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An eight-year-old boy has died after accidentally shooting himself with a loaded gun left in a car, as his mother was shopping. The boy was alone in the car in Lehi, Utah, on Monday, when he was said to have found the loaded gun underneath a seat. He accidentally shot himself in the head, Lehi

Four people have been shot dead on an early morning commuter train near Chicago. Police said they were seated apart in two carriages and appeared to have been attacked while asleep in their seats as the train was moving. Officers were called to Monday’s incident just before 5.30am and pronounced three of the victims dead

Indian families have reportedly frozen to death, drowned and been kidnapped by their smugglers as they tried to reach the US – and the number of those willing to risk their lives in their desperate quest is growing. Indians are now the third largest group of illegal migrants to America. According to a 2022 report

An NFL player who was in line to make his professional debut next week has been shot in the chest during an attempted robbery. Ricky Pearsall, 23, is in a stable condition after a struggle with the alleged robber led to both being shot in San Francisco. Aaron Peskin, president of the San Francisco Board

Kamala Harris has accused Donald Trump of thinking only of “service to himself” after the former president’s campaign filmed at a military cemetery. Mr Trump has already hit back with videos from relatives of fallen soldiers he honoured in a wreath-laying ceremony on Monday, the third anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal. The row began when

Seven people have been killed and dozens more injured after a bus crash in Mississippi. Officials said the bus overturned on a major motorway near Bovina in Warren County on Saturday morning. Six of the passengers were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Another passenger died in hospital. Around 37

They were queuing at dawn for a rally that wouldn’t start for hours. Such is the draw of Donald Trump in places like this. I’m back in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a town I’ve been to a few times over the past eight years. I was first here in 2016, on the night when Donald Trump dramatically

One of the doctors charged in connection with the death of Friends star Matthew Perry is set to plead guilty. Perry was found dead at his home in Los Angeles, aged 54, on 28 October last year. The actor had been taking ketamine six to eight times a day before he died, according to court

Mass panic broke out at Disney World in Florida amid fears of a shooting – only for police to find it was a fight and a “popping balloon” that triggered the chaos. Visitors at the park posted accounts that people were running and children were crying during the confusion on Thursday night. But the Orange

Abba has become the third musical act this month to complain about its music being used in Donald Trump’s campaign. The Swedish group have demanded the campaign immediately remove videos featuring the “unauthorised” use of their hit songs including Dancing Queen at a recent rally. Last weekend, the Foo Fighters said they did not and

An official at a military cemetery was “abruptly pushed aside” during an altercation with Donald Trump’s staff during a wreath-laying ceremony, but the matter is considered closed, a US Army spokesperson has said. A statement said the employee at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, was trying to make sure those participating in the ceremony were following

The US election is fast approaching and voters across the nation’s 50 states will be preparing to head to the polls. It’s been another presidential race full of dramatic twists and turns, with just a few months to go before election day on Tuesday 5 November. The US is guaranteed a new president, but understanding

The gunman who tried to assassinate Donald Trump spent months researching him, along with other targets like Joe Biden, before deciding to shoot the Republican presidential candidate, the FBI has said. The bureau said Thomas Crooks, 20, was involved in a “sustained detailed effort to plan an attack” before eventually becoming “hyper focused” on Mr

A man with a Nazi tattoo on his face has been sentenced to death for murdering two women, reports have said. Wade Wilson, nicknamed the ‘Deadpool killer’ because he shares his name with the Marvel character played by Ryan Reynolds in the movie franchise, was sentenced on Tuesday by a court in Florida. Wilson, who

A new indictment has been filed against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election following his defeat to Joe Biden. The new document removes a section that had accused Mr Trump of trying to use the law enforcement powers of the Justice Department to overturn his election loss. This was an

Mariah Carey’s mother and sister have died on the same day in a “tragic turn of events”, the pop superstar has told US media. The Grammy Award-winning singer said in a statement to People magazine that her “heart is broken” following the deaths of mum Patricia and sibling Alison. Their causes of death are not

Donald Trump has suggested he might back out of a scheduled debate with rival presidential hopeful Kamala Harris – as he says the network it is scheduled to be on is “hostile” to Republicans. Speaking inside a Vietnamese restaurant in Virginia, Trump said he watched ABC’s This Week on Sunday and did not like how

The jersey Babe Ruth wore when he “called the shot” in the 1932 World Series before hitting a home run has sold at an auction for over $24.1m (£18.1m) – making it the most expensive sports memorabilia ever. The shirt, which sold at Heritage Auctions, tops the previous record held by fellow Yankee Mickey Mantle’s

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Donald Trump has signalled his support for a free Ukraine and said he wants to stop the war with Russia. Presidential candidate Mr Trump previously said he would let Russia “do whatever the hell they want” to members of NATO that don’t pay enough for defence and has threatened to withdraw the

In the heart of Ballymoney, a small town in Northern Ireland’s County Antrim, bike leather-clad tourists seek out a well-manicured memorial garden. Astride his motorbike, a life-sized statue of champion racer Joey Dunlop leans back, arms folded, a victorious grin engraved for eternity. The late King of the Roads, a local legend, still commands pilgrimage