The attorney general for Texas has said giving transition care to minors is child abuse under the state’s laws. Ken Paxton said that medical care such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries “must be halted”. He said the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services “has a responsibility to act accordingly”. Mr Paxton
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A suspect has been arrested for allegedly stealing a crossbow by stuffing it down his trousers in Florida. Darren Durrant was shown on CCTV at the True Value Store on 2 February. The 46-year-old can be seen walking into the shop with a crutch – before taking a pair of cutting tools and removing the
A juror in the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell will be questioned by a judge to determine whether his failure to disclose being sexually abused tainted her conviction. Maxwell, 60, was found guilty of recruiting underage girls to be sexually abused by late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein in December. The British socialite could face 65 years
Three former Minneapolis police officers have been found guilty of depriving George Floyd of his civil rights by failing to give aid when he was pinned beneath a colleague’s knee. Tou Thao, 36, J. Alexander Kueng, 28, and Thomas Lane, 38, were convicted yesterday of denying Floyd’s constitutional right to medical care while in police
President Joe Biden has announced a new wave of sanctions against Russia and said the US is deploying additional forces to Germany to bolster NATO in the face of “naked aggression” from President Vladimir Putin. Speaking during a press conference at the White House, the US president said “freedom will prevail” after Mr Putin “chose
Russia has launched an invasion of Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin ordered a “specialised military operation” in the Donbas region. US President Joe Biden denounced the “unprovoked and unjustified” attack on Ukraine and said the “prayers of the world” were with Ukraine – as Sky News heard explosions in Kyiv and Kharkiv. Ukraine’s foreign minister
The asteroid which killed nearly all dinosaurs struck the Earth during the spring, according to new research. To reach their conculsions, researchers searched parts of North Dakota in the US to find fossilised paddlefishes and sturgeons that were killed when the asteroid made impact with Earth. They used powerful X-rays and carbon isotope records of
A trio of white men have been found guilty of hate crimes after they murdered Ahmaud Arbery, a black man, while he was out on a run. Greg and Travis McMichael, and their neighbour William “Roddie” Bryan, have already been convicted of the murder of Mr Arbery and sentenced to life in prison. The trio
Joe Biden has announced the first wave of US sanctions against Russia in retaliation for Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. The US president said the penalties would be slapped on Russian banks and oligarchs. Mr Biden told reporters that the deployment of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine after Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of two separatist-held
A black bear known to residents as “Hank the tank” has become the subject of a state-wide search, after breaking into more than 30 homes in California. More than 150 incident reports across Northern California and Nevada have been logged by police over a seven-month period, with residents also reporting damage to their properties as
The sister of Bernie Madoff – who was behind the largest-known Ponzi scheme in history – has died with her husband in what is thought to have been a murder-suicide. Sondra Wiener, 87, and her husband Marvin, 90, were found dead last Thursday in Boynton Beach, Florida, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office. They
A “major winter storm” is set to unfold across some northern tier states in the US in the next 24 hours – with temperatures in some places dropping up to 30 degrees below average, forecasters have warned. There is a risk of excessive rainfall and severe thunderstorms from the southern plains to Tennessee and the
Donald Trump is set to make a social media comeback this week with the launch of his new app Truth Social, after the former United States president was last year booted off mainstream platforms. The app, which allows users to post and share a “truth” as they would a tweet, could launch as soon as
A helicopter has crashed into the ocean waters off Miami Beach just feet away from crowds of swimmers. Police said two people in the aircraft were taken to hospital and are in a stable condition. The third passenger was not injured, Miami Beach Police told CNN. This afternoon at 1:10 p.m., MBPD received a call
A good Samaritan who heard screams from a burning building, jumped through a window and rescued two children. Police in Arizona said the anonymous passer-by quite simply “put his life on the line for these children”. Firefighters and police were called after smoke was spotted coming from the apartment building in the town of Mesa,
Three young boys have died after being trapped in a vehicle that rolled into a pond in the US state of Michigan. The boys’ mother was driving the SUV in Holland Township when she swerved into an oncoming lane and over the curb before the vehicle landed upside down in the pond. Jeremiah Gonzales, three,