The Trump administration said it was suspending $175m (£135m) in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over the school’s policy regarding transgender athletes. The move relates to a transgender woman who won the highest US national college swimming title […]
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The US government has begun releasing a trove of documents on the assassination of President John F Kennedy – a case that still sparks conspiracy theories over 60 years later. The release follows an executive order in January by President
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US President Donald Trump has warned Iran that it will face “dire” consequences if Yemen’s Houthis continue to attack international shipping lanes. He said the Iranian leadership would from now on be viewed as having pulled the trigger for “every
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US immigration authorities have announced the arrest of a second activist who participated in pro-Palestinian protests last spring at Columbia University in New York City. Leqaa Kordia, who is a Palestinian and from the West Bank, was arrested in New
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The remains of an indigenous woman murdered by a serial killer have been found after a search of a landfill in the Canadian province of Manitoba, police say. Morgan Harris’ remains were recovered at the Prairie Green Landfill, north of
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A South Carolina man convicted of bludgeoning his ex-girlfriend’s parents to death has become the first US death row inmate to be executed by firing squad in the last 15 years. Brad Sigmon was shot to death just after 18:00
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US aviation authorities temporarily halted flights at several Florida airports over concerns about debris from SpaceX’s Starship, which spun out of control shortly after launch. A ground stop was placed on airports in Orlando and Miami after the failed launch
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Pamela Bach, the former Baywatch actress and ex-wife of David Hasselhoff, has died aged 62. Bach was found at home in the Hollywood Hills on 5 March after she died by suicide, said the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s office. She
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Actor Morgan Freeman has led tributes at the annual Academy Awards ceremony to fellow Hollywood star Gene Hackman, whose death last month is under police investigation. “This week, our community lost a giant and I lost a dear friend,” said
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US President Donald Trump has revealed the names of five cryptocurrencies that he says he’d like to be included in a new strategic reserve to make the US “the Crypto Capital of the World”. The market prices of the five
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