The US military will establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast to increase the flow of humanitarian aid to the beleaguered territory, Joe Biden has said. In his State of the Union address, the US president said the "temporary pier" will be able to "receive large ships carrying food,...
Joe Biden says he would sign bill banning TikTok
Joe Biden has said he would sign legislation banning popular video-sharing app TikTok in the United States. Legislation passed through the US House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously on Thursday calling on China's ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok or effectively face a US ban. Republican House Speaker Mike...
Ohio: Women who drove dead man to his bank and withdrew money charged with abusing corpse
Two women have been charged in the US with alleged abuse of a corpse after propping up his body to withdraw money from his bank account, police said. Loreen Feralo, 55, and Karen Kasbohm, 63, lived with 80-year-old Douglas Layman in a house in the town of Ashtabula on the...
Ceasefire deal in Gaza before Ramadan ‘looking tough’, Biden says – after US denies causing airdrop deaths
US President Joe Biden has said reaching a six-week ceasefire deal in Gaza before the start of Ramadan is "looking tough". His comments come after the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said it was up to Hamas to make further progress on the truce. "The ball is in their...
Young girl dies after being buried by sand while digging hole on beach
A young girl has died after being buried in sand on a beach in Florida. She was digging a deep hole with a little boy when it collapsed on Tuesday. Emergency crews arrived at the scene and found the boy buried up to his chest in sand, while the girl...
Michigan: Man charged under new gun storage laws after daughter, 2, shoots herself in the head
A Michigan man has become the first person charged under a new gun storage law after his two-year-old daughter shot herself in the head. Michael Tolbert, 44, was arraigned on Monday on nine felony charges including single counts of first-degree child abuse and violation of Michigan's gun storage law, said...
Boeing ousts 737 MAX chief – weeks after midair blowout
Boeing has ousted the executive responsible for rolling out its troubled 737 MAX planes - weeks after a panel on a new aircraft blew out in midair. Ed Clark, who had been with the company for 18 years, is leaving effective immediately as the manufacturer battles to save its reputation...
Alabama clinic suspends IVF treatment after court rules embryos are babies
An Alabama medical center has stopped all IVF treatments after a court ruled that embryos are babies. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), an academic medical center, suspended its IVF treatments so it could consider the legal repercussions of the decision, made by the state's supreme court. The ruling...
Joe Biden calls Vladimir Putin a ‘crazy SOB’ – and the Kremlin reacts
Joe Biden has sparked a war of words with the Kremlin after he called Vladimir Putin a "crazy SOB" at a fundraiser. Speaking at an event in San Francisco, the president fired a barb at his Russian counterpart while discussing the effects of climate change. "This is the last existential...
California weather: Los Angeles hit by 475 mudslides as atmospheric river storm brings more rain
Los Angeles has recorded at least 475 mudslides after one of the wettest storms in the history of southern California. Officials are warning of further mudslides and flooding after a large amount of the city's average annual rainfall fell in just three days - while seven deaths have been reported...