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...
Adam Montgomery: Man disposed of daughter Harmony’s body in tote bag ‘like it was trash’, court hears
A man disposed of his five-year-old daughter's body "like it was trash" after brutally beating her to death, a US court has heard. Harmony Montgomery was last seen in 2019 but New Hampshire Police did not learn she was missing until December 2021. Lawyers for Adam Montgomery, 34, say he...
Death of baby decapitated during birth at Georgia hospital ruled a homicide
The death of a baby who was decapitated during delivery has been ruled a homicide by a medical examiner's office in the US state of Georgia. The parents, Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr, sued the hospital and the doctor who delivered their baby boy, named Treveon Taylor Jr,...
Five US marines killed in helicopter crash as Biden ‘heartbroken’
Five US marines have been killed in a helicopter crash in California. The aircraft, a CH-53E Super Stallion, went down on Tuesday night during stormy weather in mountains outside San Diego. The helicopter was discovered on Wednesday morning near the mountain community of Pine Valley, about 45 miles from the...
Supreme Court justices skeptical of Trump’s Colorado ban on running for presidency
The Supreme Court has expressed skepticism of Colorado's decision to disqualify Donald Trump from running for presidency. A landmark case that could decide whether the former president can run in November's election heard arguments from both sides of the case as Trump appeals the decision. The Supreme Court has a...
Luis Rubiales should stand trial over World Cup kiss, says Spanish judge
Spain’s former football federation chief should stand trial over the non-consensual kiss he planted on a female player at the Women's World Cup final, a judge has said. Luis Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips as her team collected their winners' medals after Spain's victory against England in Sydney,...