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Gwyneth Paltrow has insisted that she was the “victim” of a skiing collision with a retired optometrist during an accident at a resort in Utah. Paltrow was speaking while giving evidence in a civil case brought by Terry Sanderson, who is suing the actress for $300,000 (£245,000) over the incident at Deer Valley in 2016.

The FBI and NYPD are investigating a death threat and white powder sent to Manhattan’s district attorney, whose office is investigating former US president Donald Trump. The letter mailed to Alvin Bragg said “ALVIN: I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!”, law enforcement sources told NBC News. The letter also contained a small amount of white

Details of undercover police officers have been published online by a technology watchdog group in a move that has sparked safety fears. The officers are among more than 9,300 law enforcement workers whose details were handed to the group Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, which then posted them online in a searchable database. The database includes

Gwyneth Paltrow’s accuser “pretty much” lost his love of life after the actress allegedly crashed into the back of him in a skiing hit-and-run, a US court has been told. Terry Sanderson, 76, is suing the Hollywood star for $300,000 (£244,000), claiming she was “out of control” and struck him, causing him to suffer a

Actress Lindsay Lohan, rapper Akon and singer Ne-Yo have been forced to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims they promoted crypto investments to their social media followers without disclosing they were being paid to do so. The group of celebrities, which also included rapper Lil Yachty, boxer and internet personality Jake Paul

The Federal Reserve – the US central bank, known as the Fed – has increased interest rates for the ninth time in a row. The rate has been increased by 0.25 percentage points in an effort to bring down inflation, which in the US stood at 6% over the 12 months to February. A higher

The final minutes of a man who was “smothered to death” after as many as ten police officers and medical staff appeared to sit on him for 12 minutes were captured in newly-released CCTV footage.  Irvo Otieno, 28, was handcuffed and shackled at the ankles in the video from 6 March at Virginia‘s Central State

Barricades have been erected outside a New York court as the city prepares for the possibility Donald Trump could be arrested and charged over alleged hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. It would be the first criminal case brought against a former US president. On Saturday, Mr Trump

A drug-resistant and potentially deadly fungus is spreading rapidly through US health facilities, according to a government study. Researchers from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris or C. auris, can cause severe illness in people with weakened immune systems. The number of people

A grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump over alleged payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, US media reports. Amid speculation in recent weeks that he was due to be indicted, Mr Trump urged his supporters to protest against the authorities if he is detained. He published a long statement describing the investigation

Donald Trump has claimed he will be arrested this week over an alleged hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. If right in his assertion, the former US president could be charged by authorities in New York within days. But what will happen if he is indicted – and how will both sides

At the turn of the century, America had emerged victorious from the Cold War and stood unchallenged. It had greater power and influence than any other nation in history. It could have wielded that power judiciously to protect the American-led post-war world order and inspire other countries to follow its values of freedom and democracy.

Donald Trump says he expects to be arrested over a hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The former US president said “illegal leaks” from the Manhattan district attorney’s office indicated he will be arrested on Tuesday. Making the claim on his Truth Social platform, Mr Trump provided no evidence he had

Donald Trump was given a standing ovation when he arrived at a wrestling tournament in Oklahoma amid claims he is set to be arrested next week. The former president was cheered by the crowd and pumped his fist as he made his way to his seat, clad in his trademark blue suit and red tie

Joe Biden has said he is “really not Irish” as he has “never had a drink” – and joked that his relatives in Ireland “actually weren’t in jail”. The US president, whose family moved from Ireland to America in the mid-1800s, had been marking St Patrick’s Day at the White House with guests including Taoiseach

Joe Biden says Vladimir Putin has “clearly committed war crimes”, after the Russian leader was made the subject of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The US president also described the ICC’s decision to issue the warrant as “justified”. It comes after the intergovernmental group – based at The Hague – accused