, this factory wouldn’t exist,” Musk said to resounding applause.

Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a US middle school, making up about 10% of the eighth-grade year group. The identical and fraternal twins graduated from Pollard Middle School in Needham, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. Headteacher Tamatha Bibbo described the event as “quite unusual”. “We typically have anywhere from five to 10 sets at most.

The coroner in the inquest into the death of Harry Dunn has recommended better driver training for Americans at the RAF base near where the 19-year-old was killed. Mr Dunn was hit by Anne Sacoolas in August 2019, after she drove her Volvo on the wrong side of the B4031 in Northamptonshire while he was