The highly contagious UK COVID-19 variant first discovered in Kent has now been reported in every state in the US. More than 15,000 cases of the B117 strain have now been confirmed and experts are concerned variants are behind a surge in infections in many states. “America appears to be done with the pandemic,” Dr
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A Minneapolis police chief has told the trial of Derek Chauvin that the former officer violated departmental policy in pinning his knee on George Floyd’s neck and keeping him down after he stopped resisting. Medaria Arradondo gave evidence against his own officer as focus turned to the accused’s training on day six of the trial.
More than 300 homes have been evacuated in Florida amid fears a wastewater reservoir is about to collapse. Florida governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency after a leak was found in a containment wall of the Piney Point reservoir, which is 40 miles (64km) south of Tampa Bay. The reservoir holds “primarily saltwater”
A failed burglar has been offered a job by one of his victims in a bid to embody the Easter spirit of rebirth and renewal. US restaurant owner Carl Wallace decided to extend the hand of employment to the criminal following a break-in on Easter Saturday – also Mr Wallace’s 45th birthday. It happened in
Grammy-nominated US rapper DMX has been taken off life support after suffering a heart attack but his condition remains concerning, his lawyer has said. The 50-year-old, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was admitted to a New York hospital “in grave condition” after suffering the heart attack on Friday night, attorney Murray Richman said. DMX’s
The heart of American government has been on edge since 6 January. This incident will serve to add to the jitters. If, as reported, the perpetrator was armed with a knife, in a country where it is alarmingly easy to get hold of guns and ammunition, it does not appear to be a serious co-ordinated attempt
Authorities are piecing together what they know about the man shot dead outside the US Capitol building after he launched a fatal attack on police officers. US Capitol Police officer William Evans died in hospital after a man rammed a car into two officers and “lunged” towards them with a knife in his hand at
A driver has been shot after a car rammed into a barricade outside the US Capitol building and injured two police officers, law enforcement officials have said. The officials told the Associated Press that the suspect was in custody and taken to hospital in a critical condition. NBC News has since reported that the person
For the first time we’ve now seen what happened in the moments after George Floyd’s arrest. Two paramedics arrived at the scene and saw a number of police officers on top of him. They assumed the patient was putting up a struggle. On closer inspection they found he was in fact unresponsive. The court heard
Images of George Floyd being treated in the back of an ambulance, after a police officer knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes, have been shown to a jury. The distressing pictures were viewed by jurors during the trial of Derek Chauvin who is accused of murdering the unarmed 46-year-old black man in
“To everybody else they look at it and see a case. And I don’t see a case, I see my brother.” Philonise Floyd grew up sharing a bed with his older brother George. They did their homework together. They depended on each other. He’s now had to watch the harrowing final moments of his brother’s
George Floyd begged police officers not to shoot him after he was stopped for allegedly trying to use a fake $20 note. Footage from cameras worn by the four officers who arrested Mr Floyd in May last year has been played to the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer accused
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is safe and 100% effective in children as young as 12, its manufacturers have said. The two firms have carried out vaccine trials in the US on 12 to 15-year-olds, which they say were successful. A spokesperson said they will ask the US regulator to approve emergency authorisation of the jab
Police officer Derek Chauvin gave onlookers a “cold” and “heartless” stare as they pleaded with him to take his knee off George Floyd’s neck, a witness has said. The 18-year-old witness, who the court asked to be identified only by her first name Darnella, filmed the arrest that ended with Mr Floyd’s death in May
The videos of the last minutes of George Floyd’s life are haunting and awful, one man’s very public death recorded for the world to see. But those same videos have now become the cornerstone of the criminal case against the man accused of Mr Floyd’s murder. Prosecutors seeking to have former police officer Derek Chauvin
A former Minneapolis police officer knelt on George Floyd “until the very life was squeezed out of him”, a jury has been told. Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell told jurors that Derek Chauvin “didn’t let up, he didn’t get up” even after Mr Floyd said 27 times that he could not breathe and went motionless. “He put
The former police officer accused of killing George Floyd, whose death sparked months of worldwide protests against racial injustice, is on trial for his murder. Derek Chauvin, 45, is charged with three offences over the death of George Floyd, who died after he was arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the US last May. The then-police
New York lawmakers have reached an agreement to legalise recreational cannabis use in the state. The proposed law would allow sales to people over 21 and establish a licensing process for deliveries to customers. New Yorkers could grow as many as three mature and three immature plants for personal use. Penalties for having less than
On the hilly streets around his home in the Anza Vista neighbourhood of San Francisco, everyone knew Vicha Ratanapakdee as “grandpa”. The 84-year-old, who was originally from Thailand, was a friendly and familiar sight on his hour-long morning strolls. But on his walk on 28 January, as he turned the corner from Anza Vista Avenue
A police video in the US has sparked outrage after two officers were seen berating a five-year-old boy at his school, with one officer screaming in his face and another putting him in handcuffs. The two officers, who work for the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) in Maryland, are facing calls to be fired over