Joe Biden has become the first sitting US president to visit the site of the Tulsa massacre – 100 years since one of America’s darkest episodes of racial violence. Hundreds of black people were killed by a white mob in the city’s Greenwood district between 31 May and 1 June 1921. Mr Biden led a
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Hundreds of people gathered outside a church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the deadliest racist massacre in the US – and President Joe Biden is set to honour the victims later today. The Tulsa race massacre took place between 31 May and 1 June 1921, when white residents in Tulsa’s Greenwood
Betty DeVille, who is the mother to the unruly twins Phil and Lil in the 90s cartoon Rugrats, is an openly gay woman in the show’s reboot, her voice actor has revealed. Natalie Morales is the new voice behind Betty in the show’s 3D reboot on Paramount+, which sees the diapered heroes on new adventures.
Gavin MacLeod, known for his roles on classic US sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Love Boat, has died aged 90. He died early on Saturday at his home in Palm Desert, California, his stepdaughter Stephanie Steele Zalin said. She attributed his death to his age and said he had been well until
A copy of a Bob Dylan album has been returned to an Ohio library 48 years after it was due back. Howard Simon returned the Self Portrait record, which he describes as one of “Dylan‘s least-loved albums”, with a letter explaining the almost five-decade delay in giving it back to the Cleveland Heights library in
Actor Joe Lara – best known for starring in the TV series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures – has been killed in a plane crash in Tennessee. The star, 58, was one of seven people to die when a small jet crashed into a lake near the town of Smyrna. His wife, Gwen Shamblin Lara, who
Marcus Rashford has had a Zoom call with Barack Obama, describing the experience as “surreal”. The 23-year-old footballer met virtually with the former president and the pair bonded over their shared experiences of being raised by single mothers and wanting to make an impact on society. Rashford, who has been an outspoken champion for tackling
President Biden has announced his first annual budget – a $6trn (£4.2trn) package that includes investment in fighting climate change and steep tax hikes for the wealthy. The US federal government’s spending plan for the fiscal year ending September 2022 would increase spending on infrastructure, education and provisions for the poor and middle class. However,
People in California are being offered the chance to win a $1.5m (£1.06m) lottery prize if they get a coronavirus vaccine. Ten vaccinated residents will be given the jackpot prize when the state fully reopens on 15 June, governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday. Anyone over the age of 12 who has not been vaccinated
A co-founder of Black Lives Matter is to step down from its foundation but insisted her decision is not linked to what she branded “right-wing attacks” seeking to discredit her. Patrisse Cullors said Friday would be her last day after nearly six years at the helm of the movement, set up to tackle racial injustice.
A former NASA astronaut has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after killing two young sisters in a car crash nearly five years ago. James Halsell Jr, an ex-space shuttle commander, was allegedly under the influence of drugs or alcohol when he drove a rental car into the back of another vehicle carrying 11-year-old Niomi Deona James
A man has walked free from prison after 32 years after his murder conviction was overturned due to new evidence. Gilbert Poole Jr, 56, was jailed for the murder of Robert Mejia in 1988 in Detroit, Michigan. He had always challenged the ruling – despite his girlfriend at the time saying he confessed carrying out
A mechanic at a San Jose, California rail yard has shot dead eight co-workers before taking his own life as police officers arrived on the scene. The gunman, named by officials as 57-year-old Sam Cassidy, opened fire at around 6.30am local time at the light rail facility for the Valley Transportation Authority, which provides bus,
US President Joe Biden has asked intelligence officers to “redouble” their efforts to find out the true origin of the COVID-19 outbreak. An international team of World Health Organisation scientists, working with experts in China, had been researching how the pandemic began, and as part of its work, visited the province of Wuhan where the
Prosecutors in New York have convened a special grand jury as part of a two-year investigation into Donald Trump’s business dealings. According to news first reported in The Washington Post, the grand jury will meet three days a week for six months and could eventually be asked to consider returning indictments. Mr Trump is being
US President Joe Biden will meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for face-to-face talks in Geneva on 16 June. The main focus will be to help tackle the troubled state of relations between Moscow and Washington, analysts said. But the Kremlin said in a statement the two leaders would discuss bilateral ties, problems related to