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James Bond star Pierce Brosnan has found himself in hot water after allegedly straying into an off-limits thermal area in a part of a famous US national park. The Irish actor has been charged with stepping out of bounds at Mammoth Terraces, in the northern part of Yellowstone National Park near the Wyoming-Montana border, last

Las Vegas wedding venues are gearing up for a potentially record-breaking New Year’s Eve due to an unusual date pattern. This Sunday falls on what is known as a “specialty date” because, when written in American style with the month first, the date is 12/31/23, which has a repeating 1-2-3-1-2-3 pattern, the Las Vegas Review-Journal

Donald Trump did not “bully” his way into a Home Alone 2 cameo, he has told his followers on his social media site, adding he was responsible for the film’s success. The former US president was referring to an interview given by the film’s director Chris Columbus in 2020, where he claimed including Trump was

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, a US woman who plotted to kill the mother who had abused her and forced her to fake terminal illnesses, has been released from prison. Blanchard was released from the Chillicothe Correctional Center at 3.30am, the Missouri Department of Corrections said. She was granted parole and released three years ahead of her

The father of an American driver who fled the UK after a crash left a British nurse unable to walk has set up a GoFundMe page to raise funds for his son’s legal costs. Issac Calderon, 22, has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a collision on the A4103 near Shucknall

A man was trapped inside his crashed pickup truck for six days, drinking rainwater to survive, before fisherman finally spotted and rescued him, Indiana police have said. The 27-year-old man had been pinned tightly inside his car beneath a highway bridge in northwest Indiana, and could not reach his phone. Two men scouting for fishing

A secretive US government spaceplane has embarked on a classified mission aboard one of the world’s most powerful rockets. The X-37B craft was launched from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. It has been on six previous missions since 2010, most recently in 2020, but the rocket used on Thursday

Maine’s top election official has disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year’s US presidential primary election – becoming the second state to bar the former president over the Capitol riots. Maine secretary of state Shenna Bellows concluded that Mr Trump incited an insurrection when he spread false claims about voter fraud in

A woman with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days. Medical phenomenon Kelsey Hatcher, from Alabama in the US, was born with two functional uteri that each have their own cervix. After falling pregnant in both wombs – described as a one-in-a-million occurence – Mrs Hatcher has now given birth to

A dead body was found in a freezer by a family in San Diego, police have said, with details around how it ended up there still a mystery. The San Diego Police Department said “out-of-town” family members immediately called police when they found the body in a home in Zion Avenue at around 11.45am (7.45pm

Donald Trump was handed a win in the courts after a proposed fast-track ruling over whether the former president can be prosecuted was rejected. Mr Trump – leading in the race to be the Republican nominee in 2024 – faces criminal charges over allegations he conspired to overturn the 2020 election. He has argued he

Donald Trump urged election officials in Michigan to “fight for our country” and not certify Joe Biden’s presidential election victory in 2020, according to local media. The Detroit News reports a phone call made by the former president to two fellow Republicans on the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, in which he claims his party

The owner of Pornhub has admitted to making more than $864,000 (£679,000) from sex trafficking by posting videos of women on its site without their consent, US prosecutors have said. Aylo Holdings “knowingly enriched itself by turning a blind eye” to victims who told the company they had been lied to and forced into the

Fast And Furious star Vin Diesel has been accused of sexual battery by his former assistant while working for him in 2010. Astra Jonasson alleges the actor forced himself on her in a hotel suite in Atlanta, while the pair were working on Fast Five. Her lawsuit claims she tried to escape the room after

Donald Trump’s associate and former lawyer Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy just days after he was ordered to pay $148m (£116m) for defaming two election workers. His spokesperson said the move will give him time to appeal against the punishment and ensure other creditors are treated fairly. It’s not clear how the filing will

A man who spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder has been exonerated by a judge – becoming the longest serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime. Glynn Simmons, 71, was released in July after prosecutors agreed that key evidence in his case was not turned over to his defence lawyers. Oklahoma

President Joe Biden said there was “no question” Donald Trump “supported an insurrection” in light of Colorado’s legal ruling rendering him ineligible for the US presidency. However, Mr Biden did not comment on the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot. Speaking about his likely Republican opponent in next

Donald Trump is ineligible for the US presidency under the US constitution’s insurrection clause, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling comes as the former US leader prepares to run for the presidency in 2024. Trump is accused of inciting riots at the US Capitol Building in an effort to overturn the result after

A former Super Bowl winner has been arrested on suspicion of robbing multiple businesses in the LA area. Derrick Ward, who won an NFL championship ring with the New York Giants, was arrested on Monday. The 43-year-old allegedly robbed at least five businesses, including petrol stations, according to Los Angeles police. Officers said he wasn’t