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Emergency services searching for people missing after wildfires swept through communities in Colorado will use cadaver dogs to hunt through layers of fresh snow covering the smouldering debris. Three people are missing and nearly 1,000 homes were destroyed and hundreds damaged in the fires, the cause of which is still unknown. For those who escaped

Most news, by definition, is unpredictable. But there are, in the course of a day, month, year, a number of events that journalists know are coming. We call these diary events. Some are bigger than others. Some can be predicted to be significant, even seismic. While we don’t know yet the full impact of these

Tributes have been paid to veteran actress Betty White who has died less than three weeks before her 100th birthday. The Golden Girls star, whose career spanned eight decades, reportedly died at her home on New Year’s Eve. Her death was confirmed by her longtime agent and close friend, Jeff Witjas. He told Associated Press

Ghislaine Maxwell has been “scapegoated” for the crimes of her ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein and “was not given a fair trial”, her brother has told Sky News. The British former socialite was this week found guilty of recruiting underage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex

A woman who claims Ghislaine Maxwell forced her into a room to be raped by Jeffrey Epstein has told Sky News that the British socialite was the “main enforcer”. Sarah Ransome said “you don’t cross her” and she was “the lady of the house”. Maxwell has been convicted of recruiting underage girls to be sexually

An unusually warm spell in what is usually the coldest state in the United States has seen temperature records broken. Experts say the mercury in some parts of Alaska was 11C (20F) higher than ever before for the time of year. Daytime temperatures have soared past 15C (60F) when there would normally be intensely bitter

On the day of the Parkland school shooting in Florida, Valentine’s Day 2018, like many, actor Fran Kranz found himself trying to make sense of the senseless. Fourteen students and three teachers died in the massacre, which came after so many before: Columbine, Aurora, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook. Just a few weeks ago, four students

Rapper and producer Dr Dre – who is worth $820m – has finalised his divorce from Nicole Young with a $100m (£74m) settlement. The artist, whose real name is Andre Romelle Young, was married to Nicole Young for nearly 24 years, and the two have two adult children, Truice, 24, and Truly, 20. Under the

A tiger has died after being shot when it bit the arm of a cleaner at a zoo in Florida. Eko, an eight-year-old Malayan tiger, was found with the man’s arm in its mouth at Naples Zoo on Wednesday. A sheriff’s deputy attempted to get the tiger to release the man but was forced to

When Ghislaine Maxwell faced the cameras in November 1991, from the deck of a yacht named in her honour, she spoke in memory of a man whose wealth and success had collapsed into disgrace and shame. FULL STORY: Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty of sex trafficking charges ‘Justice has been done’: Reaction as Ghislaine Maxwell convicted

Four women gave evidence against Ghislaine Maxwell during her trial in New York. The court was told how the British socialite “preyed on vulnerable young girls, manipulated them, and served them up to be sexually abused” by the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The 60-year-old faced six charges of enticing minors and sex trafficking –

Accusers, family members and lawyers are among those who have reacted to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction, The 60-year-old former British socialite and ex-girlfriend of late billionaire financier Epstein is now facing the prospect of years in prison, after being found guilty on five out of six charges against her. She was accused of recruiting

Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty of recruiting underage girls to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein. The 60-year-old former socialite and ex-girlfriend of billionaire financier Epstein is now facing the prospect of years in prison. As the verdicts were read out in court in New York, Maxwell appeared to show little reaction behind a

Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial was billed as the moment, after years of waiting, when we would get answers. In reality, the woman at the centre of the case revealed almost nothing, and the courtroom drama, scheduled to last six weeks, was over in three. Maxwell did not take the stand, and her defence offered little

A past settlement between sex offender Jeffey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, which could be key to a legal case involving Prince Andrew, is set to be made public next week. The 2009 agreement between Epstein and Ms Giuffre, formerly Virginia Roberts, will be released on or around 3 January following an order by US judges.