Basketball icon Michael Jordan’s sneakers from the 1998 NBA finals have fetched more than $2.2m (£1.8m) at auction – making them the most expensive pair… Read More »Michael Jordan’s sneakers from 1998 NBA finals become most expensive trainers ever sold
Police bodycam footage has shown the moment officers confronted a gunman who had opened fire at a Louisville bank – killing five colleagues. Connor Sturgeon,… Read More »Police release bodycam footage of Louisville bank shooting
US President Joe Biden says his trip to the island of Ireland will underscore the United States’ commitment to peace and prosperity. He is… Read More »Joe Biden set to arrive in Northern Ireland to mark 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement
The mother of a six-year-old boy who shot and wounded a Virginia schoolteacher has been charged in connection with the incident. Deja Taylor was indicted… Read More »Mother charged after Virginia teacher ‘shot by six-year-old pupil’
Spain’s Jon Rahm has won the 87th Masters at Augusta National. Forty years after the late Seve Ballesteros won his second Masters title and on… Read More »‘This one is for Seve’: Spain’s Jon Rahm pays tribute to hero after second Masters win
An abortion pill approved in the US more than 20 years ago could now be pulled. US district judge Matthew J Kacsmaryk has signed an… Read More »What is abortion drug mifepristone and why could it be banned?
Ben Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials in Germany, has died at the age of 103. Mr Ferencz was an inexperienced 27-year-old… Read More »Last surviving Nuremberg trials prosecutor dies aged 103
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has apologised after using an image from the Nazi Holocaust camp Auschwitz during a preview show. The photo was used last… Read More »WWE apologises for Auschwitz image used in preview show
Several spectators had a lucky escape on Friday as strong winds brought three trees crashing down during the second round of the 87th Masters. Officials… Read More »‘We were blessed’: Masters spectators describe lucky escape after three trees blown over
A sheriff in Florida went on a rant against gun control while announcing the arrests of a 12-year-old and a 17-year-old in connection with a… Read More »‘Guns don’t have capacity to commit crime’, says sheriff as 12-year-old arrested in shooting that killed three teenagers