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The exact nature of the perceived threat to the aircraft in this latest case remains unclear. The Secret Service has so far not commented on the incident, while the White House has neither confirmed nor denied it, saying only that it uses every tool available to protect the president. While …

The US military says one of its helicopters has fired missiles to disable “the steering gear” of a cargo ship attempting to violate the US blockade of Iranian ports. In a statement, US Central Command (Centcom) says its MH-60 aircraft on Tuesday fired two hellfire missiles into the engine room …

Russia has released a former US Marine who was jailed in 2022 and was reportedly in extremely poor health. Robert Gilman, from Massachusetts, was freed “from detention for humanitarian reasons” and flying on a US plane to Washington, DC, on Tuesday, according to Kirill Dmitriev, special envoy for Russian President …

As trial approaches, Mangione’s team has yet to unveil its full strategy. So far, his lawyers have not offered a robust alternative theory to the one prosecutors have put forth. “We do not have, like in ‘The Fugitive,’ the idea of the one-armed man who’s the real killer,” said former …

US President Donald Trump is heading to Ohio to watch high school students compete in the Patriot Games, a sporting event set up by his administration to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. Two teenagers were picked from every US state to compete in the games, which are taking …

Donald Trump secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month in response to a possible Iranian threat, US media report. The US president boarded Air Force One in view of television cameras before being smuggled onto an elevated airport catering truck and transported to a …

👉 Follow Trump100 on your podcast app 👈 James’s exchange with Michigan’s new Democratic Party Senate candidate has exploded online. Have Abdul El-Sayed’s jibes unlocked a new tactic for the Democrats? Meanwhile, Trump’s White House ballroom plans have hit a wall after a federal court stepped in. It’s the second …

The only suspect ever charged for the drive-by shooting that killed rap superstar Tupac Shakur on 7 September 1996 is Duane “Keffe D” Davis. The 63-year-old former gang boss is due to stand trial in Las Vegas, where he is accused of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent …

The cancellation of a flight in Canada after a child refused to wear a seat belt has reignited a debate about the etiquette and safety procedures relating to children travelling on planes. The Porter Airlines flight, which was preparing to depart from Victoria to Toronto on 6 August had to …

Jackie, a bald eagle in California who became an online star, died on Monday after receiving weeks of veterinary treatment. Jackie was being cared for by Ojai Raptor Center, a wildlife rehabilitation organisation, after she was attacked by other eagles. The bird had underlying health issues that caused anaemia and …

President Donald Trump’s social media company reported a loss of $238m (£176m) between April and June as it branched into ventures unrelated to media, including cryptocurrencies. The quarterly loss is more than 10 times the amount reported during the same period a year earlier, according to the Trump Media and …

Dashcam video captured the dramatic moment a lorry slammed into an overpass in New York. The video shows a spray of debris flying as the truck struck the overpass, tipped over, and skidded on its side. The trailer then crashed into a Toyota parked on the right shoulder. The Toyota’s …

Officials in British Columbia are still trying to determine how many homes were lost to the fire, which remains out of control as of Monday. A state of emergency has been declared after thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as a fast-moving wildfire spread rapidly in western …

To understand how the case became so mythologised, you have to go back to rivalries that grew larger than the men at its centre. In the Los Angeles gang landscape of the 1990s, there was a vicious turf war between the Bloods, often represented by the color red, and Crips, …

When a wildfire broke out near his First Nation community in northern Ontario, Hubert Wigwas decided to stay put. He put sprinklers on his roof to extinguish falling embers. He checked on elders in his community who also stayed behind, and he fuelled up four boats down on the lake …

The Bald Range wildfire comes on the heels of another fire in the Okanagan, called Bradley Creek, which is believed to have destroyed more than 200 homes. Officials said the Bradley Creek fire is now being held after “tireless work” by wildfire crews to contain it. Drought conditions have also …

The jalapeno recall came after Coast Citrus Distributors, which supplied the company with its peppers, recalled its own fresh jalapeno because of the salmonella concerns. Taylor Farms said a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, had been identified as the source of the outbreak and that it “is no longer sourcing products …

US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has revealed she has decided to freeze her eggs, and has shared her first steps in the process on social media. The 36-year-old New York Democrat posted the clips on Sunday, hours before telling ABC News’s This Week programme that she had not “ruled out the …

The operator of a boat that overturned and capsized near the Statue of Liberty, killing a woman and a five-month-old baby, has been arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, New York police said. Officials said a large search and rescue operation was launched after the incident near the New York …

Some Taylor Swift songs have been removed from social media videos posted by Donald Trump’s campaign team. Swift has not recently spoken about the US president, but the singer-songwriter backed then-vice-president Kamala Harris, Mr Trump’s Democratic rival, in the 2024 election. The 36-year-old superstar also posted on social media that …