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Two luxury real estate agent brothers have been charged with drugging and violently raping dozens of women. Oren and Tal Alexander, as well as their brother Alon, are accused by New York federal prosecutors of sex trafficking and using their position to take advantage of women from at least 2010 to 2021. Charges have also

A woman whose father took his own life after she went missing has been “found safe”, her family and police have said. Hannah Kobayashi, 30, flew from Hawaii to Los Angeles early last month. She was intending to take another flight to New York on 8 November but missed her connection. She vanished days later

Thousands of people have been evacuated from the path of a fast-moving wildfire sweeping through parts of California’s upmarket city of Malibu. Among those forced to leave their homes were Hollywood actor Dick Van Dyke, who turns 99 on Friday, and his wife Arlene, while singer Cher reportedly also fled the area. Mary Poppins and

The alleged killer of a US health insurance boss has tussled with police officers as they were escorting him to court. Luigi Mangione, in handcuffs, shouted to reporters outside the Pennsylvania courthouse: “It’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience.” He has been charged

Luigi Nicholas Mangione has been charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson. Police arrested Mangione on Monday after a McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer, who was found with a gun, mask and writings linking him to the ambush. The 26-year-old, who was charged earlier in Altoona with weapons, forgery and other

A man has been arrested over the shooting of a US healthcare boss – and was found with a manifesto that criticised healthcare companies, according to reports. The writings hit out at firms for putting profits above care, the New York Times reported, citing a senior law enforcement official. Luigi Mangione, 26, is being detained

Rapper Jay-Z has been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000, allegedly alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs. The accuser, who is identified as “Jane Doe”, said the assault happened at an after-party. A federal lawsuit – which originally only named Combs – was refiled on Sunday in New York

Police have released two new images of a man suspected of shooting healthcare executive Brian Thompson in New York earlier this week. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead outside a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday morning, while he was on the way to the company’s annual conference. The shooting sparked a citywide manhunt – but

Police in the US hunting for the man who shot dead United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York street have found money from the Monopoly board game inside a backpack they believe the gunman used. Two knowledgeable sources told NBC News, Sky News’ US partner, that the fake bank notes were discovered in

Milk will be tested for bird flu across the US in a bid to contain a virus spreading among farms. A strand of the virus known as H5N1 – which has also been identified in birds in the UK – was detected in dairy cows in the US for the first time in March. Since

Donald Trump arrives in France today where he will meet numerous global heads of state for the first time since his re-election. It’s understood the meetings will include time with Prince William. The heads of state or other representatives of more than 50 countries are in Paris to attend the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral

TikTok has lost an appeal against plans to ban the video-sharing app in the US. The social media platform had argued the proposal was a breach of the US First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech. TikTok pushed to overturn a law that could lead to its ban in a few months. However, the petition

Elon Musk spent more than $250m (£196m) helping Donald Trump win this year’s US election, Sky News’ US partner NBC News reports. Part of this was said to include a late blitz of advertising from a super PAC into which Mr Musk poured $20m (£15.7m) that claimed Mr Trump did not support a federal abortion

People in California were told to prepare for a tsunami after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern California. Around 4.7 million people were under the tsunami warning in the state which was lifted around an hour after it was put in place. The quake had struck around 39 miles southwest of

Video has emerged of the moments before the murder of a top healthcare boss on a New York City street in what police believe was a targeted hit. Brian Thompson is shown walking in Manhattan when the killer appears from behind a car and raises a gun – believed to have been fitted with a

An executive at a major US healthcare company has been shot dead in Manhattan. Brian Thompson, 50, was fatally shot in the chest on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan. He was the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare’s insurance unit. UnitedHealth did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company cancelled

Donald Trump has filed a motion to dismiss the hush money case in which he was convicted due to his victory in the US presidential election. In May, a New York jury found Mr Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to commit election fraud. It was the first time a US president

The unsolved killing of a six-year-old beauty pageant queen is still a priority for investigators, police have insisted. JonBenet Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family home in Colorado in 1996, a case revisited in a three-part Netflix series. Her killer has never been found, and the police department for

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated investment banker Warren Stephens to be his ambassador to the UK. Mr Trump made the announcement in a post on social media, calling him “one of the most successful businessmen in the country”. Mr Stephens is chairman, president, and CEO of Stephens Inc, a privately owned financial services company

Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter – but he is not the first US president to use the powers available to him to make such a decision. Hunter had been convicted of gun charges and pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion, and was due to be sentenced later this month. The US Constitution says