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US officials have discovered an underground tunnel about the length of five football pitches used to smuggle drugs from Mexico to a warehouse in California. It is not known how long the secret passage, which has a railway track, ventilation systems, electricity and reinforced walls, had been operating. Investigators found the tunnel after staking out

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

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

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.

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

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

The largest wildfire burning in the United States is heading towards mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico as more people prepare to evacuate their homes. The Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon blaze, which is being fanned by strong winds, has burned a 45-mile long path up the Sangre de Cristo mountains in just over

An on-the-run prison officer and a murder suspect who were having a “jailhouse romance” had loaded their getaway truck with cash and weapons ready for a firefight with police. After a car chase on Monday, escaped inmate Casey White surrendered to authorities, but the prison worker was found with a gunshot wound to the head

Mike Tyson will not face criminal charges after he allegedly punched a passenger on a plane in San Francisco. Mobile phone footage showed the former world heavyweight boxing champion, 55, appearing to hit a man in a seat behind him. Representatives for the star said: “Unfortunately, Mr Tyson had an incident on a flight with

Missing prison officer Vicky White and prisoner Casey White have been arrested after being caught following a car chase with fugitive hunters, the US Marshals. Mr White, who was awaiting trial on a capital murder case, disappeared with Ms White after leaving a detention centre in Florence, Alabama. On 29 April, Ms White told colleagues the

Wordle players across the globe were left baffled after a “major recent news event” prompted the people behind the game to change today’s word. Spoiler alert: This story contains the answer to today’s edition of Wordle. A number of people expressed a mixture of confusion and annoyance after sharing their result with friends on Monday,