US regulators have approved Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID jab, enabling millions more Americans to be vaccinated and setting the vaccine up for additional approvals around the world. The J&J vaccine is the third authorised in the US following ones from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, both of which require two doses. COVID-19 has claimed more than
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The FBI has said it is pursuing a single suspect over the death of a police officer who was killed in the Capitol riots. Footage shows the person spraying a substance at Brian Sicknick and several other officers during the chaos in Washington DC on 6 January, officials have said. They added the suspect is
CCTV has captured the moments that a woman was dragged along a road by a car after robbers stole her handbag in California. It was the latest in a series of attacks against people of Asian descent in the San Francisco Bay Area and in other parts of the US. Eric Nghiem said his Vietnamese
Lady Gaga has said her “heart is sick” after the violent theft of her dogs as she confirmed a $500,000 reward for their safe return. Her friend Ryan Fischer, who was walking the pets, was shot in the abduction in Los Angeles earlier this week. The singer posted her first comments since the incident on
The US has launched airstrikes on eastern Syria – the first military action undertaken since Joe Biden became president. The Thursday evening strikes were in retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq on 15 February that killed a civilian contractor and wounded coalition troops, including Americans. The targets were at a control point on the
Lady Gaga is understood to be offering a $500,000 reward for the safe return of two of her beloved pets after her dog walker was shot as he was looking after them. Ryan Fischer was attacked as he walked the star’s French bulldogs Koji, Miss Asia and Gustav in West Hollywood on Wednesday evening. Two
Caleb Cain used to think like a white nationalist. “Literally anyone can be radicalised,” he says, speaking from his own experience as someone who fell down the alt-right’s online ‘rabbit hole’. The 27-year-old says it was like being “groomed into a cult”, and it wasn’t until he watched extreme violence unfold that he decided to
Tiger Woods did not appear to be “aware of how gravely he was injured” after his car crash in California, the first officer on the scene has said. The 45-year-old golf star suffered serious leg injuries when his car hit a kerb and then a tree before rolling several times on the border of Rolling
Tiger Woods’ car crash is the latest major event in a career that has seen glittering sporting highs as well as painful personal lows. The 45-year-old has sustained serious injuries to both legs after rolling his car in a dramatic crash in Los Angeles on Tuesday – leaving some wondering whether he can ever return
Tiger Woods is undergoing surgery for “multiple leg injuries” after being cut from his car following an accident in Los Angeles. The accident happened on the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes on Tuesday morning. LA County Sheriff’s Department said Woods was the only person in the car. Image: The 45-year-old golfer
President Joe Biden has led a minute’s silence to honour America’s coronavirus victims after the country became the first to record more than half a million deaths. As 500 lit candles lined the White House steps to commemorate the dead, a military band played Amazing Grace and the president made his emotional remarks. “Today we
The US has become the first country to record more than half a million deaths with coronavirus. The pandemic has now seen 500,071 COVID-related fatalities in the country and more than 28 million people infected, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus tracker. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are to commemorate the huge
Boeing has recommended temporarily stopping flights of planes with a similar engine to one that suffered a catastrophic failure mid-flight over the weekend. A United Airlines bound for Hawaii was forced into an emergency landing on Saturday as its right engine was seen engulfed in flames and debris plunged towards the ground. All 231 passengers
Donald Trump is expected next Sunday to make his first public appearance since leaving office. The former US president, who departed the White House on 20 January, is set to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida. The full line-up of the annual gathering of conservative politicians and media figures has
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has raised more than $3m (£2.1m) for Texans struggling with recent extreme weather in the state. The Democrat Congresswoman from New York announced the landmark on Twitter on Saturday after she travelled to Houston to help the recovery effort. Hundreds of thousands of Texans have been struggling with the fallout of a winter
US President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in Texas as the state continues to struggle with extreme winter weather. The unusual winter storm crippled the state’s power grid and, despite Texas being rich in oil and gas, millions of residents were without power for days. Supply has resumed but it remains intermittent, with