Russia has published a list of 963 Americans who have been “permanently banned” from entering the country in response to US sanctions related to the invasion of Ukraine. Actor Morgan Freeman, 84, is among the names on the list, apparently as a result of appearing in a video clip in 2017 that accused the Russian

Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter Aimee is “lucky” to be alive after escaping a fatal fire in Los Angeles, her mother Sharon has said. 26-year-old music producer Nathan Avery Edwards, who worked under the name Avery Drift, is reported to have died in the blaze at a recording studio building in Hollywood. More than 75 firefighters tackled

In the leafy suburb of Potomac in Maryland a group of mums is mobilising. Facing nationwide shortages of infant formula, the Nappy Network charity is stepping up. For a couple of months, they’ve been holding a weekly formula drive and the logo says it all: “Bring what you can, take what you need.” Here, parents

The US has warned a trade deal with the UK is at risk if Westminster implements legislation to change the Northern Ireland Protocol. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it could damage the Good Friday Agreement, which aims to help maintain peace between Northern Ireland‘s communities. Her comments have been met with consternation by the

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has denied claims he sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016, calling them “wild accusations”. It comes as Business Insider reported on Thursday Mr Musk‘s SpaceX paid $250,000 (£200,000) in 2018 to settle a sexual harassment claim from an unnamed private jet attendant who accused the Tesla

A Florida motorcyclist is fighting for his life after he was tasered by a police officer at a petrol station which sparked a “horrific explosion” that “cooked” him alive, his lawyers have said. Jean Barreto suffered third-degree burns over 75% of his body during the incident on 27 February as he filled up his dirt

Actor Johnny Depp’s ex girlfriend Ellen Barkin, has described a “jealous” and “controlling man” who was “angry and demanding”. Speaking during day 29 of the libel trial involving Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard, Ms Barkin said she and Johnny – who she had starred in the film Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas with

George W Bush has accidentally condemned the “unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq”, an operation he ordered himself in 2003. The former US president, 75, quickly corrected himself to say he had meant to refer to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. He made the gaffe during a speech in Texas on Wednesday in which he

US President Joe Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to boost production of baby formula. The Defense Production Act is a 1950 law which allows the government to direct manufacturing production for national defence. This means that businesses supplying ingredients to formula manufacturers will have to fulfil those orders first before dealing with orders

US football authorities are to pay their men and women the same for international competitions, including in their respective World Cups. The United States Soccer Federation said on Wednesday it will create a mechanism for sharing prize money. Under the agreements, which run until 2028, US Soccer becomes the first federation in the world to

A former Minneapolis police officer has pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. As part of the plea deal, Thomas Lane will have a count of aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder dismissed. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill has agreed to a three-year jail

In Buffalo there is bewilderment and there is a deep sadness. The personal tragedy here is felt across America. The arrival of President Biden marks a moment of national mourning. He paused by the makeshift memorials at the scene of the shooting and put his hand to his heart. He knows what happened here echoes

Joe Biden has called on all Americans to reject the “poison” of white supremacy following a racially-motivated mass shooting at a US supermarket. The US president and the first lady have paid their respects at a makeshift memorial after the deadly attack in and around the store in the city of Buffalo. Mr Biden and

The remains of an American teenager have been found more than a decade after she went missing on holiday – and a convicted sex offender has been charged with her murder. The body of Brittanee Drexel, who went missing in 2009 at the age of 17, was found last week less than an hour’s drive

Photographs of Amber Heard with red marks, bruises and swelling on her face – the result, she alleges, of her and Johnny Depp’s final fight – have been shown in court. It came as Heard told jurors of the “torture” of re-living “the most intimate, embarrassing, deeply humiliating and personal things” she has ever gone

A passenger with no flying experience who landed a small plane in Florida after the pilot passed out has described the “life or death situation” he faced. Darren Harrison, 39, who was one of two passengers on the aircraft, told NBC News he had no time to panic and remained calm throughout the ordeal. “Somebody

A gunman who killed one worshipper and wounded five others at a church in California was stopped after a pastor hit him over the head with a chair and members of the congregation tied him up. Police praised the “exceptional heroism” of the pastor and the congregation, mostly pensioners of Taiwanese descent, after they managed

A security guard, the mother of a former fire commissioner, and a grandmother who helped feed the needy were among those killed in a “racially motivated” shooting at a US supermarket in the city of Buffalo. Buffalo Police have released all the names of the 10 victims killed in the shooting and three others who

A teenager accused of killing 10 people and injuring three others in a mass shooting at a US supermarket in the city of Buffalo is on suicide watch, officials say. Payton Gendron is being detained separately from other individuals in a holding centre following the massacre on Saturday afternoon. Eleven of the 13 people who

Billionaire Elon Musk has said his Twitter deal is “temporarily on hold” over the company’s spam and fake user accounts. Mr Musk, who last week secured $7bn from new investors for his $44bn takeover, tweeted: “Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users.”

Expect to hear plenty about abortion in America over the next few months. It will be impassioned and heartfelt but angry and polarised. Abortion is such a divisive issue, and in America especially it touches on so many strands of society: politics, equality rights, race and religion. Today, in the shadow of the Washington Monument,

At least eight people have been killed in a mass shooting at a supermarket in the US city of Buffalo, New York state, AP has reported. The gunman is reported to have been taken into custody after the attack on Saturday afternoon. The exact number of people hurt at the Tops Friendly Market in Jefferson

A 911 call from a woman who disappeared more than a decade ago, sparking an investigation into a possible serial killer, has been released by police in New York. Sex worker Shannan Gilbert vanished on 1 May 2010 after dialling emergency services from the home of her client. During a search for the 24-year-old in

The governor of California has pledged to use the state’s record-breaking $300bn budget to “future proof” it against threatened national changes in abortion access and gun safety laws. With the US Supreme Court poised to possibly overturn the Roe V Wade legislation that gives women a constitutional right to an abortion, Gavin Newsom pledged to

US politicians have written to the bosses of Meta, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube to request that the companies archive content that includes potential evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The letters were sent by four senior Democrats who chair powerful committees in the House of Representatives relating to oversight, foreign affairs and national security.

A manhunt is under way for a convicted murderer who escaped from a prison bus by stabbing an officer after the vehicle crashed off the road, police have said. Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was being held at a prison in Gatesville, Texas, but was being driven to a medical appointment when the incident occurred yesterday afternoon

An air traffic controller who helped a passenger with no flying experience land a plane in Florida when the pilot suddenly fell ill has said the moment “felt like I was in a movie”. The passenger radioed an urgent plea for help off Florida’s Atlantic coast on Tuesday and was able to land the plane

The United States has surpassed more than one million COVID-related deaths, the White House has said. The country, with a population of 329.5 million people, has recorded more than 80 million cases of coronavirus and has the highest number of reported deaths globally so far. President Joe Biden called it a “tragic milestone” and urged

Families and victims of a devastating apartment block collapse are set to receive an almost billion dollar settlement. The class action lawsuit came after the 12-storey block in the Florida town of Surfside suddenly sank towards the ground in the early hours on 24 June last year, almost instantly destroying dozens of individual apartments and

An attempt to protect abortion rights with a federal law in the US has failed. The bid to preserve the rights – first enshrined in the Roe v Wade bill of 1973 – came following the leak of a Supreme Court document that appeared to suggest justices planned to overturn the almost 50-year-old legislation this