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A fourth-grade survivor of last month’s Uvalde school shooting has told a hearing how she dabbed blood on herself and pretended to be dead after the gunman murdered her teacher and friends. Miah Cerrillo and the parents of multiple young Americans killed and wounded in recent mass shootings has testified at the US House Oversight

US actor Matthew McConaughey has delivered a moving and powerful address at the White House on the need for “responsible” gun legislation. His emotional appearance followed the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, last month, of 19 students and two teachers at the Robb Elementary school – one of America’s worst school shootings. Gun owner McConaughey, who

Amber Heard’s sister says the “cards were stacked against us” in the multi-million dollar defamation trial against Johnny Depp, but said the truth would be “forever on the side” of the Aquaman star. Whitney Henriquez said she would “always be proud” of her sister “for standing up for yourself” after the jury found mostly in Depp’s

The former head of the Proud Boys group has been charged with seditious conspiracy – scheming to overthrow the government – following the attack on the US Capitol. If convicted he could face a fine, up to 20 years in prison, or both. Federal prosecutors say the riots at the building, the seat of US

Elon Musk is threatening to pull out of his deal to acquire Twitter alleging that the company has failed to disclosure the number of “spam and fake accounts” on the platform. The billionaire, who claims to be spending less than 5% of his time on the $44bn takeover, has made a number of comments in

South Korea and the US have fired eight surface-to-surface missiles in response to North Korea’s latest launch. Kim Jong Un ordered the launch of eight short-range ballistic missiles on Sunday, raising fears that he could be preparing to conduct the country’s first nuclear test since 2017. It was North Korea’s 18th missile test of the

A sled dog who went missing during a 938-mile race across Alaska has been found after three months. Leon disappeared from a checkpoint nearly 150 miles into The Iditarod back in March, and efforts by the organisers to track him down proved unfruitful. Photos were released on the race’s blog during efforts to find him,

Residents of southern Florida have been warned not to travel as a “life-threatening” storm moves across the state. The storm was about 145 miles east-northeast of Fort Pierce, moving at a speed of about 20mph, late on Saturday. It is forecast to bring rainfall of up to 10 inches (25cm) in south Florida, including the

The US Navy says one of its fighter jets has crashed in the southern California desert, killing the pilot. In a statement, the navy said that the FA-18E Super Hornet crashed in the vicinity of Trona, on Friday afternoon local time. Trona is about 230 miles southeast of the fighter jet’s base at Naval Air

An ex-police officer has been arrested outside the US Capitol after he was found with a fake badge, body armour, a BB gun and ammunition that included high capacity magazines. Jerome Felipe was approached by US Capitol Police (USCP) officers after he had parked his car near the building in Washington DC at about 5am

A Republican legislator has brandished his guns during a debate over gun control in the US House of Representatives. Republican Representative Greg Steube, who attended the committee meeting virtually from his Florida home, said the legislation would ban various handguns. The second-term congressman held up each of his four guns for the committee to see,

US President Joe Biden has called for Congress to ban assault weapons, expand background checks and bring in a number of other gun control measures. Speaking from the White House after a number of recent mass shootings, Mr Biden asked how many more deaths would be needed to force change. He said “too many everyday

A gunman who killed four people at a hospital in Oklahoma targeted the doctor who performed back surgery on him, the Tulsa Police chief said. The man who carried out the shooting at the St Francis Hospital campus in Tulsa on Wednesday was identified as Michael Lewis by police. The gunman blamed the doctor –

Johnny Depp has won his multimillion-dollar US lawsuit against former wife Amber Heard after a Virginia jury ruled a 2018 article published in The Washington Post was defamatory. He was awarded $15m by the court – comprising $10m compensatory damages and a further $5m in punitive damages. Amber Heard was awarded $2m in her counter-suit

US military hackers have conducted offensive operations in support of Ukraine, the head of US Cyber Command has told Sky News. In an exclusive interview, General Paul Nakasone also explained how “hunt forward” operations were allowing the United States to search out foreign hackers and identify their tools before they were used against America. Speaking

The first two of the 19 children killed in one of America’s worst school shootings, are being remembered ahead of their burials. Visitation gatherings are being held for 10-year-olds Amerie Jo Garza and Maite Rodriguez at the two funeral homes in the small Texas community of Uvalde. Over the next two-and-a-half weeks, people in the

US and Canadian food regulators are investigating a hepatitis A outbreak that could be linked to fresh organic strawberries. The fruits were sold under the brand names FreshKampo and H-E-B. The produce was available at various retailers across the US, including Aldi, Kroger, Safeway, Walmart and Trader Joe’s, between 5 March and 25 April. In

A 10-year-old has been charged in Florida after allegedly threatening to carry out a mass shooting, US police said. In a statement, Lee County Sheriff’s Office, in Fort Myers, said it had learned on Saturday that a “threatening text message” had been sent by a student at a primary school. The local threat enforcement team

While statistics show most of America’s “active shooter” incidents are over within minutes, it took police in Texas up to an hour to storm the classroom where gunman Salvador Ramos massacred 19 children and two teachers. At a remarkable news briefing amid growing pressure on the authorities to explain the response time, a top official admitted

US President Joe Biden is visiting the scene of country’s largest school shooting in a decade to meet and comfort victims’ families. The president and First Lady Jill Biden will visit a memorial at the school in Uvalde, Texas, attend a church service and also meet with survivors and first responders. It comes as investigators