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Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election result, culminating in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol building. Special counsel at the justice department Jack Smith said the 2021 attack on Congress by Trump supporters was “an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy” that was

Donald Trump is due to appear in court to face charges over involvement in the January 6th Capitol riots. He is set to be arraigned at the federal court in Washington DC, where he will be given the opportunity to plead not guilty. Increased security measures have been put in place around the court building, which is

A truck driver will be sentenced to death after killing 11 worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh – the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history. Jurors found Robert Bowers guilty in June for the October 2018 attack in Pennsylvania, and have been deliberating over whether he should face execution or life in prison without parole.

They know a thing or 300 about prosecuting January 6 criminals in Washington DC. That’s the rough total for those already behind bars – and there are hundreds more to follow through the federal courthouse down the street from the Capitol building, the icon of a democracy they tried to bring down. The former president

Donald Trump is facing more criminal charges as part of an investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election result and the 6 January storming of the Capitol Building. The former US president has maintained that the result of the election – in which Joe Biden won the keys to the White House – was

Euphoria star Angus Cloud has died at his family’s home in Oakland, California. The 25-year-old was said to have been struggling after burying his father in Ireland last week. Cloud played drug dealer Fezco in 17 episodes of the hit HBO drama, alongside the likes of Zendaya and Hunter Schafer. A family statement said: “It

A killer dubbed the “doomsday mom” has been jailed for life without the possibility of parole for the murders of two of her children and conspiring to murder her husband’s ex-wife. Lori Vallow, 50, had become obsessed with a coming religious apocalypse, prosecutors in the US said. The mother, from Idaho, believed her children had

Cardi B has been filmed hurling a microphone at an audience member in retaliation for having a drink tossed over her while she was on stage. Footage of the incident, which shows the US rapper performing in a flowing orange dress in Las Vegas, has been widely shared on social media. In the clip, Cardi

A GoFundMe page for a Texas handyman who lost his hands and parts of his feet after contracting typhus from a flea bite has raised more than $100,000 (£77,846). Michael Kohlhof, described as “incredibly smart and comical” by his family, began experiencing flu-like symptoms in June, including a fever and upset stomach. Around a week

Donald Trump has told supporters at an influential campaign event in Iowa he is the only Republican candidate who can beat President Joe Biden. The former president took to the stage at the Lincoln Day Dinner with his main rival Ron DeSantis and several other candidates in the race to become the party’s nominee in

Antisemitism in the United States has risen in a “really horrific way”, according to the Jewish Federation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The city was home to the most deadly attack on Jewish people in America – a mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in October 2018. Eleven people were killed and six injured. A

Evil spirits, zombies and the end of the world. Lori Vallow’s murder trial had it all, and ended with her being found guilty of killing two of her children. The so-called “doomsday mom” from Idaho became obsessed with a coming religious apocalypse, prosecutors say, and believed her kids had to be destroyed so they could

Donald Trump has been accused of asking an employee to delete security footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the classified documents case. The updated indictment, which added new charges against the former US president, centres on surveillance footage at Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach –

A five-year-old boy who fatally shot his baby brother in the US was high on cocaine while the toddler had marijuana in his system, according to prosecutors. Sixteen-month-old Isiah Johnson died from a gunshot wound to his head on 28 March in Lafayette about 60 miles north of Indianapolis, after his brother found a handgun

A girl who went missing at the age of 14 has been found four years later, after she walked into a police station and identified herself. Alicia Navarro disappeared from her home in Glendale, Arizona in September 2019 after writing a note to her parents saying she was running away but would be back, according

The mother of a missing girl who was found after four years has said “miracles do happen”. Alicia Navarro disappeared aged 14 from her home in Glendale, Arizona in September 2019 after writing a note to her parents saying she was running away but would be back. After a four-year-long search, Ms Navarro, now 18,

Kevin Spacey has been found not guilty of committing sexual offences against four men in the UK between 2001 and 2013. The 64-year-old Oscar winner cried as he was cleared after a trial which started at the end of June, during which he was described as a “sexual bully” by the prosecution. On his birthday,

A gynaecologist who sexually abused more than 200 patients has been jailed for 20 years. Robert Hadden, 64, cried and said he was “sorry for all the pain” he had caused before he was handed his sentence by a judge in New York on Tuesday. At least 245 women claimed they had been abused by

US presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has been involved in a car crash. The Florida governor, who is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, was involved in an accident in Tennessee on Tuesday but is uninjured, his spokesperson said. “This morning, the governor was in a car accident while traveling to an event in Chattanooga,

A woman has admitted that she lied about being kidnapped in Alabama. Carlee Russell had claimed she was abducted after stopping to check on a toddler who was walking on the side of a busy highway. The 25-year-old had called 911 shortly before disappearing on 13 July – sparking a nationwide search – but she