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Coronavirus: US surpasses 20m cases on New Year’s Day
- US
- January 2, 2021, 18:33
The US marked the first day of 2021 by surpassing the dismal landmark of 20 million coronavirus cases, as hospitals, undertakers, vaccine administrato(...)

California wildfires: Two dead as state battles over 300 blazes
- US
- August 20, 2020, 21:04
Two people have been killed fighting lightning-sparked California wildfires, and tens of thousands have evacuated homes as the state scrambles to find(...)

A man has been shot and killed by law enforcement in Louisville, Kentucky during protests on Sunday night. It was unclear if he was protesting. Police(...)

Trump abandons quarantine proposal as coronavirus spreads
- US
- March 29, 2020, 08:15
US President Donald Trump considered then abandoned ordering a quarantine for the coronavirus hotspots of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Mr T(...)

Focus on Mardi Gras as New Orleans faces coronavirus nightmare
- US
- March 27, 2020, 12:58
Yanti Turang, an emergency room nurse at a New Orleans hospital, walked out into the car park in full protective gear early this month to meet a woman(...)

Children treated after jet fuel dumped over schools near LA airport
- US
- January 15, 2020
An airliner with engine trouble dumped jet fuel that fell on dozens of schoolchildren while the plane made an emergency return to Los Angeles Internat(...)

Emotional Katie Hill condemns ‘horrible smear campaign’ by right-wing foes
- US
- October 28, 2019, 21:10
The Democratic congresswoman Katie Hill, who has quit amid allegations of an inappropriate sexual relationship with a member of her staff, released an(...)

Power cut to 750,000 homes, businesses as California faces heightened wildfire risks
- US
- October 10, 2019, 07:27
Electricity was shut off to nearly 750,000 California homes and workplaces on Wednesday as Pacific Gas and Electric Co (PG&E) imposed a string of (...)

Felicity Huffman: Desperate Housewife, mother and defendant
- Film
- March 26, 2019, 06:00
Felicity Huffman hated the myth of the perfect mother. “She should go the way of the dinosaur, extinct,” Huffman wrote in exasperation a few years ago(...)

At least 11 dead after separate Californian wildfires
- US
- November 9, 2018
A wildfire that tore through Malibu mansions and working-class suburban homes in southern California has killed two people and more than doubled in si(...)