US and Canada

Justin Gignac, an artist in New York City, collected garbage outside Madison Square Garden on the day of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding. The “Pocket Garbage” collection sold out online after he posted a video of it on TikTok. The cubes of trash were priced at $25 (£18) and …

The high court’s rules allow for a losing party to formally file a request for a rehearing within 25 days. A majority of the nine-member court would have to approve granting a rehearing. The 30 June ruling to uphold birthright citizenship marked a setback for the president’s immigration agenda, though …

A California man has been sentenced after stealing an ancient Chinese manuscript in an elaborate plot that included faux names on library cards and a host of equipment that prosecutors say he used to create forged copies. Jeffrey Ying, 39, was pled guilty to the theft of major artwork and …

She is concerned, however, that it will be difficult for voters to coalesce around any new candidate in just three months. “The thing I’m the most worried about is we run somebody and he or she loses, and then we spend the next four years pointing fingers at whose fault …

Justin Bieber has joined the star-studded list of half-time performers who will close out the 2026 World Cup in New York. The Canadian pop star will perform alongside Madonna, Shakira and K-pop ensemble BTS during the tournament’s first-ever, Super Bowl-style half-time show on 19 July. Burna Boy, Gustavo Dudamel and …

Scientists are the first to capture video footage of Quest, Ernest Shackleton’s final ship. The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, in partnership with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, undertook an expedition in Labrador Sea off the coast of Newfoundland to survey the shipwreck where Ernest Shackleton ultimately died on in 1922. Quest …

A former judge who was found guilty of obstruction last year for helping an immigrant evade federal agent in Wisconsin will not serve prison time, a court has ruled. In imposing the sentence, the court determined that no jail time was necessary for former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan, but …

A judge has ordered that writer E Jean Carroll be paid the more than $5m (£3.7m) US President Donald Trump owes her after he was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her in a civil case three years ago. Judge Lewis Kaplan on Wednesday ordered that a clerk release …

A US toddler who was found unresponsive in an Arizona pool and declared dead was later discovered to be alive in the hospital’s “cold room”, a newly released police report shows. The family of the 18-month-old frantically called police after they found him face down in the pool at a …

Canada, while a first-time World Cup host, does have a soccer culture. It has two clubs who compete in the Major League Soccer (MLS) competition: the Vancouver Whitecaps, established in 1973, and Toronto FC, founded 32 years later. But the country has struggled to translate a recreational league passion into …

Fears a Manhattan tower might collapse have eased after pictures of a buckled support column sparked an emergency evacuation. Nearby buildings including a school, hotels and the Israeli consulate were evacuated yesterday in what New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called “an extremely serious situation”. The 37-storey 1970s building is being …

US President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Nato, and said that he was “very” disappointed with Europe’s response to the US war with Iran. His requests for European support during the conflict were intended to test America’s allies, he told reporters during a meeting with Turkey’s president. “We …

US prosecutors have announced the arrest of 24 suspects in the US, Canada and Europe for alleged links to three India-based organised crime groups, including the Bishnoi gang. They have been charged with a series of crimes, including orchestrating the 2023 killing in Canada of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar …

A girls’ boarding school where socialite Paris Hilton alleged she was abused as a teenager has had its licence revoked. State regulators cited unnecessary restraint, aggressive physical contact and instances of neglect among noncompliance issues at Provo Canyon School’s Springville campus going back to 2025. Hilton, who has campaigned to …

A spokeswoman for Senator John Barrasso said the two had spoken for 20 minutes, and that McConnell “was fully engaged and is eager to get back to the Senate”. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Chao said her trip was “long-planned”, and that “the Senator’s health did not warrant an immediate return …

A high-rise building in New York City under construction is structurally unstable after two of its support columns started buckling on Tuesday morning. The building was evacuated along with surrounding buildings after reports of falling bricks. Video from inside the building shows the buckling beam. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani …

Victims of a 2023 data hack at genetics testing company 23andMe are set to receive a multi-million payout from the firm. A California bankruptcy court judge ruled on Tuesday that Chrome Holding, which last year took control of 23andMe after its bankruptcy, should pay out $46.75m (£35m) in compensation. 23andMe …

Dallas Cowboys football player Marshawn Kneeland was suffering from stage 1 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died by suicide last year, scientists said. Researchers at Boston University’s CTE Center made the diagnosis through a postmortem brain tissue analysis of the defensive lineman, who died aged 24. “Unfortunately, I was …

The US has launched a series of “powerful” strikes on Iran in response to attacks on three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command (Centcom) said on Tuesday it had begun the assault, “to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent individuals …

Prosecutors on Tuesday released new surveillance footage that they say shows Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk. Agent David Hull described the footage, which appeared to show Robinson driving a vehicle and walking through a parking garage. Read more about this story. BBC News