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A week has passed since the decision which altered this country forever, and small-town America is organising. In Owensboro, Kentucky, home to 60,000 people, a group of around 200 marched down the main street, past a donut shop and bourbon bar. They were mostly women and they were furious about the constitutional right to choose

Two police officers have been killed and five injured after a man allegedly opened fire on them as they tried to investigate a domestic violence complaint. A police dog – K9 Drago – was also killed in the shoot-out, which lasted for hours, according to John Hunt, sheriff of Floyd County, a rural area in

A Bulgarian woman, also known as “Cryptoqueen”, has been added to the FBI’s list of its 10 most-wanted fugitives. Ruja Ignatova is accused of defrauding investors out of $4bn (£3.3bn) by selling a fake cryptocurrency called OneCoin. Ignatova, a German citizen, disappeared in late 2017 after bugging a flat belonging to her American boyfriend and

US President Joe Biden’s efforts to enforce environmental regulation in the world’s second-most polluting country have been dealt a major blow by a Supreme Court ruling on air pollution. The decision from the currently right-leaning court rules in favour of challengers seeking to curb the power of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate pollution

A mother has died after being shot in the head while pushing her three-month-old baby in a pram in New York City. The 20-year-old was approached by a stranger who “fired a single shot” into her head from “very close range”, New York Police commissioner Keechant Sewell said. Officers were called to the Upper East

R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans – after coming face to face with some of his victims as they confronted him in court. The disgraced singer was forced to listen as the survivors condemned his “despicable” actions and described him as “the

This January 6th committee has been struggling to cut through. Despite some extraordinary revelations over three weeks, Americans seem to be so desensitised and divided that the hearings haven’t resonated in the way that had been intended. They had hoped to discredit Donald Trump and debunk his stolen election claims bit by bit with the

Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel from a US Secret Service agent when told he would not be taken to the US Capitol during the riots, a former White House aide told the January 6th hearing. Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as a top aide to Mr Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, appeared

At least 40 people have been found dead inside a lorry in Texas, the state’s governor Greg Abbott has confirmed. Citing a source close to the investigation, San Antonio’s WOAI TV said the dead were believed to be migrants and the truck was found next to railroad tracks in the city’s Southwest Side neighbourhood. Mr

A surprise last-minute hearing has been announced by the committee investigating the storming of the US Capitol building on 6 January 2021. The live hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon “to present recently obtained evidence and receive witness testimony”. Just days ago, the committee had said its public hearings would be adjourned until next

Rudy Giuliani has claimed he was the victim of what could have been a deadly assault after he was allegedly slapped on the back by a shop worker. Donald Trump’s former lawyer said he felt like he had been “shot” during the incident at a ShopRite store in New York‘s Staten Island on Sunday. Police

Beyond the protests at the last remaining abortion clinic for hundreds of miles, the patients have been arriving one after the other.  Deeply personal decisions are being made and procedures undertaken quickly before this choice becomes illegal in the state of Mississippi. As the Jackson Women’s Health Organization closed for the day, we sat down

On the corner of a street in Jackson, Mississippi, America’s reckoning with abortion is up close and raw. The entrance to the car park at the Jackson Women’s Health Organisation is always an intense place. But today it’s on another level. As cars pull in with patients arriving for appointments, anti-abortion activists offer direct and

Joe Biden is continuing to look for “solutions” after the US Supreme Court overturned the right to access an abortion in a history-making decision that has divided opinion across the country. The president has said his administration will look to police how states enforce bans on the procedure. Some White House officials have already signalled

Protests are continuing in cities and towns across America after the Supreme Court stripped away constitutional protection for those seeking abortions. The court overturned the landmark ruling of Roe v Wade, a move that is likely to lead to bans on abortions in roughly half of states. Pregnant women considering abortions were already dealing with

The US Supreme Court has voted to overturn the constitutional right to choose abortion which has existed for almost 50 years, paving the way for half the country to severely restrict or completely ban the practice. The power to decide on abortion rights for tens of millions of women will now be handed to the

The US Senate has passed a rare bipartisan package of gun safety legislation, sending it to the House of Representatives for further approval. The bill, seen as the first significant gun control legislation to pass in three decades, was passed by 65 votes to 33. Fifteen Republican senators joined all 50 Democrats in voting for

The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution gives people the right to carry a gun outside their home, in a significant new ruling for gun rights. The decision is expected to allow more people to legally carry firearms in some of America’s biggest cities – such as LA, New York and Boston –

A professional US synchronised swimmer fainted mid-routine at the World Championships and had to be rescued by her coach after sinking to the bottom of the pool. Anita Alvarez, 25, lost consciousness as she competed in the final of the women’s solo free event in Budapest on Wednesday. Her coach Andrea Fuentes rushed to her

A woman was rescued from a “five-hour hostage situation” after including a note saying “please call the police” with a takeaway order. Staff at a restaurant in New York state say they raised the alarm when they received a worrying request through delivery app Grubhub, NBC reports. In the additional instructions portion of her order,