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More than two million people in Texas have been left without electricity as snowstorms and freezing temperatures hit parts of the US. Demand for power in Texas forced the electric grid operator to impose rotating outages. US President Joe Biden declared a federal emergency in the state, where temperatures fell as low as -22C (-7.6F).

The US has become the first country to record more than half a million deaths with coronavirus. The pandemic has now seen 500,071 COVID-related fatalities in the country and more than 28 million people infected, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus tracker. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are to commemorate the huge

President Joe Biden has led a minute’s silence to honour America’s coronavirus victims after the country became the first to record more than half a million deaths. As 500 lit candles lined the White House steps to commemorate the dead, a military band played Amazing Grace and the president made his emotional remarks. “Today we

A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a spate of fatal knife attacks on the New York subway over the weekend. Four people – all thought to be homeless – were stabbed, two fatally. Rigoberto Lopez was detained on Saturday night and formally arrested on Sunday on charges of murder and

Ice storms, heavy snow and freezing rain knocked out power, closed roads and saw 1,000 cancelled flights in southern Texas. Bad winter weather is extremely rare as far south as the Gulf Coast. President Joe Biden has declared a federal emergency. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Multi-vehicle crash in Oklahoma

In rural Maryland, Scorpion Brewery is hosting a weekend event to drum up business. It is the sort of combination in which America delights – special offers on very strong beer, allied with the opportunity to take up the sport of axe-throwing. This is Calvert – a Republican county, set within a Democrat state. Among

The news of a second child for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex brings with it the likelihood that this baby will be born in the United States of America. This creates a ‘first’ for a number of reasons and some of them are constitutionally interesting for both the United Kingdom and the United States.

The father of singer-rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a car in New York, police have said. Robert Maraj, 64, had been walking along a road in Long Island on Friday evening when he was hit by the car, before the car continued on its journey. Mr Maraj was taken to hospital,

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they are expecting their second child. A spokesperson for the couple said: “We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child.” The pair have shared a black and white picture

Boris Johnson has backed Joe Biden’s calls for China to turn over all information to the World Health Organization (WHO) for its investigation into how the coronavirus pandemic began. The prime minister said “we need to know exactly what happened” and threw his support behind the new US president, whose administration has questioned the impartiality

A White House official who threatened to “destroy” a journalist seeking to cover his relationship with another reporter has resigned. TJ Ducklo was less than a month into his role as deputy press secretary in Joe Biden’s administration – and his departure came a day after he was suspended for a week without pay. According

It all felt terribly preordained.  A Senate trial with next to no jeopardy – apart from a sudden jolt of it on the final day, when Democrats toyed with calling witnesses and the whole process looked like it could take weeks to conclude. In the end, it finished as we knew it would – with

Former US president Donald Trump has been found not guilty in his impeachment trial. A total of 43 senators voted ‘not guilty’ which passed the two thirds majority required for his acquittal. Seven members of Mr Trump’s own party voted ‘guilty’. In a statement after the trial, Mr Trump said it was “a sad commentary

A Trump supporter who stormed the Capitol building in Washington has described the moment a woman was shot dead by security forces. Video of the incident shows the man standing next to the victim at the moment the fatal shot is fired. He is then seen trying to help her as she falls to the

HONG KONG– In a sweeping crackdown on opposition, authorities in Hong Kong on Wednesday detained more than 50 pro-democracy numbers for supposedly violating the strict brand-new nationwide protection law, according to political parties and also regional media. Those jailed on suspicion of subversion consisted of U.S. citizen John Clancey, a lawyer and also civils rights

ATLANTA– Now we understand without a doubt: Georgia going Democratic had not been simply a fluke for Joseph R. Biden Jr. in November. There are pressures at work that are swiftly transforming the state blue, revising the American electoral map. The triumph on Wednesday early morning by the Rev. Raphael Warnock, that ends up being