In the Third Ward of Houston in Texas, the name and face of George Floyd adorn dozens of walls. The murals and slogans reflect that he spent most of his life in this neighbourhood. His death forced a reckoning on racial equality and police brutality in America but there is another battle being fought over
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Virgin Galactic has made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle. Two pilots made the flight in the VSS Unity as Virgin Galactic moves towards offering tourist trips to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere. A live feed by NASASpaceFlight.com showed the rocket ship accelerating upward
Two prison officers who were guarding paedophile Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself have avoided jail after admitting they falsified records. Tova Noel and Michael Thomas were accused of sleeping and using the internet instead of monitoring Epstein when he took his own life while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. They had been
Pop megastar Lady Gaga has admitted she went through a “total psychotic break” after being left pregnant by her alleged rapist. WARNING: The piece below contains references to sexual assault and self-harm. She has appeared in Prince Harry‘s Apple TV+ series The Me You Can’t See, which launched on the platform on Friday and features
Sixty-eight big cats have been seized from an animal park featured in the hit Netflix series Tiger King. Lions, tigers, lion-tiger hybrids and a jaguar were taken from the Tiger King Park in Thackerville, Oklahoma, over concerns about the animals’ care, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said. Image: In June last year, Mr Lowe
Kendall Jenner has come under fire again amid allegations of cultural appropriation over a campaign shot in Mexico for her new tequila brand. The 25-year-old model officially launched her new spirits company 818 Tequila this week in California after building up momentum for months on social media. Jenner shared photos from the campaign on Instagram
Bodycam footage of a death in custody in the US show police officers repeatedly using a stun gun on an unarmed black man as he shouts “I’m scared! I’m scared!”. Louisiana state troopers are also seen punching and dragging Ronald Greene as he apologises for leading them on a high-speed chase. The 49-year-old’s arrest outside
The US House of Representatives has voted for an independent commission on the violent siege on the Capitol building. Modelled on the investigation into the 9/11 attacks, Democrats say the legislation would help provide a reckoning on what happened on 6 January. But it will still need to be voted on in the Senate, where
An investigation of Donald Trump being carried out by the state of New York’s attorney general is now a criminal inquiry. A spokesperson for attorney general Letitia James said: “We have informed The Trump Organization that our investigation into the organisation is no longer purely civil in nature. “We are now actively investigating The Trump
American actor Charles Grodin has died at the age of 86, it has been announced. Grodin, who was best known for his roles in The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run and Beethoven, died of bone marrow cancer at his home in Wilton, Connecticut, his son Nicholas said. In 1988, he starred alongside Robert De Niro in
For the first time scientists have been able to attribute a portion of the devastating cost of Hurricane Sandy to climate change, estimating the bill at $8.1bn. According to a study published in Nature Communications, sea level rise caused by carbon emissions accounted for approximately 13% ($8.1bn) of the $62.7bn in losses incurred by New
The US Supreme court will hear a major abortion case, which could overturn a historic ruling on women’s rights. The court has agreed to hear a challenge to Mississippi’s ban on abortions at the 15th week of pregnancy, which could upend Roe v Wade, a 1973 ruling which laid out abortion rights for women in
A 47-car freight train carrying hazardous material derailed and caught fire in the US state of Iowa on Sunday. Thick black smoke wafted into the air after the Union Pacific train came off the tracks causing a huge pile-up of cars near Sibley, in the north west of the state. There were no reports of
Tesla has halted the use of Bitcoin to pay for its vehicles because of the environmental impact of using the currency. Bitcoin is created when high-powered computers compete against other machines to solve complex mathematical puzzles, a process known as mining, an energy-intensive activity that currently often relies on electricity generated with fossil fuels, particularly
A tiger that was spotted roaming around Houston is safe and well, the city’s police department has said. India, a nine-month-old tiger, had been spotted last Sunday in the west of the city and was nearly shot by an off-duty deputy. Houston Police Department Commander Ron Borza said it was not clear where the tiger
A man killed in a car crash may have had his Tesla on Autopilot while posting social media videos of himself, police have said. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the crash, which happened in Fontana, 50 miles east of Los Angeles. It is the 29th case the federal agency has investigated that