The executor of OJ Simpson’s estate has said he will try to prevent a $33.5m payout to the families of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman. The former NFL star and Hollywood actor was cleared of their double murder in 1995 in what was dubbed the "trial...
Fears grow for whale entangled in fishing net near San Francisco
Fears are growing for a gray whale entangled in a fishing net off the coast near San Francisco. The nine-meter (30ft) long creature was captured on video swimming with its tail trapped in a massive gill net. It was first spotted off Laguna Beach in southern California in March, when...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Peregrine Mission-1 spacecraft has ‘no chance’ of landing on moon, company says
Astrobotic have given up on their Peregrine-1 spacecraft landing on the moon after it sprang a crippling propellant leak. The problem occurred in the first few hours of the lunar lander's journey into space. The Pittsburgh-based firm - which had been hoping to be the first private company to complete...
Donald Trump in court: Prosecutor warns of ‘frightening future’ if former president wins case
Donald Trump has appeared in court as he tries to dismiss a federal criminal case where he faces charges he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Mr Trump's lawyers argued in front of appeal judges in Washington DC that he was immune from prosecution because he was...
Israel claims to have discovered biggest Hamas tunnel yet in Gaza
Israeli forces battling Hamas claim to have uncovered the largest Hamas tunnel found in Gaza, designed to carry carloads of Hamas fighters up to the border with Israel. Neutralizing the hundreds of kilometers of underground tunnels and bunkers in Gaza is among the aims of the Israeli offensive, launched after...