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The ‘Godfather of poker’, Doyle Brunson has died at the age of 89. The legendary figure of the game died on Sunday in Las Vegas, his family announced, via his agent on Twitter. Their statement said: “It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of our father, Doyle Brunson. “He was a beloved

A suspected drunk driver involved in a crash that killed a bride on her wedding day said she “did nothing wrong” following the incident, according to a witness. Jamie Lee Komoroski, 25, was arrested after allegedly hitting a golf cart containing a newly-married couple at more than twice the speed limit in South Carolina. She

In a few short weeks, Elon Musk will hand over the helm of Twitter to Linda Yaccarino. But who exactly is the new chief executive, and how does she fit into Musk’s vision of “the everything app”? Musk, who brought Twitter in October and has been running it since, has long insisted that he would

A city named Kyle is calling on namesakes from around the world to help it break a record… for the largest gathering of Kyles. The Texas city is hoping to bring together thousands of people with the first name Kyle in order to clinch the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with

They couldn’t build the wall over a mountain. It’s why the US-Mexico border wall ends at the foot of Mount Cristo Rey and is reduced to a block of concrete a foot high. It’s the “add-on” to fill the gap between wall and mountain, like something you’d use to zone off an industrial estate car

“I’m basically a ticking time bomb,” Lori Vallow says with a wide smile and a laugh. She’s speaking at the Mrs Texas beauty pageant in 2004 where she is competing. At the time it must have seemed an innocuous comment about balancing home and work life, but nearly 20 years later the words take on

Title 42 is a law that enables the US to halt entries into the country to stop the introduction of communicable diseases. It was enacted in the Trump era to prevent the spread of COVID, allowing authorities to quickly deport migrants to Mexico or back to their countries of origin. Since the introduction of Title

Thousands of migrants have been making their way to the US border as the Title 42 immigration law changes. The rule, which had enabled the swift expulsion of migrants, has now expired. Record numbers had made their way to the US southern border in the hope of crossing before the midnight deadline. Read more: Why

Peru will allow the extradition to the US of the main suspect in the unsolved disappearance of student Natalee Holloway on the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba in 2005. Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch citizen, is charged with extortion and wire fraud concerning payments made to him by the Holloway family after their daughter’s

Donald Trump called the woman he sexually abused a lying “wack job” and refused to say who he wants to win the Ukraine war in a wide-ranging interview on US television. A jury in a civil case ruled this week that he assaulted – but didn’t rape – E Jean Carroll in a department store

E Jean Carroll has said she is “overwhelmed with joy” for women across America after former president Donald Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. In an interview with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie on the Today show, the 79-year-old said the court win was not about the millions she was awarded in damages, but securing

Donald Trump has promised to appeal and called it a “disgrace” after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing a writer in the 1990s.  The former US president was also found to have defamed E Jean Carroll, but the civil trial rejected her claim she was raped during the encounter. Trump must pay the

A family lost a toy elephant with their son’s ashes inside during a trip to Disney World in Florida. Gabryel Atkinson died before the trip to Florida having spent time in intensive care after undergoing more than 50 surgeries and procedures. His toy elephant, Bruce, was given to him during his time in hospital and

Three children are among the eight people killed in Saturday’s shooting at a Texas shopping centre – with one child orphaned after his parents and brother died. Mauricio Garcia opened fire at Allen Premium Outlets, 25 miles (40 km) north of downtown Dallas, sending shoppers running for their lives. Kyu Song Cho, 37, and Cindy

Two victims who were killed at a Texas shopping centre after a suspected neo-Nazi sympathiser opened fire, killing at least eight people on Saturday, have been named. Security guard Christian LaCour, 20, and Aishwarya Thatikonda, a 27-year-old engineer from India, were among the victims killed at Allen Premium Outlets shopping centre, in a suburb north

President Joe Biden called on Republican members of Congress to pass gun control bills in the wake of yet another mass shooting that left nine people dead, including the gunman, at a Texas mall on Saturday. The shooter was named on Sunday as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia, according to two senior law enforcement officials who spoke