Alec Baldwin no longer faces the possibility of five years in prison after prosecutors dropped part of the charges being levelled at him for his part in a fatal film set shooting – but he still could be jailed for a lesser time. Baldwin was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter over the death

A Jeff Koons sculpture worth £35,000 has been accidentally smashed during a VIP event at a gallery in Miami. The piece, a small, blue version of the artist’s famous “balloon dog” series was on display during the preview event at the Art Wynwood gallery. A number of guests initially thought the mishap was a piece

Actor Tom Sizemore is in critical condition after suffering a brain aneurysm. The 61-year-old suffered the aneurysm at around 2am on Saturday while at his Los Angeles home, his manager Charles Lago said. The actor is in intensive care in hospital, with Mr Lago describing the situation as “wait and see”. Sizemore is best known

A man in the US is accused of holding a woman against her will for nearly a year before she escaped and asked for help at a petrol station. The woman ran to the store in New Jersey on 7 February where she alleged she had been kidnapped, the state attorney general’s office said. Security

The US Secretary of State has warned China there will be “consequences” if Beijing provides material support to Russia in its invasion of Ukraine. Antony Blinken said in an interview after meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that Washington was concerned Beijing was considering supplying weapons to Moscow. The top diplomats of the two

US secretary of state Antony Blinken has met with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi, in the first meeting between the two nations since an alleged spy balloon was shot down over America. The hour-long meeting took place in Germany, where the pair were attending the Munich Security Conference, which debates the most pressing challenges to

Former US president Jimmy Carter, 98, has decided to receive hospice care and “spend his remaining time at home with his family”, according to a statement. It follows a series of brief hospital stays for the ex-US leader, the Carter Centre said on Saturday. The oldest living former US president opted for hospice care “instead

A gunman has killed six people, including his ex-wife and stepfather, in a mass shooting in Mississippi. The killings took place at multiple locations in Arkabutla, Tate County, a small rural town near the state border with Tennessee. Suspect Richard Dale Crum, armed with a shotgun and two handguns, killed a man in the driver’s

It looked painful, physically. RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, winced as the men accused of her son’s murder made their courtroom exit. The trigger was the media’s question to Emmitt Martin III about the police chief’s assessment of how he and his colleagues had acted. She had called them “inhumane”. Martin and fellow

The five former Memphis police officers who pleaded not guilty to the second-degree murder of Tyre Nichols did not have “the courage to look me in my face,” his mother has said. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr, Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault,

Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), his family announced. The 67-year-old Hollywood star was diagnosed in March 2022 with aphasia, a condition affecting the brain which causes difficulty with language and speech. His relatives said at the time that he would be “stepping away” from acting. A statement about the progression of

Five former Memphis police officers charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols are due to appear in court. Video footage captured by police bodycams and CCTV cameras showed Mr Nichols, a black man, being beaten by officers following a traffic stop. He died from his injuries. The case has renewed calls for police reform in

Three unidentified objects shot down by the US did not appear to have been used for spying and were likely tied to benign purposes, Joe Biden has said. Instead, the objects were “most likely” linked to private companies or research institutions, according to the US president. Tensions have been mounting between the US and China

Two people have died after a Black Hawk helicopter from the Tennessee National Guard crashed in Alabama. “We have no survivors,” said investigator Brent Patterson. “We have a crime scene here. We have it taped off.” No one on the ground was hurt but the National Guard confirmed two crew had died. The UH-60 Black

Hollywood actress Raquel Welch has died at the age of 82. The US star “passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness”, her management company said. Her career spanned more than 50 years and included 30 films and scores of TV series and appearances. Welch won a best actress Golden Globe in 1975

A white supremacist mass murderer, whose sentencing hearing was disrupted by an audience member rushing towards him, has been jailed for life without parole. Payton Gendron, 19, admitted killing 10 black people in a racially motivated attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, in May 2022, as well as domestic terrorism charges. Gendron was

The gunman who shot dead three people at Michigan State University may have also been planning to attack two schools, according to police. Anthony McRae, 43, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after opening fire on students at the East Lansing campus on Monday night. Five people were also taken to hospital – some in

A woman accused of murder and mutilating a corpse has been pictured attacking her lawyer during a court hearing in the US. Taylor Schabusiness appeared in court in Wisconsin on Tuesday when she lunged at her lawyer Quinn Jolly. Mr Jolly had asked the judge in the case for an additional two weeks for a

Nikki Haley, a former United Nations ambassador, has announced she will run for the Republican’s 2024 presidential nomination – becoming the first major challenger to Donald Trump. Haley, who served in the UN role under Trump’s previous administration, is the second Republican candidate to announce her candidacy after her former boss launched his own campaign

At least three people have been killed after a shooting at a US university. A manhunt was launched for the attacker at Michigan State University after he fled on foot and was described as a short black male in a cap, red shoes and a jean jacket. He later died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot

The White House has determined that China has a “high-altitude balloon programme” for intelligence gathering. It comes as tensions are mounting between the US and China after the US shot down a fourth unidentified object over North American airspace. It was downed over Lake Huron in Michigan at 2.42pm local time on Sunday on President

China has claimed US high-altitude balloons have flown over its airspace more than 10 times over the past year. Beijing has made the claim after Washington accused China of operating a fleet of surveillance balloons around the world. The development comes a day after US jets shot down a fourth flying object that the Pentagon

In US political speak, they’re fond of the phrase “an abundance of caution”. It translates into a week of US Top Guns taking to the skies and taking out airborne objects that, frankly, could be anything. The US doesn’t know – but a week of national security whiplash has been triggered by what they say

The US has shot down another unidentified object that it says flew near sensitive military sites and could have been used for spying. It was downed over Lake Huron in Michigan at 2.42pm local time on Sunday on President Biden‘s orders. A US F-16 jet fired a missile at about 20,000ft amid concerns that its

The unidentified objects shot down over Alaska and Canada in recent days do not resemble the Chinese “spy” balloon downed near South Carolina a week ago, the White House has said. A spokesperson for its National Security Council said they were “much smaller” but added: “We will not definitivelycharacterise them until we can recover the

The Super Bowl – the biggest event in the US sporting calendar – does not fall short of incredible moments that have fans on the edge of their seats. From high-pressured performances on stage to the gruelling chase of the ball – the 57th edition of the Super Bowl will be no different as the

Justin Trudeau has ordered the “take down” of an “unidentified object” that “violated” Canadian airspace. The country’s prime minister tweeted that both Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled. A US F-22 stealth fighter jet, sent by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), “successfully fired at the object”, Mr Trudeau said. It was taken down

Jenna Kochenauer was heading to lunch with colleagues when a police car sped past her. “Then I saw a second one heading in that direction and I thought, huh, I wonder what’s going on,” she says. “I reached over and turned on my police scanner, which I carry with me, and I started hearing about

Alec Baldwin is attempting to have one of the charges of involuntary manslaughter, which could see him jailed for five years, thrown out by a US court. Lawyers for the actor argued that New Mexico prosecutors had committed an “unconstitutional and elementary legal error” by charging him under a statute that did not exist at

The US has shot down an unknown object flying in its airspace, off the coastline of Alaska – just days after it downed a Chinese “spy” balloon. The object, shot down on the order of President Joe Biden, was flying at a high altitude of about 40,000ft and was the size of a small car,