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US president Donald Trump at a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Thursday. Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Bloomberg
Trump tells Americans: ‘You have no choice but to vote for me’
  • US
  • August 16, 2019

US president Donald Trump doubled down on his economic argument for re-election on Thursday night amid increasing concerns about a recession, declarin(...)

Bill Cosby departs the Montgomery County Courthouse in handcuffs after being sentenced in his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Mark Makela/Reuters
Bill Cosby sentenced to at least three years in prison
  • US
  • September 25, 2018, 12:12

Bill Cosby was sentenced to between three and 10 years in prison on Tuesday for his conviction for sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. Cosby (81) wa(...)

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby arrives with his wife Camille for a sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania, US, June 12th, 2017. File photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Bill Cosby sex assault conviction is ‘mob justice’, says wife
  • US
  • May 3, 2018, 15:08

The wife of US comic Bill Cosby has called for a criminal investigation into the Philadelphia prosecutor behind her husband’s sexual assault convictio(...)

Bill Cosby’s defence will argue that he had a deal with a suburban Philadelphia prosecutor in 2005 that he would not be prosecuted and should give evidence freely in accuser Andrea Constand’s civil lawsuit. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP
District attorney saw ‘defects’ in Cosby accuser’s 2005 case
  • US
  • February 2, 2016, 14:06

A former Pennsylvania district attorney who declined in 2005 to prosecute Bill Cosby for sexual assault testified on Tuesday he had concerns about the(...)

A judge must decide whether there was an immunity deal in place over a 2005 lawsuit against Bill Cosby. File photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters
Bill Cosby sexual assault case could be thrown out
  • US
  • January 17, 2016, 13:23

A former prosecutor is expected to say that he promised Bill Cosby would never be charged over a Pennsylvania sex-assault complaint, but a judge must (...)

US comedian Bill Cosby arrives on Wednesday at the Court House in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania to face charges of aggravated indecent assault. Cosby was arraigned over an incident that took place in 2004 - the first criminal charge filed against the actor after dozens of women alleged abuse. Photograph: AFP
Bill Cosby charged: bail set at $1m during court appearance
  • World
  • December 31, 2015, 09:43

Bill Cosby was charged late on Wednesday with sexually assaulting a woman after plying her with drugs and alcohol in 2004, the only criminal case aga(...)

US comedian Bill Cosby arrives at a court house in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania to face charges of aggravated indecent assault, December 30th, 2015. Photograph: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images
Bill Cosby charged with sexual assault
  • US
  • December 30, 2015, 15:29

Comedian Bill Cosby was yesterday charged with sexually assaulting a woman in 2004 after plying her with drugs and alcohol. This marks the only crimin(...)