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He’s never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down – but he is potentially gonna sue you if you (allegedly) impersonate his distinctive baritone. Rick Astley has filed a lawsuit against the rapper Yung Gravy over the song Betty (Get Money), which was released in 2022. Here is a look at what’s happened

Former US president Donald Trump has kicked off his 2024 White House bid with stops in New Hampshire and South Carolina, while brushing aside criticism that his campaign was off to a slow start. Speaking to party leaders at the New Hampshire Republicans’ annual meeting in Salem, the former president insisted he was motivated to

When watching the horrific video of Tyre Nichols being kicked and punched by police officers, many minds in America were transported back to footage of another black man being beaten in similar circumstances more than 30 years ago. The video of Rodney King is grainy and shaky, before the era of police-worn body cameras and

The mother of Tyre Nichols has said she is “not going to stop” until every person responsible for her son’s death “is prosecuted to the fullest of the law”. RowVaughn Wells was speaking to US news network MSNBC a day after Memphis Police released bodycam footage showing her son screaming “mom, mom” several times as

The US has a “new clock” on police accountability following the quick arrest and firing of five officers charged over the death of Tyre Nichols, influential civil rights campaigner Al Sharpton has said. Speaking at a rally in Harlem, New York, Reverend Sharpton also rejected the idea that there was no race element to the

Memphis Police has released bodycam footage showing the moment Tyre Nichols called for his mother as he was beaten by five officers before he died. The footage shows police beating the 29-year-old for three minutes while screaming profanities at him throughout the attack. Police have released four separate videos cut into one hour-long clip. Memphis

A British teenage extremist has been jailed after his far-right videos were linked to two mass murders in the US. Daniel Harris used an online platform called World Truth Videos to disseminate a “call to arms” for his violent racist beliefs, a court heard. The 19-year-old from Glossop in Derbyshire was convicted of five counts

A grand jury has indicted five former police officers on murder and other charges in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols. US President Joe Biden called for any protests to be peaceful following the charges on Thursday. Nichols, 29, died in hospital three days after a confrontation during a traffic stop in the US

A school board in Virginia has voted to fire its district superintendent after a six-year-old pupil shot a teacher. The Newport News School Board voted five-to-one to relieve George Parker III of his duties – but as part of a separation agreement, he’ll be paid more than $502,000 (£405,063) in severance – two years of

Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will be reinstated after a two-year suspension following the 6 January insurrection. Facebook parent Meta said in a blog post on Wednesday it would be adding “new guardrails” to ensure there are no “repeat offenders” who violate its rules. “In the event that Mr Trump posts further violating content,

A man has died after a dog stepped on a rifle and shot him from the rear of a truck in the US state of Kansas. The victim, who has not been named by police, was found in the front passenger seat, having been struck by a bullet in the back. Emergency services were called

Justin Bieber has sold his share of the rights to his music for a reported $200m (£162m). Hipgnosis Songs Capital, who now own the Canadian’s share of his back catalogue, will now receive a payment anytime one of the songs is played in public. The company have acquired the rights to the 290 songs Bieber

The sole suspect in a Chinese New Year shooting which killed 11 people at a California dance hall has been named as Huu Can Tran.  Nine others were wounded in the massacre, with further deaths averted by the heroic actions of a worker who disarmed Tran when he entered a second dance hall in Los

The number of people confirmed dead following a mass shooting at a Chinese New Year celebration in California has risen to 11. One of 10 people wounded in the atrocity in Monterey Park, about seven miles (11 km) east of Downtown Los Angeles, has now died of their injuries, health officials said. Two women, My

It is immediately obvious that Monterey Park is unlike anywhere else in California. The small city of around 61,000 people is eight miles east of downtown Los Angeles but could be a different country, with its Chinese supermarkets, dumpling restaurants and shop signs written in Chinese alongside English. More than 65% of the people who