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A complex salvage operation is under way to remove the wreckage of the Baltimore bridge in a first step towards reopening the vital port and recovering the bodies of the four workers still missing, presumed dead. Seven floating cranes, including the largest on the Atlantic seaboard, 10 tugs, nine barges, eight salvage vessels and five

A headless robot about the size of a labrador will be camouflaged as a coyote to ward off migratory birds and other wildlife at Alaska’s second largest airport. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities said it will be based at the Fairbanks airport to “enhance and augment safety and operations”. Images have been

Louis Gossett Jr, the first black man to win a supporting actor Oscar for his role in An Officer And A Gentleman, has died aged 87. The actor’s nephew confirmed he died on Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. No cause of death was revealed. This breaking news story is being updated and more details

The wife of one of the eight construction workers who was on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed has said “it’s a miracle he survived” because he can’t swim. Julio Cervantes was on the 1.6-mile-long structure when it crashed into the Patapsco River after being struck by a huge container ship in the

A pilot on board the cargo ship that crashed into the Baltimore bridge tried to swing it clear of a collision by dropping its port anchor to pivot it away, authorities said. The pilot and a second on board at the time of collision will be interviewed by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today.

Audio has emerged of a first responder call as officials halted traffic on both sides of the Francis Scott Key Bridge moments before it collapsed. The cargo ship had issued a mayday call to alert authorities it had lost power before it collided with the Baltimore bridge on Tuesday morning. Following the call, Maryland Transportation

President Biden has promised that he will visit Baltimore “as soon as possible” after a major bridge collapsed – as officials say the rescue mission for the six missing people has now become a recovery operation. Miguel Luna, from El Salvador, was one of the six people on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it

President Biden has promised that he will visit Baltimore “as soon as possible” after a major bridge collapsed – as the city’s governor has said the search for “survivors” continues as six people remain missing. The 1.6-mile long Francis Scott Key Bridge crashed into the Patapsco River after it was hit by a 289m-long cargo

A major bridge has collapsed in the US city of Baltimore after it was hit by a cargo ship. Footage shows a large section of the 1.6 mile-long Francis Scott Key Bridge falling into the water following the collision. It is unclear if anyone has been injured. This breaking news story is being updated and

Donald Trump is running out of time to post a bond to cover a $464m (£367m) civil fraud ruling – or face the risk of New York state beginning to seize some of his assets. The former US president, who is seeking to regain the White House later this year, must either pay the money

A New York appeals court has agreed to hold off collection of former president Donald Trump’s $454m (£359m) civil fraud judgment – if he puts up $175m (£138m) within 10 days. The former US president had been facing a deadline on Monday to post the bond for the initial ruling, which he was given for

A mountain lion has killed one man and left another with “traumatic injuries” to his face, authorities in the US state of California have said. The two brothers were hunting for shed antlers when they were attacked by the mountain lion in Georgetown, a remote part of El Dorado County. The younger brother, 18, called

Two crew members have died on a Holland America cruise ship during an “incident” in the ship’s engineering space, the cruise line has said. The pair died on Friday while the Nieuw Amsterdam liner was at the small island of Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas, Holland America added in a statement. Officials have been

A student has been found dead in a river two weeks after he was reported missing. University of Missouri student Riley Strain, 22, was last seen in a bar in Nashville, Tennessee, which he was visiting with his fraternity house, just before 10pm on 8 March. Police officials in the state capital, who previously said

Following weeks of intense speculation, not just on social media but by some news outlets, too, there has been a change in tone from the US in its coverage of the Princess of Wales’s health. As in the UK, Kate’s cancer diagnosis dominated the major broadcasters and newspapers on Friday. It is a definite shift

Donald Trump’s social media company, Truth Social, is set to go public – potentially netting the former US president $3bn. It means Trump Media & Technology Group, whose flagship product is the social networking platform, will soon begin trading on the Nasdaq stock market. It comes after Acquisition Corp, a publicly traded shell company, approved

When Victor Sharrah woke up one day in November 2020, he feared he was in some sort of “demonic world”. When he looked at people’s faces, they appeared “demon-like”, with their ears, noses and mouths stretched back, and with deep grooves in their foreheads, cheeks and chins. “You can’t imagine how scary it was,” the

The United States Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New Jersey, alleges that Apple has monopoly power and uses its control over the iPhone to “engage in a broad, sustained,

The Los Angeles Dodgers have fired the longtime interpreter and friend of superstar Shohei Ohtani following allegations of “massive theft”. Ippei Mizuhara, who has been alongside Japanese baseball sensation Ohtani since his 2018 MLB debut, is accused of using funds from the player’s bank account to pay off gambling debts. Image: Ohtani (L) at his

Veteran actor M Emmet Walsh, who starred in Blade Runner and Knives Out, has died aged 88. The Americanstar died from a cardiac arrest on Tuesday at Kerbs Memorial Hospital in St Albans, Vermont, a statement from his manager confirmed. During his six-decade career, Walsh played a variety of roles, including Harrison Ford’s LAPD boss