Terrence Floyd posed questions to Derek Chauvin that many have asked in the 13 months since his brother George was murdered. “What were you thinking? What was going through your head?” he asked the former police officer during his statement in court. “Why didn’t you get up?” Chauvin gave no answers in his own brief
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Former US police officer Derek Chauvin has been jailed for 22-and-a-half years for murdering George Floyd in Minneapolis last year. Chauvin, 45, was convicted of second and third degree murder and manslaughter in April over a case that made global headlines and sparked protests. Video showed the white police officer had his knee on the
Authorities are searching for 99 unaccounted people after part of a 12-storey beachfront building collapsed in a town near Miami. At least one person died after a huge section of the building was reduced to rubble after it crashed to the ground around 1.30am on Thursday local time (6.30am UK time). The number of people
Ninety-nine people remain unaccounted for and one person is dead after an apartment block partially collapsed near Miami – with footage showing a huge section of the 12-storey building being reduced to rubble as it crashed to the ground. The number of missing was updated by police and Miami-Dade mayor Daniella Levine Cava after officials
A huge emergency operation is under way after a partial building collapse in Miami Beach, with reports of at least one person killed and several injured. More than 80 fire and rescue units were at the scene of the collapse in the Florida city, with images showing a pile of rubble with debris spilling down
Antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in his prison cell after Spain’s National Court approved his extradition to the US, the Catalan justice department has said. Prosecutors in the US state of Tennessee had charged the 75-year-old with evading taxes after allegedly failing to report income made from promoting cryptocurrencies while he
More than 150 workers at a Houston hospital system have resigned or been fired after refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Houston Methodist told its employees in April that they had to get vaccinated by 7 June, the first major US healthcare system to make the jabs compulsory. Some 178 people refused and were suspended
On the second floor of the Aquarius Casino Resort, two of Nevada’s quirkier attractions are on offer. Turn left and you can pledge until death do you part in the wedding chapel, turn right and you are deep in wonders of the annual UFO Mega Conference. For 30 years, researchers and enthusiasts have gathered to
A Las Vegas Raiders player has become the first active NFL player to announce he is gay. Some 15 NFL players have come out after their careers were over, but Carl Nassib is the first to do so while still playing. The 28-year-old defensive end posted a video on Instagram on Monday from his home
The release of a report by the Pentagon, detailing what the US government knows about what it calls “unidentified aerial phenomena”, is being seen as a moment of validation by members of the UFO community. Researchers and investigators, for so long mocked as conspiracy theorists and worse, say the revelation that a “UAP Task Force”
A man pulled a gun on a worker at a drive-thru because there was no cream cheese on his bagel, according to police in Florida. The motorist became angry at the Starbucks outlet on discovering the oversight last Wednesday and returned to the serving window screaming at the staff member, who also happened to be
One man has been killed and another seriously injured after a pick-up truck ploughed into a Pride event in the US. While some witnesses said the crash in Florida appeared to be intentional, police are keeping an open mind on the cause. The incident happened during the Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride Parade in the city
Six cyclists are in a critical condition after being hit by a truck in Arizona, with the driver chased down and shot by police. It happened at about 7.25am local time in the town of Show Low, northeast of Phoenix, during an organised bicycle race. Police said four people were in a critical condition and
Three people are dead and two are missing after a group of nine people, all believed to be from the same family, went missing after floating down a river on inflatable rings and dropping over the edge of a dam. Four of the group were rescued and taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after
There are moments when dull is good. This was one of them. It was clearly a big and important meeting – the first face-to-face encounter between Joe Biden as US president and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. And with relations back nearing Cold War levels (they had both conceded as much) a tête-à-tête was needed. Given
Kim Kardashian West has said she almost became a “runaway bride” before her 72-day marriage to basketball player Kris Humphries. The reality star told a Keeping Up With The Kardashians reunion special she had cold feet before tying the knot, but denied claims the wedding was a ploy to boost ratings. Kardashian West married Humphries