The story of Uvalde never gets easier. Children trapped with a mass shooter, wielding a semi-automatic weapon, for 77 minutes while law enforcement stood back. A total of 19 youngsters and two teachers were killed. Every aspect of what happened inside two inter-connected classrooms at Robb Elementary School is as chilling as the next. The

“Critical failures” delayed the police response to the 2022 shooting in Texas that killed 19 children and two teachers, according to a damning US Department of Justice review. The report found shortcomings in “leadership, decision-making, tactics, policy and training” led to a confused response to gunman Salvador Ramos at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on

Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from his Manhattan civil trial yesterday after he repeatedly ignored a warning to keep quiet. Trump was repeatedly heard making remarks while writer E Jean Carroll testified that he destroyed her reputation after she accused him of sexual abuse. In an initial warning, Judge Lewis A Kaplan told the

Modern Family star Ed O’Neill has revealed he almost became a member of an organised crime gang – after failing to earn a place on the American football team the Pittsburgh Steelers. The 77-year-old actor, who played Jay Pritchett on the sitcom, said he was tempted to join a gang when he was “broke” in

A mother has claimed police raided the “wrong house” and deployed diversionary flash-bang devices that injured her 17-month-old son – leaving the infant in hospital with burns. Police have offered a different account of what happened – saying they executed a search warrant at the correct address and the child was not harmed during the

Nikki Haley has dropped out of a debate before the crucial New Hampshire Republican primary contest, saying she would only take part if Donald Trump did. The former US ambassador to the United Nations finished third in the snow-covered Iowa caucuses on Monday, a couple of points behind Florida governor Ron DeSantis but well behind

A New York architect has been charged with the murder of a fourth woman, as police revealed how DNA evidence from his daughter’s drink can helped to make a link. Rex Heuermann, 59, was formally charged with the murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, having already been accused of killing three other women left near Gilgo Beach,

Nigel Farage has claimed Vladimir Putin would not have launched a full-scale invasion into Ukraine in February 2022 if Donald Trump had been US president. Speaking to Sky News, the politician said he is confident Mr Trump will be elected to the White House in November’s election. “I think the issue of the border, the

“It was a great victory,” former president Trump’s son told me moments after his father’s Iowa victory was announced.  “He is feeling great. We crushed it tonight,” Eric Trump said. And crush it, they did. It was remarkable and has no comparison in Iowan caucus history. It’s all the more remarkable because Donald Trump has

Donald Trump has won the Republican party’s Iowa caucuses, according to a projection by Sky’s US partner NBC News. The voting is the first step of a process that’s likely to see the former president picked as Republican candidate for November’s election. Mr Trump was overwhelming favourite to be top pick among Republican members in

The spacecraft which attempted the first US moon landing in more than 50 years is to be allowed to “burn up” during re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, the company behind the mission has said. Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic said it had made the “difficult decision” to maintain the craft’s trajectory and was working with NASA and the space

Temperatures in parts of the US could drop to about -30C as Donald Trump urged voters in one state to brave the blizzard conditions. At least four people have died in a dangerous Arctic blast, which has knocked out electricity for hundreds of thousands of people, brought snow even to southern states and postponed a

Extreme winter weather is causing major disruption in the US as a continuing wave of Arctic storms hit flights, NFL playoff games and election campaigns. Dangerously cold wind, freezing rain and heavy snow are predicted for much of the country this weekend with temperatures threatening to drop to record lows in the midwest. Governors from

The main street in Des Moines, leading to the State Capitol building, is covered by a thick layer of snow, as icicles dangle from signs welcoming visitors to the home of the famous Iowa caucuses. One woman is waiting for the bus and a man is shovelling snow from the pavement in front of his

It might be nine months away – but the race to the US presidential election has well and truly begun. The first step in deciding which candidate will get their party’s nomination begins in Iowa on Monday evening. Since 1972, the midwestern state has been the first to hold its caucus – which has routinely

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin is still in hospital and is in a good condition, the Pentagon has said. The 70-year-old was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland on 22 December with prostate cancer. He returned to the hospital on 1 January due to complications including a urinary tract infection and

An American lawyer who fought a years-long battle in the 1970s to prevent John Lennon from being deported from the US has died aged 90. Leon Wildes, whose health had been declining since he suffered a series of strokes, died on Monday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, his family said. His name became part

An innocent man who spent 35 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of sexually assaulting a school girl has been awarded more than £1m in compensation. Louis Wright, now 65, was released earlier this month after DNA tests ruled him out as the perpetrator of the 1988 attack on the 11-year-old girl in Albion,

The language being used by Biden administration is interesting. “Iran is a primary – if not the primary – enabler or supporter, sponsor of the Houthis and Iran has been involved operationally in the conduct of these attacks,” a Biden administration official said. They don’t talk about Iran directing the attacks against shipping or US

In 2007, Apple was credited with revolutionising the landscape for communications when it launched the first iPhone – a mobile phone that could play music and access the internet. The product laid the foundation for 17 years of smartphones and propelled Apple to become the world’s first company to reach a valuation of more than

Donald Trump defied a judge and launched into a six-minute speech on being an “innocent man” as his civil fraud trial in New York came to an end today. Mr Trump had been barred from giving a formal closing argument at the trial but after two of his lawyers delivered the traditional speeches, one asked

Joe Biden’s son has pleaded not guilty to federal tax charges filed after the collapse of a plea deal that could have spared him the spectacle of a criminal trial during the 2024 election campaign. Hunter Biden has been accused of nine felony and misdemeanour tax offences. The charges stem from what federal prosecutors say

The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s civil fraud case has been subject to a bomb threat, Sky News’s US partner network NBC News reports. Nassau County police responded to the threat at Arthur Engoron’s home on Thursday, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. Closing arguments in the trial are scheduled today,

Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie has dropped out of the Republican candidacy race but vowed to never let Donald Trump become US president again. The former New Jersey governor suspended his campaign after claiming there wasn’t a path for him to win the nomination. His exit also means the removal of the most high-profile and

Rescue teams are searching a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe following an avalanche – as a major storm with snow and gusty winds moved into the region. It comes after a series of powerful winter storms swept through parts of the eastern US and Canada, claiming the lives of at least five people and

At least five people died and hundreds of thousands were in the dark as storms covered much of the US on Tuesday. Tornadoes swept across the midwest and south of the country, blizzards were felt in the northwest, and parts of the east of the country were threatened with flooding. In the northeast of the

A former US congressman – who led an extensive investigation into previous issues with Boeing planes – has accused the company of relying on “crappy stuff” from its subcontractor after the 737 MAX 9 mid-air blowout. Peter DeFazio, who chaired the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee until 2022, said the focus needs to turn to

Donald Trump has appeared in court as he tries to dismiss a federal criminal case where he faces charges he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Mr Trump‘s lawyers argued in front of appeal judges in Washington DC that he was immune from prosecution because he was president at the time of

Astrobotic’s Peregrine-1 spacecraft has “no chance” of landing on the moon after it sprang a propellant leak, the company says. The problem occurred in the first few hours of the lunar lander’s journey into space. The Pittsburgh-based firm added that there is enough fuel left in the lander to allow it to operate “as a

Alaska Airlines has said more “loose hardware” has been found on some of its Boeing 737-9 Max fleet of aircraft. It follows the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounding all 171 737-9 Max planes operated by US airlines after a window and chunk of fuselage blew out of one Alaska Airlines aircraft on 5 January shortly