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Involuntary manslaughter charges have been filed against the parents of a 15-year-old accused of killing four students and wounding seven others at a Michigan school. Ethan Crumbley is in custody after the attack on Tuesday at Oxford High School, about 30 miles north of Detroit. Investigators say the handgun used was purchased legally by his

Alec Baldwin has said he does not feel guilt over the fatal film-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins – and that there is “only one question to be resolved – where did the live round come from?” Speaking in his first interview since the gun he was holding fired and killed Ms Hutchins on the

Ghislaine Maxwell told a former maintenance man for Jeffrey Epstein not to look the financier in the eye, jurors have heard. Maxwell introduced herself as the “lady of the house” when she met Juan Alessi, he told a court in New York. She also instructed Mr Alessi to run Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion like a

The US Supreme Court has signalled a willingness to curtail abortion rights in the US and possibly overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that legalised terminations. The Supreme Court justices indicated they will uphold a restrictive Republican-backed Mississippi law that would outlaw the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The court, which has a

A fourth student has died following the school shooting in Michigan. Three other students were killed when a 15-year-old boy opened fire at his high school in Oxford Township on Tuesday, while eight others – including a teacher – were injured. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office identified the latest fatality as teenager Justin Shilling. The

Outside Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, it is rowdy, tense, and uncomfortable.   As women turn up to receive abortions at Jackson Women’s Health, they are met with gruesome pictures of foetuses and an evangelical group blasting religious music through enormous speakers. Nicknamed “The Pink House”, a huge fence has been erected and covered in black

Tiger Woods has said be won’t be able to play golf full-time “ever again” after a car crash in which he could have lost his leg. The 15-time major champion was speeding, police said, when his SUV hit a tree in Los Angeles in February. His chances of more top titles appear to be over

Ghislaine Maxwell targeted young girls and manipulated them before “serving them up for sexual abuse”, a US prosecutor said in her opening statement in the New York trial of the British socialite. The 59-year-old former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein faces six counts of enticing minors and sex trafficking over a 10-year period. As her trial

The new Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a “cause for concern and not for panic”, Joe Biden has said. The US president told reporters his decision to restrict travel from countries in southern Africa “gives us time” to take more action. The new variant was initially reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) by South

For a woman known around the world, who has been the focus of documentaries, podcasts and endless news coverage, Ghislaine Maxwell still remains an enigma.  She has said very little publicly in the two decades since sexual abuse allegations about her friend Jeffrey Epstein began to surface. We do not know how Maxwell met the

More than $1.5m (£1.1m) has been raised to help an American man who was freed after spending 43 years in jail for a triple murder he did not commit. The Midwest Innocence Project set up the online fundraiser as they fought for Kevin Strickland‘s release, noting that he would not get compensation from the state

The long-awaited trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, who is facing six sex-trafficking charges, is due to start in New York on Monday. The charges involve four alleged underage victims and multiple locations over a 10-year period between 1994 and 2004. The youngest alleged victim was 14 years old at the time. Maxwell also faces two counts

Madonna has hit out at Instagram for taking down provocative photographs in which her nipple was exposed. The 63-year-old star had shared a series of risqué pictures of herself on and underneath a bed, wearing a cut-out bra, a thong, fishnet tights and high heels, which made headlines earlier in the week. Resharing the images

Stephen Sondheim – the composer and lyricist behind some of the world’s best-known musicals – has died aged 91. Just some of his best-known works from a 60-year career include the lyrics for West Side Story and Sweeney Todd. According to The New York Times, Sondheim’s death at his home in Connecticut was sudden –

NASA has delayed the launch of its new James Webb Space Telescope following an “incident” that happened affecting its connection to the rocket. The $10bn (£7.5bn) telescope is an orbiting infrared observatory that will will provide next-generation discoveries based on the work of the Hubble Space Telescope. But its launch from the Guiana Space Centre

Keanu Reeves has finally answered the question about whether or not he is married to Winona Ryder. In 1992, the Matrix actor appeared alongside Ryder in the Francis Ford Coppola epic Dracula, where they shot a wedding scene with a real Romanian priest. Years later, the Stranger Things actress claimed in an interview with Entertainment