US saw record high of 5,668 books banned in libraries in 2025, says agency
Most-banned book was Sold, a 2006 novel by Patricia McCormick about sex trafficking in IndiaSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter a...
Wildfires burning across Georgia and Florida destroy homes and force evacuations
Smoke drifts into Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia, as air quality declines and 50 homes destroyedSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newslette...
HRT provider censured by UK regulator for ‘systemic failures’ that put patients at risk
The drug industry’s self-regulatory body criticised Theramex for ‘alarming’ compliance issuesOne of the biggest producers of hormone replacement thera...
Virginia’s victory good for Democrats but also shows Trump’s redistricting battle could be all for nothing
Democrats within reach of House majority after voters rebel against Republican gerrymanderingSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter ...
RFK Jr faces intense questions in US Senate on measles and flu deaths
Health secretary says ‘I had nothing to do with the measles outbreak’ and claims to support measles and MMR vaccinesHealth secretary Robert F Kennedy ...
Pentagon asks for $54bn in pivot towards AI-powered war
Budget outlines funding for autonomous drone warfare program as experts say military unprepared for risksThe Pentagon is aiming to increase funding mo...
Scott, who represented Atlanta suburbs since 2003, had qualified to run for a 12th term before his deathDavid Scott, a Georgia congressman and moderat...
Trump’s FCC launches inquiry into gender identity in kids’ TV shows
Federal Communications Commission will look into the TV ratings system and whether shows with transgender or non-binary characters demand a warning fo...
US supreme court sides with Michigan in its fight to shut down ageing pipeline
The case is part of a messy legal dispute about a section of the Line 5 energy pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channelThe supreme court on Wednesday si...
Tourist charged with damaging historic Florentine fountain in pre-wedding prank
Police catch woman, 28, climbing colossal 16th-century statue of Neptune to touch its genitals as a dareA tourist has been charged after allegedly cli...
Iranian forces seize two ships in strait of Hormuz amid doubts over further peace talks with US
Standoff between Iran and US continues as both impose blockades of critical shipping waterway Iranian forces have seized two ships in the strait of Ho...
White House close to deal of up to $500m to rescue ailing Spirit Airlines
Rising costs have continued to plague the company, now facing soaring fuel costs due to the war with IranSign up for the Breaking News US email to get...
Federal judge blocks Trump administration restrictions on wind and solar projects
The injunction pauses policy giving senior Trump official direct sign-off on federal clean energy projectsA federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday ...
British woman died in Ghana trying to recoup money from scammers, inquest told
Janet Fordham died in crash after travelling to see man who claimed he would help to recover money from earlier scamsA British woman who was scammed o...
‘Two are stronger than one’: Boston Marathon duo praised for helping struggling runner cross finish line
Ajay Haridasse needed assistance at 26-mile markAaron Beggs and Robson De Oliveira came to aidA pair of Boston Marathon runners who teamed up to help ...
Roman Abramovich takes Jersey to European human rights court over Chelsea sale proceeds
Lawyers for oligarch claim freezing of £5.3bn of assets ‘unfair and abusive’ amid row over use of funds for Ukraine Roman Abramovich has gone to the E...
Billionaire sues digital currency venture co-founded by Trump and sons for illegal account freezing
Justin Sun alleges World Liberty Financial installed tools to prevent sale of his tokens after they became tradeableBillionaire crypto entrepreneur Ju...
Four people arrested over suspected £44m UK home insulation scam
Serious Fraud Office investigation relates to firms allegedly submitting false invoices for work they failed to carry outThe UK’s Serious Fraud Office...
Police search for man who allegedly abandoned baby in New York’s Times Square
A six-month-old girl was found alone in a stroller at a busy intersection in the famed Manhattan sightseeing areaSign up for the Breaking News US emai...
Strait of Hormuz is hosting gunboat diplomacy as US and Iran vie for most effective blockade
Iran’s goal is to maintain chokehold on global economy even as some say it could run out of oil storage by SundayMiddle East crisis – live updatesDona...
Mother who lost three kids in Louisiana shooting hospitalized with bullet lodged in face
Christina Snow was one of two women injured when gunman opened fire on a family in Shreveport, killing eightSign up for the Breaking News US email to ...
Britain’s military dependence on US ‘no longer tenable’, says former Nato chief
Lord Robertson says diplomatic tone from White House is at ‘historic low’ and two allies are likely to keep divergingUK politics live – latest updates...
Anthony Fauci makes acting debut in Oedipus the King play reading in DC
Fauci was joined by actor Jesse Eisenberg and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer in reading for DC Climate WeekWhen Anthony Fauci put on a pair of sung...
Palestine Action activist who hit officer with sledge hammer ‘panicked’, court told
Samuel Corner, 23, says he struck Sgt Kate Evans to protect co-defendant amid 2024 Elbit Systems raid near OxfordA Palestine Action activist who struc...
EU agrees to unblock €90bn loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto
Agreement for urgently needed loan reached after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to Hungary and SlovakiaEurope live – latest updatesEU member stat...
Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds
NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review findsGet our breaking n...
Podcast interviews of NSW couple jailed for abusing their daughter in the spotlight
Exclusive: Corrective Services investigates how Richard Guilliatt of The Australian was able to interview Rob and Karen Gilfillan for Shadow of DoubtF...
Democrats demand FBI director, Kash Patel, take alcohol abuse test
Amid growing congressional scrutiny of his conduct, Patel has claimed he has ‘never been intoxicated on the job’US politics live – latest updatesHouse...
How Ireland’s war-driven fuel blockades revealed the true cost of Europe’s oil addiction
Donald Trump’s conflict with Iran could speed the EU’s green revolution – if panicking governments can hold their nerve on clean energy• Don’t get Thi...
Ministers speak out in cabinet meeting over Starmer’s sacking of Olly Robbins
Sources say cabinet ministers warned PM against alienating civil service after firing of official over Mandelson scandalUK politics live – latest upda...
