Firefighters are grappling with searing heat as they struggle to contain a huge wildfire in California as western states remain in the grip of a fierce...
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Sir Richard Branson’s private space tourism company will launch its first flight carrying the billionaire, two pilots, and three mission specialists to...
Richard Branson’s moment of destiny in space will happen 50 miles above a town called Truth or Consequences. In the high desert of New Mexico, a dream...
People are being evacuated from a community in the US state of Nevada as a wildlife that started in neighbouring California spreads. The inferno, near Doyle...
Workers have started to remove the last of the high-security fencing erected around the US Capitol in the wake of the deadly attack on Congress. The eight-foot...
A 14-year-old girl has made history by becoming the first African American to win the 96-year-old US Scripps National Spelling Bee. Zaila Avant-garde, a...
Police bodycam footage shows officers rescuing a six-year-old girl after she was kidnapped from outside her home in Kentucky. The victim was riding her bicycle...
Authorities have called off a search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Florida, saying there is “no chance of life”...
Ten more bodies have been pulled from the rubble of a Miami building that collapsed two weeks ago, bringing the total death count to 46, authorities have...
Recent record-high temperatures in the US and Canada, which caused hundreds of deaths and huge wildfires, would be “virtually impossible” without...
Eight more people have been confirmed dead in the Florida apartment block collapse – taking total deaths to 36, while 109 residents are still missing...
A grizzly bear killed a person in a remote campsite in Montana early on Tuesday morning, police have said. The animal is said to have previously wandered...
Many of the 2,312 US military personnel who have been killed on duty in Afghanistan are buried in Arlington Cemetery, Virginia. Row upon row of white...
Hackers who claim to be behind a mass ransomware attack that has affected hundreds of companies have demanded $70m in Bitcoin to restore the data. The attack...
A Florida apartment building which partially collapsed last month has been demolished. Champlain Towers South, in the city of Surfside, collapsed 11 days ago...
Joe Biden has said his government is not sure who was behind a major ransomware attack that hit hundreds of US businesses – but he did not rule out...
