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Obama defends use of drone strikes as ‘legal, effective and necessary’
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  • May 24, 2013, 07:33

US president makes vigorous public defence of controversial programme

Bridge collapses in US state of Washington
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  • Reuters
  • May 24, 2013, 07:13

Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in a rural area north of Seattle collapses

Maureen O’Hara and John Wayne in The Quiet Man Maureen O’Hara visits birthplace of friend John Wayne in last public outing

Actor bows out as family hires law firm Arthur Cox in dispute with ex-assistant

Protesters during a Tea Party rally in front of the IRS building in Denver on Tuesday. Photograph: Dana Romanoff/The New York Times Tea Party stirs in wake of tax controversy
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  • Trip Gabriel
  • May 24, 2013, 01:00

Leaders of the movement hope outrage over the IRS will rekindle grassroots activism

A demonstrator adjusts a sign reading “Stop Killer Drones” hung on a mock drone at the gates of Fort McNair where US president Barack Obama spoke yesterday. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Obama defends drone strikes ‘in last resort’

US president says there must be ‘near certainty’ no civilians would be harmed

The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki was the first, and only, publicly known case in which a US citizen was deliberately targeted for killing by drone strike. Photograph: US Navy/Jeffrey S Viano/Reuters US admits killing four Americans in drone strikes
  • US
  • May 23, 2013, 07:23

Attorney general confirms the US had ‘specifically targeted and killed’ citizen in Yemen in 2011

A woman and children walk by debris left after a tornado tore through the area, in Moore, Oklahoma. Photograph: Christopher Gregory/The New York Times Search continues for survivors of Oklahoma tornado
  • US
  • May 23, 2013, 01:00

At least 24 people, including 10 children, one a four-month-old baby, were killed and 240 others injured

Supporters of immigration reform cheer after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, on Capitol Hill. Photograph: Drew Angerer/The New York Times US immigration reform moves a step closer to being passed in Senate

Sweeping changes to US immigration laws will include 10,500 visas a year for Irish workers

Ibragim Todashev is pictured in this undated booking photo courtesy of the Orange County Corrections Department. FBI kills Florida man with suspected ties to Boston bomb suspect
  • US
  • May 22, 2013, 13:58

NBC said the suspect was being questioned and was originally cooperative

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, left, and Senator Chuck Schumer, centre, shake hands with supporters after the committee approved legislation to overhaul US immigration laws, in Washington, last night. Photograph: Drew Angerer/The New York Times Senate panel approves major overhaul of US immigration
  • US
  • May 22, 2013, 11:27

Obama praises move but Bill faces robust debate in full Senate next month

Danielle Stephan holds boyfriend Thomas Layton as they pause between salvaging through the remains of a family member’s home in Moore, Oklahoma, on the outskirts of Oklahoma City. Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters Oklahoma rescuers wind down search for survivors
  • US
  • May 22, 2013, 09:49

Mile-wide tornado plowed across an Oklahoma City suburb, killing 24 people

A huge tornado approaching the town of Moore, Oklahoma on Monday. Photograph: Richard Rowe/Reuters Severity of weather events bear out warnings of climatologists
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  • Frank McDonald
  • May 22, 2013, 02:00

A vehicle wrapped around a tree in a neighbourhood that was in the direct path of the tornado. Photograph: Nick Oxford/The New York Times Only certainty for area known as Tornado Alley is that more twisters are on way

Downed utility poles block the road as a family walks south on Sante Fe Avenue in Moore, Oklahoma. Photograph: Brett Deering/Getty Images Oklahoma begins recovery in tornado aftermath
  • US
  • May 22, 2013, 01:00

The people of Moore are starting the long task of clearing up the mess and rebuilding their lives in the aftermath of the tornado

The rubble of a destroyed neighbourhood in Moore, Oklahoma yesterday. Photograph: Brennan Linsley/AP Photo Desperate search continues for survivors of Oklahoma tornado
  • US
  • May 21, 2013, 23:46

Officials estimate that 24 people were killed, including nine children

The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek performs on stage at the Miller Rock Thru Time in New York IN 2004. Photograph: Matthew Peyton/Getty Images Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies
  • US
  • May 21, 2013, 07:24

Singer Jim Morrison and then-UCLA film student Manzarek formed rock group in 1965

A man and two children exit a shelter after debris was cleared after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma last night. Photograph: Reuters More than 100 survivors pulled from Oklahoma wreckage
  • US
  • May 21, 2013, 06:45

Nine children among those rescued as death toll from tornado lowered

Taoiseach Enda Kenny visited a memorial in Copley Square near the finish line of the Boston Marathon to lay flowers today. Photograph: Reuters Anti-abortion activists protest at Taoiseach’s attendance at Boston College

Enda Kenny was the guest speaker at the college’s commencement ceremony today

After a “naming and shaming” exercise by US authorities in February, Chinese hackers stopped their activities but have now renewed them. Chinese hackers resume attacks on US targets
  • US
  • May 20, 2013, 13:01

Shanghai-based cyberunit renews onslaught from new servers, say US officials

Host Sam Arlen presents the Florida Lottry live on TV in Tallahassee as the Powerball number is about to be chosen. Photograph: Philip Sears/Reuters Hunt for $590m lottery winner sends US town into convulsions
  • US
  • May 20, 2013, 11:21

Winning Powerball ticket was bought late last week at Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Florida

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