A former member of the far-right Proud Boys shouted “Trump won” as he was jailed for 10 years for his part in the January 6 Capitol riots. Dominic Pezzola was the latest to be jailed after leaders of the group were convicted of spearheading an attack aimed at preventing the peaceful transfer of power from
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Police have released bodycam footage of the moment an officer shot dead a pregnant black woman in Ohio. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was pronounced dead shortly after the shooting on 24 August. Her unborn daughter also died. The video shows two officers outside Ms Young’s car, which is parked outside a food shop in the suburb
A former YouTuber who gave online parenting advice has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated child abuse after two of her children were found to be malnourished. Ruby Franke, whose now defunct 8 Passengers channel followed her family, was arrested on Wednesday in Utah and taken into custody. Franke’s 12-year-old son had climbed out of a
A former organiser of the far-right Proud Boys group has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for his role in spearheading the attack on the US Capitol. The attack on 6 January 2021 intended to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election. Joseph Biggs’
The US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze for more than 30 seconds during a public appearance, weeks after a similar incident sparked concern for his health. When asked if he would run for re-election on Wednesday, the 81-year-old Kentucky Republican stopped and stared, before being asked: “Did you hear the question, senator?”
A 100-year-old oak tree has fallen on the governor of Florida’s mansion as he warned people to stay safe during Hurricane Idalia. Ron DeSantis’ wife Casey has said family members were home at the time but nobody was injured. “Our prayers are with everyone impacted by the storm”, she said. Mr DeSantis had moments earlier
“No quarter. Raise the black flag.” Enrique Tarrio is raging online about President Joe Biden’s election victory. It’s November 2020, a couple of months before the January 6 insurrection. But Tarrio isn’t just an angry Donald Trump supporter posting on the internet. He’s the leader of the right-wing Proud Boys group with perhaps thousands of
Residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast have been warned of a risk of life-threatening storm surges and dangerous hurricane-force winds over the next two days as Hurricane Idalia hurtles towards the state. The National Hurricane Centre issued the warnings after Cuba was hit with heavy rain, flooding and landslides. Idalia is expected to make landfall as
A top-10 tennis player said she could smell “weed” on court during her US Open match before suffering a shock defeat. Maria Sakkari was leading opponent Rebeka Masarova 4-1 in the first set when she signalled to the umpire of the scent, which she would clarify as “weed” in a post-match press conference. The Greek
Two people have been killed after a helicopter crashed into an apartment complex in Florida. The fire-rescue helicopter crashed near the Pompano Beach Airpark on Monday shortly before 9am local time, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Three people were on board the helicopter at the time of the crash. Image: The helicopter crashed into an
By Howard Bloom Wednesday morning at 8:30 am Eastern Time, India landed its first rover on the surface of the moon. It’s called Chandrayaan-3. Which means “moon craft” in Sanskrit. Fourteen hours later, the Chandrayaan-3’s rover rolled out and, said India’s space agency, “took a walk around.” But, unlike America’s rovers on Mars, which keep on trucking
Hannah Montana star Mitchel Musso was arrested on Saturday on charges of theft and public intoxication after stealing a bag of crisps. Musso, 32, played Oliver Oken on the Disney show alongside Miley Cyrus and her father Billy Ray Cyrus for five years from 2006 to 2011. Image: Mitchell Musso’s mugshot. Pic: Rockwell County Sheriff’s
A gunman who shot dead three black people in a “racially motivated” attack in Florida has been named. Ryan Palmeter, 21, killed two men and a woman inside a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Sheriff T K Walters told a news conference on Sunday. He said the suspect “targeted black people” before killing himself. “Plainly
Three black people have been killed in a “racially motivated” shooting in Jacksonville, Florida. Two men and one woman were shot dead in a Dollar General store in the city by a man in his early 20s in what the mayor has called a “hate filled crime”. Jacksonville’s sheriff said that the suspect, an unidentified
Two people have been injured in a shooting during a baseball game in Chicago. A 42-year-old woman was wounded in the leg and another woman, 26, received a grazed abdomen at the Guaranteed Rate Field Stadium on Friday evening, police said. Detectives are still in the preliminary stages of their investigation. In a statement, Chicago
US climate envoy John Kerry has told Sky News that climate denial and disinformation is “costly, very dangerous and wrong”. Mr Kerry was responding to a question about a recent US Republican primary debate in which only one of the eight candidates explicitly stated that climate change is real, and candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said “the
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