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The moment a US police officer points a gun at a suspect while kneeling on the bonnet of his moving car – before clinging to the roof of the vehicle as the motorist drives away at speed – has been revealed in a newly released video. An officer had been seen approaching the car before

Harry and Meghan have demanded an agency hand over photos and videos taken by paparazzi during a “chase” in New York earlier this week – but it has refused. Lawyers representing the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have sent a letter to the Backgrid agency – but in response, the company reportedly told Harry that

Montana has become the first state in the US to ban Chinese-owned popular video-sharing platform TikTok from personal devices. The state’s Republican governor Greg Gianforte signed legislation prohibiting mobile application stores from offering the app. The legislation makes it illegal for app stores to offer TikTok, but does not prevent those who already have the

The court of public opinion on Harry and Meghan is unmoved. The book, the Netflix series and the numerous TV interviews have cemented people’s views.  There are those who have sympathy for a “hounded” couple. And those who think they are a pair of hypocrites – craving the quiet life but complaining when they put

A high school student has been suspended for three days after she recorded her teacher using a racial slur in class. The Missouri student decided to record the incident on her phone on 9 May during her geometry class at Glendale High School in Springfield, US. According to NBC News, the teacher allegedly used the

A girl whose disappearance was featured on Netflix’s “Unsolved Mysteries” was found alive in North Carolina last week, six years after she was allegedly abducted by her mother. Kayla Unbehaun, who was born in Illinois, was nine years old when she went missing in 2017 while in the care of her mother, Heather Unbehaun. In

Legendary US disco group the Village People have sent Donald Trump a legal letter after a video emerged of him dancing to one of their hit songs. The footage shows the former president enjoying a live tribute performance of Macho Man while at a poolside dinner party at Mar-a-Lago. The 76-year-old, who wants to return

A man with a metal baseball bat has attacked two employees at a politician’s office in the US. Democratic congressman Gerry Connolly said the man walked into his northern Virginia office on Monday morning, asked for him, and then struck two female workers with the bat. One of the victims, an intern on her first

The ‘Godfather of poker’, Doyle Brunson has died at the age of 89. The legendary figure of the game died on Sunday in Las Vegas, his family announced, via his agent on Twitter. Their statement said: “It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of our father, Doyle Brunson. “He was a beloved

A city named Kyle is calling on namesakes from around the world to help it break a record… for the largest gathering of Kyles. The Texas city is hoping to bring together thousands of people with the first name Kyle in order to clinch the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with

They couldn’t build the wall over a mountain. It’s why the US-Mexico border wall ends at the foot of Mount Cristo Rey and is reduced to a block of concrete a foot high. It’s the “add-on” to fill the gap between wall and mountain, like something you’d use to zone off an industrial estate car

In a few short weeks, Elon Musk will hand over the helm of Twitter to Linda Yaccarino. But who exactly is the new chief executive, and how does she fit into Musk’s vision of “the everything app”? Musk, who brought Twitter in October and has been running it since, has long insisted that he would

“I’m basically a ticking time bomb,” Lori Vallow says with a wide smile and a laugh. She’s speaking at the Mrs Texas beauty pageant in 2004 where she is competing. At the time it must have seemed an innocuous comment about balancing home and work life, but nearly 20 years later the words take on

A suspected drunk driver involved in a crash that killed a bride on her wedding day said she “did nothing wrong” following the incident, according to a witness. Jamie Lee Komoroski, 25, was arrested after allegedly hitting a golf cart containing a newly-married couple at more than twice the speed limit in South Carolina. She

Thousands of migrants have been making their way to the US border as the Title 42 immigration law changes. The rule, which had enabled the swift expulsion of migrants, has now expired. Record numbers had made their way to the US southern border in the hope of crossing before the midnight deadline. Read more: Why

Title 42 is a law that enables the US to halt entries into the country to stop the introduction of communicable diseases. It was enacted in the Trump era to prevent the spread of COVID, allowing authorities to quickly deport migrants to Mexico or back to their countries of origin. Since the introduction of Title

Peru will allow the extradition to the US of the main suspect in the unsolved disappearance of student Natalee Holloway on the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba in 2005. Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch citizen, is charged with extortion and wire fraud concerning payments made to him by the Holloway family after their daughter’s

Donald Trump called the woman he sexually abused a lying “wack job” and refused to say who he wants to win the Ukraine war in a wide-ranging interview on US television. A jury in a civil case ruled this week that he assaulted – but didn’t rape – E Jean Carroll in a department store

E Jean Carroll has said she is “overwhelmed with joy” for women across America after former president Donald Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. In an interview with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie on the Today show, the 79-year-old said the court win was not about the millions she was awarded in damages, but securing

Donald Trump has been found liable for battery and defamation, after a civil trial jury found he sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s. The jury rejected the rape claim but awarded the former Elle magazine advice columnist $5m (£4m) in damages. The nine-person jury began discussing the battery and defamation lawsuit on