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Donald Trump is set to appear at a court in Manhattan for his arraignment over alleged hush money paid to a porn actress before the 2016 election. Trump, the first former US president to face criminal charges, is due to be arraigned, fingerprinted and photographed this morning. The arraignment, which refers to the formal reading

Donald Trump is set to speak in Florida on Tuesday night after his scheduled arraignment in New York on charges related to hush money payments to a porn star before the 2016 election. His campaign said he will deliver “remarks” at his Mar-a-Lago estate after returning from Manhattan, where he is expected to voluntarily turn

A former US governor has thrown down the gauntlet to Donald Trump by announcing he is running against him in the race for president. Asa Hutchinson said people want leaders that “appeal to the best of America” and not “our worst instincts”. The former Arkansas governor is offering himself as an alternative for Republicans ready

The death toll continues to rise after thousands of buildings were destroyed in Arkansas and other US states by dozens of tornadoes. At least 22 people have died so far across the South and Midwest of the US, with the number of dead expected to increase following the tornadoes on Friday night. Seven of the

A missing two-year-old has been found dead after his body was spotted in the mouth of an alligator. Taylen Mosley was reported missing on Thursday after his mother, 20-year-old Pashun Jeffery, was found dead in her apartment in St Petersburg, Florida. She had been stabbed multiple times, police said on Friday. The child’s father, Thomas

Two people were killed and dozens of people injured after a tornado ripped through the Arkansas capital of Little Rock and surrounding US towns on Friday afternoon. Elsewhere, a third person died after a theatre roof collapsed in Belvidere, Illinois, during another tornado with 28 people injured as the Midwest struggles with intense and destructive

The adult actress at the centre of Donald Trump’s indictment says the legal process will spark violence but that it shows that the former president is no longer untouchable. Stormy Daniels also says she has received death threats since the facts of the charges were made public. Speaking to The Times, she said: “Whatever the

Donald Trump has been indicted on criminal charges arising from an alleged hush money payment to an adult film actress. A grand jury in New York voted to indict Trump over possible offences related to a $130,000 (£105,000) payment to Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign. It was allegedly made in exchange for

Several people have reportedly died after two military helicopters crashed in Kentucky. Crew members were flying two HH60 Blackhawk helicopters during a routine training mission before the crash at Fort Campbell at around 10pm local time on Wednesday (3am on Thursday UK time), the military base has said in a statement. The statement adds that

Gwyneth Paltrow’s accuser, who claims he became a “self-imposed recluse” after a 2016 ski crash has been shown multiple Facebook photos of him travelling following the incident. Terry Sanderson, a 76-year-old retired optometrist, said he was “living another life” after a collision with Ms Paltrow on a Utah ski slope, which he says left him

On the southeast coast of South Korea its military is rehearsing. It’s simulating the storming of a contested beach. Waves of KAAV amphibious assault vehicles crash on to the sand, groups of infantry disembark and run to take up positions. It is an impressive display with a precise focus, to defend peace on this peninsula.

Graphic video has been released of the moment the Nashville school attacker was shot dead by police. Bodycam footage shows Officer Rex Engelbert opening fire several times on Audrey Elizabeth Hale before the perpetrator falls to the ground injured. Police then head towards 28-year-old Hale just a few metres away as officers shout “move, move”,

Nashville police have released video of the moment an attacker entered a school before shooting six people dead, including three nine year olds. Audrey Elizabeth Hale was shot dead after they were confronted by police at the private Christian school. Hale, 28, who identified as transgender, was described by officials as a “lone zealot”, who

A school shooter killed six at the Covenant School in Nashville before police shot her dead. We now know the attacker was a 28-year-old who identified as transgender, by the name of Audrey Elizabeth Hale – initially police thought they were a teenager. They were a former student at the school and a Nashville resident

Multiple victims are being treated after a shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, local officials say. The gunman was shot dead by officers, police said. Metro Nashville Police Department tweeted: “An active shooter event has taken place at Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, on Burton Hills Dr. The shooter was engaged by MNPD and

As day breaks in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, the chirping birds in the blue skies above cut through the eerie quiet. Occasionally, a car passes with the front window rolled down as people take phone pictures and videos of destruction on a film-set scale. A lone figure is plotting a path between mounds of wood and

US President Joe Biden has declared a state of emergency in Mississippi after a tornado killed at least 26 as it tore through the area. The declaration will make federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties, the places hardest hit by the deadly storm on Friday. Recovery crews are continuing the daunting

A deadly tornado has reduced buildings to rubble and knocked out power as it ripped through several southern states in the US. At least 23 people have been killed as severe storms battered Mississippi, Alabama and Texas on Friday. Eldridge Walker, the mayor of Rolling Fork in Mississippi, has told US media his “city is

At least 10 people have died after a powerful tornado ripped through several southern US states, destroying buildings and knocking out power. Severe storms hit Mississippi, Alabama and Texas on Friday, producing hail the size of golf balls and prompting authorities to warn residents they were in a “life-threatening situation”. The National Weather Service issued

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.