The remainder of the 12-storey apartment block that collapsed in Miami will be demolished on Sunday, city officials have said. It comes as authorities announced that two more bodies have been pulled from the rubble in Florida, bringing the number of people that have died in the collapse to 24. There have been concerns over
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Joe Biden has said his government is not sure who was behind a major ransomware attack that hit hundreds of US businesses – but he did not rule out Russian influence. A “colossal and devastating” ransomware attack is thought to have paralysed the networks of at least 200 US companies. The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Hundreds of people are thought to have died in a record-breaking heatwave sweeping across parts of the US and western Canada. More than 700 “sudden and unexpected deaths” have been reported in British Columbia, Canada, over the past week – while nearly 100 deaths are being investigated as heat-related in Oregon in the US. Deaths
A white police chief in Ohio has retired after he was seen placing a note saying “Ku Klux Klan” and a jacket displayed in the KKK’s style on a black officer’s desk. Anthony Campo was caught in CCTV footage and resigned from the force after Sheffield Lake Mayor Dennis Bring confronted him on Tuesday. The
US forces have left their main military base in Afghanistan – the hub for a 20-year mission against the Taliban and al Qaeda – in the clearest sign yet America’s longest war is ending. The sprawling Bagram airfield, about 40 miles north of Kabul, is being handed over to the Afghan security forces in a
US President Joe Biden has visited the families of those affected by last week’s apartment building collapse in Florida. Mr Biden’s visit came after the search and rescue effort at the 12-storey Champlain Towers South was suspended due to safety concerns. Eighteen people are confirmed dead but 145 are still missing and are feared to
A key Trump Organization executive has surrendered to authorities ahead of expected charges against him and the former US president’s company. Chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg was seen walking into a Manhattan courthouse with his lawyer, with prosecutors expected to announce the first criminal indictment in a two-year investigation into Donald Trump’s business practices. They
Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who served during the Iraq War under George W Bush, has died aged 88. His family said: “History may remember him for his extraordinary accomplishments over six decades of public service, but for those who knew him best and whose lives were forever changed as a result, we will
The race to become the next mayor of New York City has been plunged into chaos after election officials admitted they had wrongly counted test votes. The Democratic primary contest to choose the party’s candidate for November’s election was held a week ago. But fresh data released by the city’s Board of Elections on Tuesday
A mural in Kentucky of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd has been defaced, officials have said. The “Say Their Names” artwork was unveiled in Louisville last summer and depicts black people, including Ms Taylor and Mr Floyd, who have died at the hands of law enforcement. Officials in Kentucky said the mural was found on
When a city known for cool drizzle in “June-uary” is as hot as the Middle East it’s clear something unusual is happening. The average June high in Seattle is 21.1C (70F), but on Monday the northwestern city hit 42C (108F). It was the second day in a row of record temperatures, after the 40C (104F)
The estranged brother of Robert Durst, the real estate heir on trial for his best friend’s murder, told a court he feared his oldest sibling would kill him. “He’d like to murder me,” Douglas Durst bluntly told jurors in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Durst, 78, is charged with the murder of his best friend
There is little solace to be found in a tragedy like this, but in the temple that British woman Bhavna Patel calls her second home there is, at least, togetherness. Her mother-in-law Pretima was at home in New Jersey when she received a call to say that the tower block where her son Vishal lived,
The number of people who have died in the collapse of a high-rise apartment building in Miami has risen to nine, officials say. Speaking at a press conference, Miami-Dade’s county mayor Daniella Levine Cava said that eight bodies had been recovered from the rubble since Thursday’s disaster and another victim had died in hospital. Four
Donald Trump reprised baseless election fraud claims and hinted at a run for office in 2024 in his first campaign-style rally since leaving the White House. The former president’s event at Ohio’s Lorain County Fairgrounds on Saturday night was held to support Max Miller, a former White House aide who is challenging Republican representative Anthony
Five people have now been confirmed dead after one more body was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed apartment complex in Miami, Florida. Speaking at a news conference, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava also said search and rescue teams had discovered other human remains. She said the number of people unaccounted for has