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Electric carmaker Tesla is to move its headquarters from California to Texas, chief executive Elon Musk has said. The announcement comes after the billionaire tycoon was embroiled in a row with West Coast politicians over their handling of the coronavirus crisis. Tesla will be the latest in a number of firms, including Hewlett Packard and

A US nuclear-powered submarine hit an unknown object in the South China Sea with 11 sailors suffering mainly minor injuries, according to officials. The USS Connecticut is in a “safe and stable condition” after the incident on 2 October, said a statement by the US Pacific Fleet. The Seawolf-class attack submarine is nuclear-powered but the

A California doctor has been arrested following a hit-and-run collision that killed a nurse who had stopped to help a crash victim. James Leonard Comazzi was detained after a months-long investigation aided by an anonymous tip-off. Juliana Ramos, a 26-year-old nurse and mother of three, had pulled over to help someone hurt in a collision

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the enforcement of a near total ban on abortion in the state, calling the law “flagrantly unconstitutional”. Senate Bill 8 has been dubbed the “Heartbeat Bill” because it bans abortion once cardiac activity in a embryo can be detected on an ultrasound scan, often as early as

A US judge has agreed for Prince Andrew’s lawyers to receive a copy of a 2009 settlement they believe will nullify his accuser Virginia Giuffre’s civil assault case against the royal. Andrew B Brettler, who represents the Duke of York, had argued at a previous hearing that Ms Giuffre – who is suing the Queen’s

Facebook’s chief executive has denied claims that the company prioritises profit over the safety of its users. Mark Zuckerberg was responding to Frances Haugen’s claims that, left alone, Facebook would “continue to make choices that go against the common good – our common good”. Ms Haugen – a former product manager at the tech giant

Facebook’s products “harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy”, a whistleblower has claimed. Frances Haugen – who used to work as a product manager at the tech giant – has given damning evidence to US politicians in the Senate, days after leaking internal documents to the Wall Street Journal. She warned: “Left alone, Facebook

After nearly four months without a winner, a single ticket sold in California has won the Powerball jackpot worth $699.8m (£514m), officials have said. The winning numbers were drawn on Monday and the winner, from Morro Bay, matched all five numbers and the Powerball. This was the first grand prize winner since 5 June after

Even on a Monday morning, the beaches would usually be bustling in the place that calls itself “Surf City USA”. But the sands in Huntington Beach in California are deserted. So too, the beaches that stretch for miles south. The closures are part of a massive response to the spill of thousands of gallons of

An emergency clean-up effort is under way in Huntington Beach, California, after a massive oil spill described by the city’s mayor as an “environmental catastrophe”. More than 572,000 litres – 3,000 barrels – of heavy crude spilled into the Pacific Ocean between Huntington Beach Pier and Newport Beach, a distance of more than five miles.

Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old blogger whose body was found in a US national park, told police about a domestic dispute with her boyfriend the month before she disappeared. Ms Petito was found dead in Wyoming on 18 September and police are investigating her death as a homicide. Her boyfriend Brian Laundrie, 23, was charged last

The body of a missing student has been found just days after the prime suspect in her death killed himself. Miya Marcano, 19, was found in a wooded area near an apartment building in Orlando, Florida. She was reported missing on 24 September after she failed to catch a flight home to Fort Lauderdale and

In the skies over Hollywood a small plane pulls a banner reading “vote yes”. On a monitor on a movie set, the same words are scrawled on a piece of luminous tape. On a crane hoisting bits of scenery into place, the same slogan is emblazoned in big letters. Image: The workers are angry about

Donald Trump has asked a federal judge in the US to force Twitter to restore his account, which was shut down after his supporters attacked the US Capitol in January. The former US president has filed a request for preliminary injunction against the social media company in the US District Court for the Southern District

America’s special envoy on climate change John Kerry has told Sky News that strained relations between the US and China have made it harder for him to do his job. Speaking exclusively to Sky from a climate summit in Milan, Mr Kerry said his ability to persuade China to be more ambitious in reducing its

US President Joe Biden has narrowly avoided a government shutdown, signing new legislation on spending just hours before the deadline.  Republicans blocked the bill to fund the American government through to 3 December because they were unhappy with the plan to raise the debt ceiling, but it was eventually passed by the House and the

A 13-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot at a school in Memphis, Tennessee. The suspected shooter, whose age has not been revealed, was a fellow pupil, according to police. He was thought to have fled the scene after the attack but later turned himself in at a police station.

They heard the roar from the street outside at the moment Britney Spears won her legal fight in a Los Angeles courtroom It was a moment of release for a Free Britney campaign which has spent years rallying in support of the singer’s cause, and in opposition to the conservatorship that has run her life

Britney Spears’ father Jamie Spears has been suspended as conservator of her estate after 13 years, during the latest court hearing in the long-running dispute. The judge in Los Angeles said it was in Spears‘ “best interests” to remove her father from the legal agreement and that the “current situation is untenable” and “reflects a